by Todd DAVIS | Apr 13, 2017 | Grade 11, Grade 12, Grade 9, Humanities, Secondary History, Secondary Team Leader, Secondary ToK, The Grades
Ever wonder why dancers do what they do? or What message could lie beneath the surface of a dance? or How a dance became the way it is? These questions and more were explored by our guest speaker, author and professor, Stacey Prickett PhD from Roehampton University in...
by Liz JURKOWISKI | Mar 9, 2017 | Grade 10, Grade 9, Humanities, Secondary History, The Grades
This week, both the Grade 9 and the Grade 10 students have reached the half way point in their unit on World War I. So, after a quick quiz to check the students’ understanding of the content, they were rewarded by a fun team history game! It was shocking to see...
by Meghan KENNEY | Feb 16, 2017 | Grade 8, Humanities
8th Grade students have been studying the Enlightenment. So to cap off their experience they participated in an “Enlightenment Salon”, where they role-played famous enlightenment thinkers and discussed big concepts such as what is the perfect form of...
by Liz JURKOWISKI | Feb 16, 2017 | Grade 10, Humanities, Secondary History, The Grades
Now that the Grade 10 students are finally finished with their mock exams, they are preparing for battle in history class. Well, not a real battle, of course! Still in our unit on World War I, all students have the task of researching, becoming an expert about, and...
by Meghan KENNEY | Feb 2, 2017 | Grade 8, Humanities, Secondary History
Grade 8 students have started studying the Age of Enlightenment, and to help them learn about it, they are practicing a form of note taking called sketch noting. This involves using notes, text, and structure to present your understanding of the main ideas and how...
by Liz JURKOWISKI | Jan 22, 2017 | Grade 10, Humanities, Secondary History, The Grades
On Sunday, the Grade 10 students took the first part of a lengthy history mock exam. Preparing them for the real IGCSE history exam that they will take this spring, this week’s test was a single essay answering a question about the First World War. In...
