Category Humanities
WWI or the Great War was an awful event that resulted in millions of deaths and wounded. The series of events was sparked by the assassination of Archduke of Franz Ferdinand and had an unimaginable consequence. The war affected all… Continue Reading →
Every term there seems to be more work than the last, but the years keep speeding up. The second half of the year was equally, if not more eventful than the latter. Throughout the two years, I have been doing… Continue Reading →
Louis Riel! Most people have heard of him but don’t know his story. Transitioning from the previous project about the Canadian confederation, we would continue through history onwards to the red river settlement. We learnt how Riel fought for the… Continue Reading →
Confederation is the union between different parties or groups and provides mutual benefits being a whole nation. Through Canadian history, there were many factors and conditions for Confederation of the colonies and it took a lot of convincing to join…. Continue Reading →
It is the middle of another crazy year, even more, intense than last year. I have tried many new things, going out of my comfort zone and spending A LOT OF TIME on projects. Reflecting back on the first… Continue Reading →
On the 19th of December, we finished the months-long work for the winter exhibition. Once we left the school, the exhibition had come to a close, reflecting back on all the hard work put into our projects. This was themed… Continue Reading →
Stars wars has become one of the most popular movie franchises in history. It began in 1979 and it has endured over the decades by recreating itself for new generations. “A New Hope”, the first movie produced (IV Episode) created… Continue Reading →
Ideas drive revolutions, and they change countries for the better or worse. For the past six weeks, my group (Ben, Alex, Julia) researched different Revolutions and filmed different types of videos. In every video focused on the importance of how… Continue Reading →
How does place impact business owners? We visited Alberta for 9 days, interviewing people along the way in order to answer this driving question. I made a video on how business owners were affected by place looking through the environmental… Continue Reading →
“Colonizing in a Tempest” is our final Humanities project for this grade 8 year and we decided to end the year with a bang. The driving question for this project was “How can we use Shakespeare’s The Tempest and the… Continue Reading →