by Dan KEARNEY | Mar 12, 2015 | Grade 11, Secondary History
Effective summarizing of texts is a fantastic way to check for comprehension and deeper understanding. This week Grade 11 was challenged to read a text about the Russian Civil War and then, working in groups of three, summarize the text in thirty words. The difficulty...
by Dan KEARNEY | Mar 5, 2015 | Grade 11, Secondary History
Grade 11 is winding down its unit on the Russian Revolution and the Bolshevik seizure of power. On Thursday students presented on various aspects of the years 1918-1921, with a focus on historical details and organization. The goal of the task was to set the students...
by Dan KEARNEY | Feb 26, 2015 | Grade 10, Secondary History
In our final topic of IGCSE History, the Grade 10 students have begun looking at Amercia’s conflict in Vietnam. The first question we’ve examined is the mystery of the Gulf of Tonkin incident, in which two U.S. Naval vessels were attacked–or maybe...
by Wayne Hampton | Feb 25, 2015 | News Flash, Secondary History, The Head's Blog
Since opening back in 2008, our school staff have put a huge amount of time and energy into making ABIS better in all respects. Though our efforts to get better will never stop, we are now approaching a standard where we feel that we can seek accreditation from CIS,...
by Dan KEARNEY | Feb 5, 2015 | Grade 10, Grade 12, Secondary History
Our Grade 12 and Grade 10 students have begun their mock exams and these exams will run all next week during the Explore Oman activities. While their peers head out to adventure, these students will sit through a simulation of their IB and IGCSE exams. Those exams...
by Dan KEARNEY | Jan 15, 2015 | Grade 9, Secondary History
Well done to Grace, Anton, Isaac, and Andee in Grade 9. Over the past could of weeks they have been crafting a survey to measure teen attitudes about the Middle East. This survey is being sent out to teenagers all around the world and, we hope, in a few weeks the...
