Hello, dear readers! Imagine a land where the echoes of history resonate through time, revealing tales of discrimination and resilience. That’s precisely where our journey takes us today. Buckle up as we navigate through the labyrinthine alleys of British Columbia’s overlooked legacy in our recent Humanities project, the Ology of Apology. As we explored our […]
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Storm The Barricades
How did revolutions bring down empires and change societies around the world? Welcome back! For this project we dove into revolutions of the past, specifically The Russian Revolution, the French Revolution, the American Revolution and the Haitian revolution. The original plan was to put your chosen historical revolution on trial, to determine if the revolution […]
Let’s Start a Revolution!!
Once upon a time I lived in a kingdom far far away. In this nation, the society was divided into 4 social classes; including the king and royals, the law enforcement (Nobility), the merchants (Store Owners) and the peasants. Each had a different hierarchy status, living conditions and wages. The rules and laws were imposed […]
🚂The Geography of the West, a Flourishing Economy
How has the geography of the West shaped who we are? Well, after completing our first humanities project on the power of geography, I have developed my answer to that question. This is a special project because we got to go on a 9 day field trip through the West. We stopped at important historical […]
Exploring New France Perspectives
This is it folks! My last Humanities post of eighth grade! Interested about the final product above? Keep reading! Our driving question for this project was: “What did the establishment of New France mean for all people involved?”. We had the chance to learn about the impact of settlement on the multiple groups involved in […]
The Age of Exploration! 🧭🏴☠️⚓️
Ahoy! Avast, me hearties!! Welcome back to my blog! We have finished our 2nd last humanities project of grade 8, and it’s time for me to reflect on my experience and learnings throughout the project. This project was called “Argh, Matey”, and the central topic of this project was European exploration. We were told that […]
The Renaissance: A Change Engine
Hello readers! Welcome back to my awesome blog! This post tells the story of my learning through our most recent Humanities project on the Renaissance and some of it’s everlasting effects on the world today. Don’t know too much about the Renaissance? Follow along and you might learn something you hadn’t known before on […]