_____ Today was my final day of high school and final class of PLP. Despite being a kind of sad and dreary day, I had on last presentation to make, my facilitation Friday. I was to present to the class a discussion on my topic of choice. I chose HIP HOP and I created a […]
Cubaniacs (for Nash from the future)
_____ PLP 12 traveled to the island nation of Cuba on April 21st, 2018. For 16 days 12 students explored the Caribbean island with their two humanities teachers and a very knowledgeable guide. I was one of the 12 students who was lucky enough (and smart enough) to go on this trip. The 16 days […]
Think: an Opinion Post.
_____ An intriguing quote was said in one of the CNN documentaries we watched, and it reignited a fire concerning a little something I have wrote about before. The News. Some historian said “theater is the most important part of terrorism” and it made me realize how true that was. As I thought about it […]
Jimmy Dean
_____ The 20th century was a time when people and events shaped the world at a degree that had not been recorded before. The path humanity was taking changed its direction constantly and the people of this time were as much contributors as they were helpless casualties. The people, events and personalities are now representative […]
World War II
_____ World War II was a large chunk of our History 12 agenda that we learned about through the month of March. While History 12 is a journey through time, our World War II section was a journey within its self, taking the class through the worlds greatest conflict. Over two weeks we learned about […]
Paris 1919
Intro Indent The second topic in our History 12 unit is the Paris 1919 conference and all that came from it. This event marks the official end of WWI (where Socials 11 left off) and where History 12 technically begins. The learning we accomplished on this topic is very important to the chronological style of […]
Political Ideologies
PLP 12’s History 12 journey formally begins with the Political Ideologies topic, as it lays the building blocks of our learning and prepares us for the other 9 Topics we will be covering. The process of learning we are learning through is a chronological adventure where the deeper past builds on our knowledge of the […]
Historical Thinking, A QR code adventure.
Welcome to historical thinking, the lenses that historians use when examining history. The visual component that I have created to explain these lenses to you is a learning poster. Through QR codes in the poster below, you are linked to other posters I have made that explain the 6 Key Historical Thinking Concepts. Don’t be […]
1984 Animation mini project
Hello 2018, hello same old blog. We are supposed to refer to this ‘blog’ as our “learning portfolio” but it really hasn’t caught on. Anyways, maybe that will be my new year’s resolution… Stop calling PLP flight and my learning portfolio my blog. This portfolio post is highlighting and showcasing a mini project […]
Learning from the Horror Unit is now “Locked In” my mind
Remember that tragic trainwreck of a project called Macbeth? That film where 24 students were tasked to work together to make a movie? Where students stood out in the snow for over 5 hours on their weekends? Well, I remember it. I remember it as a bittersweet production where nothing seemed to go right and […]