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Colonizing in a Tempest

To wrap up Grade 8 Humanities, this last unit focused on learning about Shakespeare’s play The Tempest and the colonization of New France. It seemed unusual that these two topics would go together, but I sooned realized that many of the themes in The Tempest relate to the early history of Canada. Like always, the…

tPol-End of Year Review of My Work

This blog post is for my TPOL – transitional presentation of learning. We have finally reached the end of grade 8, and the driving question I have to answer in my presentation is “Why do you feel you are ready to advance to the next grade level?” Thinking about this question, I know I am…

Age and Unit of Exploration

The age of exploration means the unit of exploration. Next in our humanities classes was this unit surrounding The New World: Age of Exploration. This title refers to the time period in Renaissance Europe where many new voyages were taking place. Explorers were boarding great ships and setting sail for places they thought were uninhabited….

Light: A Reflection, Not a Refraction

Ok so there are a million quotes floating around about light, darkness, and all that other philosophy stuff. They’re more metaphorical though, and the next unit in science class was not about an Confucius theory….

The Renaissance: Researching and Remebering

Our humanities classes have moved through time, finally reaching one of my favourite topics; The Renaissance. From the best artists and brilliant minds to the ever growing businesses, this unit promised to be interesting. Beginning right after the past unit, my class jumped right into economics and ended with a visual project. Throughout the whole…

Medieval Myths and Makings

The Middle Ages, a time period from 500 to 1000 AD, was a rather gloomy time in history. In the unit we’ve been working for quite a while (Stitch in Time; Feudalism to Nation States), the lessons went through time with the driving question “How did the Crusades stimulate cultural, social, and political change for…