Hello Everyone,

Congratulations you have made it to the winter break. I hope you can enjoy this time. We will continue our work in the new year through exploring the Aztecs and first contact with Europe. In addition we will continue to work on the skills that will support your academic work. I had the chance to speak to most of you and give you feedback on the year so far.
We will follow through with that feedback in the new year and prepare for your first report card at the end of January.
If you would like to contact me for work or more feedback please feel free to do so a jaschultz@cbe.ab.ca

Have a good Break.

Dear Parents and Guardians, 

As we are approaching the winter break we are preparing for the transition in a few ways. We are getting students ready for the time off from studies with some review and reflection of the year so far. When we return in January, the first term will be ending the second week back and report cards will be sent home soon after. Part of our work this week is to review with each student the year so far and making a plan for the New Year. We will also be highlighting any missing or incomplete assignments to them and want to provide the opportunity to redo or submit them before their first report card in January. Ms. Wilson and I wanted to remind you that marks are available through PowerSchool, in addition you will be able to see if any assignments are missing or incomplete. If you have any questions, concerns or if there is anything you would like us to be aware of or follow up on please don’t hesitate to contact us. Our emails are mjwilson@cbe.ab.ca and jaschultz@cbe.ab.ca. A current review of weekly tasks and work can be found on the class blogs (https://emhumanities85.blogspot.com/  and https://wilsonschultz.blogspot.com/). In addition the textbooks can be accessed through D2L.

Thank you for your support

Marla Wilson and Jordan Schultz

Hello everyone,

Good work this week. We have completed the first unit of grade 8 which is the renaissance. We completed chapter 5 and 6 which includes the reason for the Europeans to use their technology to explore the world and then what they did when they got there. You then had an opportunity to condense your previous chapters for the unit final. Again you were given a chance to see what a standardized test would look like and the opportunity to practice both a multiple choice and an in class essay. Keep in mind this is all part of the learning and skill development process. For the next week it is the last week before winter break. Your task is to be reflective on your work and school up to now and what you what to change or improve moving forward. I will speak to each of you and we will discuss this, your marks so far and how we can both improve the classroom and your learning. You will also have an opportunity to take some tasks home for the break.

Have a good weekend.

Hello everyone,

This week we completed the short story cycle that we started a few weeks ago with The lottery. The critical thinking skills and the “encoding/decoding” skills that you practiced will be something that you will continue and practice through the rest of your time in school. We also completed Chapter 4 in the textbook, which is the most important in understanding the western world view. We examined the start of universities, the protestant reformation and the invention of the printing press. How these ideas connected with Humanist thought and the scientific method is one of the foundation stones of the western worldview.

We will continue with chapter 4 on Monday. We have 3 weeks until break, and a lot to address and review before moving away from the renaissance to the new world.

Have a good weekend.