Humanities 📖 | Esther’s Insights

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💥 Hey Boomer!

BOOM! That was a word we saw a lot of in this project, as you can see from the title of this blog post. From the baby booms, economic booms, to even booms in pop culture, the post-WWII affects had a lot of impact on Canadian society. ‘How do we use a satirical radio play…

🇯🇵 Ology of Apology

Canada is popularly known as the ‘golden retriever’ of countries. The people are nice, our healthcare is free, and we have many laws protecting and preserving our wildlife. What is not popularly known is Canada’s history, and the way the government treated the minorities in the land. The driving question for this project was ‘How…

Swipe Right for Tragedy! 🥀

‘How do we use parody to bring the themes of Romeo & Juliet to a modern audience?’ That was the driving question for this humanities project. As you can probably guess, this project was based on Romeo & Juliet. To answer this driving question, we decided to put on our own parody play of Romeo…

Save Juno Beach! 🪖

‘What role did the conflict of World War II play in shaping Canadian Identity?’ That was the driving question for this project. Last year in PLP 9 we learned about the conflicts in World War I and the role that Canada played in it. This year we moved on to the story of World War…

Why Does the World Need More Canada? 🇨🇦

Long time no see everyone! This is the first blog post I have written in quite a while, and it feels Goode to be back! Over the past few weeks in grade 10 PLP, we have been focusing on answering the driving question “Why does the world need more Canada?” The end product to answer…

Spring Exhibition 2024: WWI Con 🪖

It is finally that time of year! It’s time for Spring Exhibition 2024! The project that we presented at our spring exhibition this year was all based on World War 1. Our driving question for this project was, “How can I create a graphic novel that accurately depicts an event from WWI?” Obviously at the…

In the Name of Nationalism 🏁

Have you ever wondered how your country became the way it is today? Well I have, and in this unit I was given the opportunity to find out. As soon as spring break was over, a new unit had begun for us PLP students. This unit was all about Nationalism. You’re probably thinking ‘What the…

The Story of Riel 📝

“How has the portrayals of Louis Riel changed over time?” That was our driving question for this project. Over the past few weeks in PLP 9, we have been learning about Louis Riel and his impact on Canadian history. To answer our driving question, we looked at many videos, articles, and statues made about Riel,…

Winter Exhibition 2023 ❄️

‘How do ideas drive change?’ This was our driving question for our winter exhibition of 2023. We were shown many examples of of how ideas drive change in revolutions, and that is what we focused on showing and connecting in our metaphor machines. Our class of 50 people were divided into seven groups, each assigned…

Loon Lake Adventure! 🏞️

How do the choices we make set our future path? That was the question that the entirety of PLP 9 was trying to answer on our trip to loon lake. During our time there, we learned about 5 main subjects to help us answer this question. Emotional Intelligence, Internal Talk, Clear Communication, Social Awareness, and…