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Humanities
Our second humanities unit of 2019 was a really fun one. You’re probably wondering, why was it so fun? That is because we got to not only go on a super fun field school but we got to make a… Continue Reading →
In our most recent unit of humanities we have been learning all about the different dynamics and forms of power and how that has been shown in history. To do so we began studying Canadian history. The first few classes… Continue Reading →
It’s that time of year again, where all the lights go up and Christmas songs are played on every radio station. That’s right it is the 2018 PLP winter exhibition! Now I know you were probably thinking I was going… Continue Reading →
A while back, in late September, we began our second humanities unit of the year. This unit was all about the different revolutions AND the industrial revolution. Our driving question was, “How do ideas drive change?”. The big project was… Continue Reading →
Wikipedia defines steampunk as “a genre of science fiction that has a historical setting and typically features steam-powered machinery rather than advanced technology,” but to the people who love it it’s much more than that. In my definition, steampunk is… Continue Reading →
How does the land impact your identity? I get that you have no idea what that means, since when I was asked that on the first day of school I had no idea either. In fact I didn’t fully understand… Continue Reading →
To start off humanities 9 we are starting by learning about identity. Our first inquiry question is “How does the land impact our identity”. A few things we did in our first few classes was write a paragraph answering the… Continue Reading →
It’s finally the end of grade 8 and I have to say I’ve had a great year. The end of the year does mean another unit completed however so please enjoy as I talk all about this one. For our… Continue Reading →
It’s that time of year again when we finish a unit and write a reflection on it. So the topic for this post is exploration. This past unit was all about the new world and people exploring these new places…. Continue Reading →
Throughout grade 8 we have been covering history according to their timeline. Our last unit starred the Renaissance as the main character. We learned all about the rise of towns and how much change they created. We each had to… Continue Reading →