on Welcome back! I’m in PLP 12 now, and we’ve been working on two pretty cool, but somewhat dark, projects so far this year: horror and dystopia. While the horror project is still underway, this post will reflect on our recently completed project on dystopia. The goal of this project was to discover How Can Art… Continue Reading 💔 Handmaid in America | Dystopic Conceptual Art
on Howdy! 🤠 In this project we learned about the many ways Canada has mistreated Indigenous People throughout history to the present. Our driving question for this project was: How can art and text reflect both the history and our current place in time? The collage I created for the final product does a wonderful job… Continue Reading 🪶 Collaging from Past to Present (not about the history of collage)
on We just finished a project on past wrongs in Canadian history. I focused on the Komagata Maru incident for this project. Our driving question was: How can we keep apologies for past wrongs alive so they are remembered and not repeated today? There are many ways that we can remember past wrongs, one of them… Continue Reading 🚢 The Komagata Maru & PLP Winter Exhibition 2022
on Welcome! PLP 10 returned to Loon Lake (a beautiful retreat centre in Maple Ridge) this year for a 3 day leadership course. I learned a lot and had a lot of fun, which I’ll be reflecting on in this post. Keep reading for a slideshow at the end with a bunch of photography I did… Continue Reading 🧗🏻 Loon Lake Leadership Retreat
on Welcome and if you’ve visited this blog before, welcome back! My summer break consisted of camping, French 10 online, Lifeguarding and Swim Instructing. Here are some of the photos I took during my family’s camping trip to Miracle Beach on Vancouver Island (featuring our adorable pup, Maruka): Photos © Fraser.Artist. All Rights Reserved. Visit fraserartist.wixsite.com/home… Continue Reading ⛏ Gold! | How did the Gold Rushes Shape BC?
on We just completed our PLP Spring Exhibition “IMPACT!” PLP Exhibitions showcases the learning PLP learners have done. We were split into teams, each responsible for a room. I was assigned to “Beyond The Classroom.” We also got to work with the Grade 8’s to create our room. Our room’s driving question was: How do we… Continue Reading 🏛 PLP Spring Exhibition 2022
on In this project we learned a bunch about movies, from history to practical skills. I’ll start with the first skill then work my way down past some banana madness, all the way to the grand finale involving a wizard, a penguin and an iPad… Movie history We also learned some movie history. I won’t go… Continue Reading 🍌 From Bananas to Wizards | Vibrant Video
on In this project we created graphic novels about an aspect of WWI. I choose to learn and create a graphic novel about Francis “Peggy” Pegahmagabow, the most deadly sniper and highest decorated Indigenous Person from Canada in WWI. Here’s my graphic novel (pease select a file type below): Please choose a file type to open… Continue Reading 💥 The Story of Francis “Peggy” Pegahmagabow | WWI
on In this project we learned a lot about how to be our most effective selves by reading the book “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens” by Sean Covey and creating “choice board assessments” to show our understanding of each section in the book. Keep reading for all of my choice boards and accompanying explanations… Continue Reading 7️⃣ Habits of Highly Effective Teens
on This project was titled “Case for a Nation” and it was centred on Nationalism and Historical Perspective. We started this project started in February, was interrupted for a week by the Loon Lake Learning Advance, and was completed in March. 🚨 Trigger Warning! This post details information regarding Residential ‘Schools’ and the Indian Act. Some information… Continue Reading 📝 The Indian Act 1876 | Nationalism