by Gary GOODWIN | Aug 27, 2020 | Grade 11, Grade 11 & 12 (DP), Grade 12, Secondary History
As I continue to plan for all classes, I have spent this week planning for paper 2 in DP History. The topic is Causes and Effects of 20th Century Wars. We will be looking at the First World War as part of this paper and I have been planning lessons to this effect. In...
by Gary GOODWIN | Aug 20, 2020 | Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 11 & 12 (DP), Grade 12, Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Secondary History, Secondary ToK
This week has been a busy one as teachers, staff, and admin prepared for the beginning of a new school year. We are looking forward to getting started and taking on new challenges in the MYP and DP programmes. Theory of Knowledge has changed its syllabus this year and...
by Gary GOODWIN | Jun 11, 2020 | Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Grade 9, Humanities, Secondary History, The Grades
This week, grade 9 students reflected on the concepts from the past unit by looking at the factual, conceptual, and debatable questions for the unit. This kind of activity is helpful in preparing for eAssessments as students will be required to think conceptually...
by Gary GOODWIN | May 21, 2020 | Grade 11, Grade 11 & 12 (DP), Humanities, Secondary History
This week, grade 11 students began exploring Cuban history in preparation for the case study on Fidel Castro for the paper 2 topic of Authoritarian States. We started by looking at Cuba in the 19the century and US involvement in aiding Cuba achieve independence from...
by Gary GOODWIN | Apr 16, 2020 | Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Grade 9, Humanities, Secondary History
Grade 9s learned about the Prague Spring in Czechoslovakia this week. Interdependence between governments has been the focus of our inquiry with the Soviet Union and their control of Eastern European countries serving as our entry point. Below are some screenshots of...
by Gary GOODWIN | Apr 9, 2020 | Grade 11, Grade 11 & 12 (DP), Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Grade 9, Humanities, Secondary History
This week, a couple of classes tried out Google Jamboard to try to enhance our collaboration during this period of distance learning. Jamboard allows us to collaborate on a virtual whiteboard where we can draw, add stickers and post-it notes, and annotate maps and...
