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...
by Gary GOODWIN | Oct 15, 2020 | Grade 11, Grade 11 & 12 (DP), Secondary History
Grade 11 students have started looking at WWI as part of the paper 2 topic exploring causes and effects of 20th century wars. We have looked at short term and long term causes so far as well as some initial strengths and weaknesses of Allied and Central Powers. Our...
by Gary GOODWIN | Sep 24, 2020 | Grade 11, Grade 11 & 12 (DP), Secondary History
This week students in grade 11 DP History looked at the broad span of Chinese history from the 19th to the 20th centuries and tried to make connections between individuals and events. This led us into our first assignment of writing a paper 3 essay. We spent time...
by Gary GOODWIN | Sep 17, 2020 | Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Grade 9, Secondary History
This week MYP 9 looked at sources for the Treaty of Versailles and the founding of the League of Nations. Our goal was to look at German reactions to the Treaty as well as public perception of the League of a Nations through textual and visual primary sources. Below...
by Gary GOODWIN | Sep 10, 2020 | Grade 11, Grade 11 & 12 (DP), Secondary History
This week, grade 11 students took on the role of advisors to the Chinese Emperor. Their task was to devise a plan to strengthen China after its defeats in the Opium Wars and weakening as a result of the Taiping Rebellion. The students chose to focus on improvements to...
