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...
by Gary GOODWIN | Nov 5, 2020 | Grade 11, Grade 11 & 12 (DP), Secondary History
This week, grade 11 students have been planning a history essay for a paper 2 prompt on the causes and effects of 20th century wars. Our focus will be looking at the role of technology to the outcome of the a First World War. We have spent time dissecting the question...
by Gary GOODWIN | Oct 29, 2020 | Grade 10, Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Humanities, Secondary History
This week, students in year 10 presented draft resolutions on the issue of cyber crime as part of our Individuals and Societies unit. The thought, research, and writing that went into these is astounding. Diplomatic writing was done at a very high level. Collaboration...
