Throughout February, Division 3 celebrated Black History Month by researching various individuals of note and summarizing who they are and what they do/did into one to three PowerPoint slides. Students discovered a wide range of Black Canadians that have contributed to our country through sport, politics, art, activism, education, and more.
Students collaborated on a shared PowerPoint file, each person adding their set of slides to the overall composition. Division 3 has been learning how to communicate information effectively. In their slides, their goal was to use visuals and point form to communicate the main ideas clearly.
Please check out their work with this link: Black Canadian Excellence
Earlier in the school year we talked about how examining artifacts (objects created or modified by humans) can tell us about the society in which they were made and about who used them. Today, students had the opportunity to explore a variety of traditional Inuit artifacts, borrowed from the UBC Museum of Anthropology.
From the beginning of language, humans have told stories to communicate the past and current learnings, to explain the world around us, and to connect and comfort.
The secondary schools in Burnaby have been starting their parent information evenings and getting ready to welcome a new crew of grade 8s in September!
In the current novel we’re reading, The Giver, the world is a place of grays and beiges. Everyone under twelve recognizes their birthday on the exact same day, and people take medication to suppress their feelings. Great steps are taken to avoid any amount of physical or emotional pain. People dress the same, and life’s big decisions–jobs, domestic partnerships, and even children–are chosen for you. If members of the community are no longer able to contribute to society, they are released, keeping only the most “productive” of people.
