by Dan KEARNEY | Aug 31, 2014 | Secondary History, The Grades
Greetings ABIS community! Welcome back to another school year and a special welcome to all students in grades 7-12. I hope you are looking forward to this year of Social Studies and History. After a great summer back in America with my family, I am very much looking...
by Leo THOMPSON | Aug 27, 2014 | Grade 6, Secondary English, Secondary History, The Grades
Hello ABIS Community. I am a Middle School specialist, taking G6 Maths, Yrs 7 & 8 English and Yrs 7 & 8 Social Studies this year. I have have experience in several international and Australian schools and am very excited to be here in ABIS. I arrived in Oman...
by Dan KEARNEY | Jun 5, 2014 | Grade 10, Secondary History
The Grade 10 students have returned from their service trip to India and next week they should be back in school. It won’t exactly be business as usual, as we have prepared a modified program for the remaining three weeks. The primary focus of these three weeks...
by Dan KEARNEY | May 22, 2014 | Grade 8, Secondary History
Grade 8 students have been examining the role of natural resources in violent conflicts, particularly in Africa. [The map shows each African nation’s most lucrative export. Notice that most are precious natural resources.] Last week we viewed the film...
by Dan KEARNEY | May 8, 2014 | Grade 11, Secondary History, Secondary ToK
“He who controls the past controls the future. He who controls the present controls the past.” These words, written by George Orwell, perhaps more than any other sixteen words ever written, explain why history is much more complicated than simply listing a series of...
by Dan KEARNEY | Apr 14, 2014 | Grade 9, Secondary History
In History class, the First World War has come to an end and it’s time to discuss peace. In preparation for our upcoming unit on the Paris conference of 1919, Grade 9 students played out a simulation this morning, with each student playing the part of one of the...
