by Meghan KENNEY | Aug 31, 2017 | Grade 7, Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Secondary History, Uncategorized
Grade 7 Humanities has started the year looking at geography and practicing the skills of analyzing where people live and why. They have a series of skill levels to progress through, and each time they move up a level they gain in skills and points. It’s all...
by Liz JURKOWISKI | Aug 30, 2017 | Grade 8, Secondary History, The Grades
Grade 8 students are already showing what they have learned in Humanities. Today, the confident students took their first quiz on content and skills covered so far in our first unit, Physical Geography. They are all hoping to do well. If everybody earns a 7, the...
by Liz JURKOWISKI | Aug 24, 2017 | Grade 10, Secondary History, The Grades
Students are having fun reviewing all the content they learned last hear in IGCSE History. Instead of a review test, they happily made review games to challenge their peers. Next week, the real work begins, as they jump into the Revolutions of 1848.
by Meghan KENNEY | Jun 8, 2017 | Grade 7, Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Secondary History, Uncategorized
Grade Sevens have been studying the Middle Ages and investigating into the geography and economics of the times. They discussed the critical thinking question of why feudalism was developed and what role it played in maintaining stability in Medieval Europe. They were...
by Liz JURKOWISKI | May 25, 2017 | Grade 11, Secondary History, The Grades
The Grade 11 IB History students spent this week getting ready for next week’s end of year exam. They will sit for two papers, writing three separate responses about European and world history from the Renaissance to the 20th century. They are ready for...
by Liz JURKOWISKI | May 18, 2017 | Grade 9, Secondary History, The Grades
This week, the Grade 9 students learned about the NAZIs gaining power in Geremany between the two World Wars. Admittedly, it is not the most upbeat of topics, so we tried something fun and creative to make learning about it more exciting. In small groups, the budding...
