Hey world! Ever stop and think about the future we’re actually building? Not the perfect version we picture in our heads, but the one we drift toward through the small choices we make every day. When we scroll past a problem, follow the crowd because it’s easier, or normalize something that feels a bit off, […]
Category: ✍️Humanities
Socials studies & English
⚠️ Entering the Dystopian World
Hello world! Welcome to my first ever learning intentions post, something new this year where we set goals for each project and decide what we want to focus on. This project is the perfect follow-up to our authoritarianism unit, taking the same ideas of power, control, and lost freedoms and imagining what they might look […]
Finding My Voice
When you think of writing, what comes to mind? A creative outlet—or just another chore? Essays, reports, notes, emails… whether we like it or not, we write all the time. But in a world full of words, how do you stand out? That’s where voice comes in. And that’s what The Write Stuff project helped […]
Here’s To The Crazy Ones 🥂
Hello lovely readers! Have you ever been called “crazy”? How did you react? Did you take it as an insult or as a compliment? Historically the term “crazy” has had a lot of definitions, most of them negative and often used to marginalize those who dared to think and act differently. Whether it was for […]
Think Different. Go Crazy!
🤪🌀🌎🌿💰🏙️🎨💡🛩️🎸 Hey y’all, welcome back to my blog! Did you know that some of the most significant advancements in our society were driven by individuals deemed ‘crazy’ by conventional standards? Yet it’s these people who end up changing our world: they are the ones who see a need in society that others don’t see and […]
A Treacherous Journey To Justice
Hello, dear readers! Imagine a land where the echoes of history resonate through time, revealing tales of discrimination and resilience. That’s precisely where our journey takes us today. Buckle up as we navigate through the labyrinthine alleys of British Columbia’s overlooked legacy in our recent Humanities project, the Ology of Apology. As we explored our […]
Canada’s Role In World War 2
Hello world! Welcome back to my blog! Our most recent humanities project called Save Juno Beach has come to an end, and so it’s time to reflect. In this project we questioned: “why is it so important to learn about Canada’s involvement in WWII?”. Our final product was an argumentative essay answering our driving question. […]
THIS. IS. US.
Hello world! It’s been a minute since my last blog post. I can’t believe I’m in in grade 10 now, and more shocking is the fact that I’m going to graduate in 2 years! 😳 😱 To start off my grade 10 year, we did a project about Canadian Identity. We explored what makes up […]
It Is Sweet And Patriotic To Die For One’s Country
We have reached the end… The end of this project that is. It’s been a while since my last Humanities post, but here we are wrapping up our last Humanities project of the year. This project was a deep dive into the contrasting narratives of World War 1. The driving question was, “How can we […]
🍁Canadian Nationalism and Building Board Games!
Hey, world! Today I’m going to be talking to you about Canada, more specifically, Canadian Nationalism. So what is Nationalism? And how can we make Canadian nationalism board games? Well, you’re about to find out. Keep reading! We launched into this project with a quick research task about a Canadian symbol- whichever one you like […]