by Gary GOODWIN | Apr 1, 2021 | Grade 10, Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Secondary History
Students have been finishing content about the Civil Rights Movement in the USA this week. We have had very interesting discussions and looked at events in the 1960s and how closely they resemble events from today. Students are currently engaged in an essay assignment...
by Gary GOODWIN | Mar 18, 2021 | Grade 11, Grade 11 & 12 (DP), Secondary History
Students in grade 11 completed a really cool sketchnote this week that outlines the reasons for the policy of appeasement in the 1930s. Sketchnoting is a note taking technique that combines text, graphics, connectors, and containers and is a nice option to have if...
by Gary GOODWIN | Jan 21, 2021 | Grade 10, Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Secondary History
Grade 10 students have started working on a debate surrounding a prompt from an eAssessment. They are exploring whether or not significant individuals are the main cause of change in history. Both groups are almost done planning and should be ready to debate next...
by Gary GOODWIN | Jan 7, 2021 | Grade 11, Grade 11 & 12 (DP), Grade 12, Secondary History
This week, grade 12 students have begun revising for exams by looking at the paper 1 topic of The Move to Global War. We are revisiting the case study of Japanese Expansion in the first half of the 20th century. Grade 11 students are also looking at this topic for the...
by Gary GOODWIN | Nov 25, 2020 | Grade 11, Grade 11 & 12 (DP), Secondary History
Grade 11 students have started a new section on the Chinese Civil War as part of their paper 2 studies. We have been able to link the material effectively to our paper 3 sections on 19th and 20th century East Asia. Below is some of our work in jamboard focusing on...
by Gary GOODWIN | Nov 19, 2020 | Grade 10, Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Humanities, Secondary History
Students are currently working on an essay where they answer the question: “Why was there revolution in Iran in 1979?” We began this assignment by looking at our notes and getting all long term and short term causes of the revolution into a jamboard. We then...
