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Humanities

The War of Propaganda

Hello! My name is Amy, and today I am going to be talking about how we might use artifacts and film to show the significance of WWI to Canada. In this post I will be walking you through our project, starting with my video, and then a general overview. But wait! I might not know you, […]

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Humanities Maker

I Have Pride and Loyalty To These Videos

Welcome to my latest, biggest, and (possibly?) greatest blog post yet. 4 weeks, 10 milestones, 6 videos. Yes, it was a lot. We started right away. Our first video was a interview with our parents about nationalism. Wait a second, what in the world is nationalism? Thank you John Green. Okay, now you know a […]

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Humanities Maker

Let’s Combine Stuffed Animals and Talk About The Industrial Revolution!

This post is dedicated to Keenan’s frog. HELLO INCREDIBLE BLOG READERS!! In this post I will be talking about our latest and probably our most unique project that we have done, The Rise of the Frankenstuffies! Yes, you read that right. The Frankenstuffies are indeed rising. Let’s start with our driving question. This question is […]

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Humanities

ABBA. The Beatles. Revolutions. Crane Brinton?

Hello wonderful people, and welcome back to my blog. Our latest project was called Storm the Barricades! It was about how revolutions transform societies. We had to show this by creating three Rube Goldberg machines, and a final video, to show how different revolutions have effected society. First of all, what is a Rube Goldberg […]

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Humanities Uncategorized

I Am Not Objectifying This Story

Hello, and welcome to my very last Humanities blog post of Grade 8. It has been a wild journey full of projects, Zoom, and slightly funny blog post names. This project was called Every Object Tells a Story. Let’s go through some milestones, my final book, and some lovely curricular competencies! Yayyyyyyyy. We are going […]

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Humanities Scimatics

Ahhhh Scary Diseases and Sexism

Hello! I hope you all are healthy! I am here to talk about our latest Humanities AND Scimatics project, Argh Matey! Yes, we did a project that involved both Humanities and Scimatics. It was quite a crazy journey, and I am going to walk you through it! So, first of all, I am going to […]

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Humanities Uncategorized

It’s the End of the World As We Know It By R.E.M. Has Been Stuck In My Head For 5 Weeks

Heelllloooooooooo!! This is my reflection post for our latest Humanities project, It’s the End of the World As We Know It! In this post, you are going to be learning about the Milestones that we did, the curricular competencies that we used, and just an overview of the project in general!!! Let’s start with a […]

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Humanities Uncategorized

oooooo…Fleas on Rats, Fleas on Rats

  Hello! I am very excited for this post. I am going to be reflecting on our last Humanities project, This Changes Everything: Middle Ages *insert trumpet sounds here*! Just warning you, this is going to be a long post, so grab some popcorn, or your snack of choice, sit back, relax, and enjoy! So, […]

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Humanities

Media Is The Message Reflection

Hello! For our first project in Humanities, we learned about advertising. There is a lot of things that people don’t realize that go into advertising, and we looked at all of the behind the scenes details, the hidden messages, the persuasive techniques, and more. For our first step, we looked at a ad called Welcome […]