by Dan KEARNEY | Oct 30, 2014 | Grade 10, Secondary History
This week in History class Grade 10 “stitched” together an essay about the League of Nations. Taking this building-block approach to the essay can be very beneficial for students–when they are responsible for only one small piece the level of success...
by Dan KEARNEY | Oct 27, 2014 | Grade 9, Secondary History
Last week in Global Perspectives grade 9 students debated the efficacy of a wind farm (collection of wind turbines to collect energy) in our local Sohar area. Students were tasked with taking a side in the debate, researching the topic, and preparing arguments and...
by Leo THOMPSON | Oct 16, 2014 | Grade 7, Secondary History
In Humanities we are winding up the unit on Ancient Greece. For the last 2 lessons we have looked at an example of a Greek myth – The Trojan War. The students explored the idea of whether there is any truth in the classic story by Homer or not. Ask them what...
by Leo THOMPSON | Oct 2, 2014 | Grade 8, Secondary History
In Humanities today we said goodbye to a long term member. Bye Angelique and all the best back in South Africa!
by Dan KEARNEY | Oct 2, 2014 | Grade 11, Secondary History
This week in Diploma History, students presented elements of the syllabus. We have been studying Hitler’s Nazis state and students were tasked with researching, presenting, and writing about one facet of Nazi control. Corinne presented about the Hitler Youth and...
by Dan KEARNEY | Sep 25, 2014 | Grade 9, Secondary History
Creating an open, non-threatening learning environment in which students are willing to take risks and ask questions is so important to the development of students at ABIS. When young people feel comfortable enough to speak their minds and inquire openly, great things...
