Hello crazy people, welcome back! In this project called Cray Cray Yay Yay (a very professional name), we dived into why it takes a “crazy” person to change the world. ╚════════════════════════════════════════╝ To launch into our project we started by defining what we as a group, deem crazy. This project was structured around the Apple Think Different […]
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Who is Rosemary Brown?
Hello everyone! Currently in Humanties we are working on a project that focuses on why it takes the “crazy” people of the world make the biggest impact. For a bit of insight our definiton of crazy means someone who isn’t afraid to take risks and authentically be themselves. As most of the PLP 10 learners […]
Good Luck Future Kira! – Who Are You Going To Be?
╚════════════════════════════════════════╝ Driving question of the project: Who Are You Going to Be? ╔════════════════════════════════════════╗ Ever get that feeling after finishing a good book and you don’t know what to do after? That’s how I felt. The Bite of the Mango is a powerful memoir about Mariatu Kamara’s life. At the age of twelve, she witnessed the […]
The Ology Of An Apology – PLP 10
The Hiroshima Peace Memorial, The 9/11 memorial, The Gun Violence Memorial Project… these memorials were all created to educate, commemorate and foster reconciliation and change. In our recent project called The Ology of an Apology, we learned about the importance of memorials and apologizing. What we learned and created along the way helped us strengthen […]
Save Juno Beach! 🪖 – Canada’s involvement in WWII
Save Juno Beach! 🪖 Throughout this project we questioned, “Why is it so important to learn about Canada’s involvement in WWII?” We also focused on how we can use research to develop narratives and arguments which would then help us with the last assignment of our project; we were expected to write an essay with […]
This Is Us 🇨🇦
Hiya folks, welcome back to my blog! I cannot believe I am in grade 10 this is bonkers. Right away we jumped into our first Humanities project. Our goal was to learn about How we can use conversation to help us advance the concept of a “just society”. To launch the project we watched multiple […]
Dulce et Decorum Est 🪖
Woah this is my last blog post for grade 9. I will be talking about the last project we did in humanities and the spring exhibition! Our project was called Dulce et Decorum Est means It is sweet and patriotic to die for one’s country, and this project was all about the contrasting narratives of […]
Creating Cards of Confederation – Say That 10 Times Fast
Cards of Confederation! Never coming to stores near you. Recently in humanities, my business partner, Blondie, and I created a card game involving Canadian nationalism and the confederation. After learning what nationalism was we had to find a “current” event that showed aspects of it. I ended up choosing an article about the difference between […]
Full Steam Ahead 🚂
Toot toot..! In Humanities Ms. Madsen led a project called Full Steam Ahead. We learned about the Industrial Revolution and its impacts on society. The final result was for us to present a slam poem about a chosen impact of the Industrial Revolution. It could be about the consequences of urbanization, the impacts on the […]
Storm The Barricades
Was the Haitian Revolution effective or ineffective..? Well that’s what I’m here to find out. This project was all about revolutions, more specifically the Haitian, French, Russian, and American revolutions. The original end result of this project was supposed to be a live court trial with two opposing sides arguing about one of the revolutions […]