For our most recent Humanities project, we learned about colonization. For our finish line, we got to make an augmented reality video. First, let’s look at the keystones. Keystone 1: What Changed About The European Power’s Worldview? For our first keystone, we got to make an Art Chart. We got to pick a piece of art made by C.W. Jeffreys and then decipher implicit and explicit messages. Because of this, I can say that when…
God dag og velkommen! Let’s talk about my most recent Humanities project, Blue Eyed Brutes In Horned Helmets. That’s right, we learned about Vikings (for the first keystone, anyway)! For the first keystone, we had to make a Viking character card. That was pretty fun and interesting. Here’s mine. For our second keystone, we looked at the age of exploration. The main assignment was making a story about a famous explorer from that time. I…
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I think the most stressful part of this project was when I got a revision on my sketch. I had started to make my other panels and I was worried that I was going to have to redo my whole project, even though it basically just said, “Add more innovations.” For me, the part I liked most about the project was making the images. Even though it was probably the hardest part, it was…
Humanities: Reflection on the Middle Ages Work In Humanities, we’ve been working on answering the question of how did the quest for power impact peoples lives in the Middle Ages? In an attempt to answer the question, we made Keynotes detailing our learning and what life was really like in the Middle Ages. My Inquiry Portfolio My inquiry portfolio was the first of my three Keynotes. I made the title slide background a picture of a…
The Winter Exhibition Twice every year, we have an exhibition were we get to showcase our learning. At exhibitions, we have a different theme; this year it was Avatar. The driving question was “What does James Cameron’s ‘Avatar’ reveal about our own society?” Here is the process of our project and the winter exhibition. The Project For the grade 8 project, we made a theme box to represent a theme present in Avatar. I chose…