Hello and welcome to a new blog post! I’ve recently completed a new project called “Fear factor”. This project had a large launch cycle and was focused on learning about the Cold War. The driving question was “How has fear been used as a political, defensive, and cultural tool to shape our society?”. The launch […]
Category: Humanities
Martha Mayweather, Ex-Realtor
If this realtor listing doesn’t make you blind, I don’t know what will. Hello and welcome to the first summative post of this semester. I’ve recently completed a project with the project title and driving question, “Who Cares and Why Bother?”. In this project, I learned more about my strengths and weaknesses while engaging in […]
“Actually Factually” 🤓
I hope you like the word “project”. Hello and welcome to this blog post about a recent project I completed called “The Manhattan Project²”. This project revolved around creating an eBook that demonstrates the historical significance of the Manhattan Project. Generally each project has keystones, but this project seemed to be more self-motivated. The process […]
Mightier Than The Sword
Hello and welcome to my first summative blog post of my grade 11 year! I just finished a project called “Mightier than the sword”. In this project I focused on building my communicating and social awareness skills. The end product of this project was to create a piece of writing targeted towards grade 8’s to […]
The Importance of Revision
Hey! Have you ever not wanted to accept critique and revise your work? If so, keep reading… Revision is a concept that you, as a PLP grade 8, will see a lot this year. It’s not something to hate on, even if it seems like someone is disregarding your work. I know many people, including […]
Time for a tPOL!
Declaration of Learning: “Thank you for coming to my presentation on learning. I am an expert in my learning. I am also responsible and accountable for my learning. You can expect me to give an honest evaluation of my progress. We will discuss my strengths and opportunities for growth. Thank you in advance for listening and for offering […]
The First Step In Truth and Reconciliation
Hello and welcome! This blog post is summing up a recent project called Lies and Incongruencies. Throughout this project we read a book, wrote reflections and create a collage. These project were a part of the process of Keystones that helped to answer the driving question for this project. The question for this project was […]
Don’t Write About Sun Tanning
If you read my drafts you’ll get the sun tanning reference. Hello! This blog post will be about a project I just completed in Humanities called “Save Juno Beach”. In this project we learn about the contents of WWII, which I’ve always been interested in learning in so I was excited for this project. The […]
Oh My Disney!
Hello! This blog post is about my extraordinary field studies called “The Power of Imagination”. This is the biggest and most eventful field studies I have EVER done! The field study location was Disney World in Florida, USA. The driving question for this project is “How do Disney theme parks shape and influence the cultural, […]
Parting Is Such Sweet Sorrow
Hello! I’ve recently worked on the last project of my first semester. This is a short project called “Romeo, Romeo, Why Are We Still Talking About Romeo And Juliet?” and as you can probably assume a main portion of it was based off of the playwright Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. The final goal […]