This week, I introduced to you the Summative Assessment for Humanities– Portraits and Interviews: Humans of Istanbul. See the Google Slides presentation to learn more about the task and timeline. By MONDAY, 5 October, you will have: brainstormed examples of paradigm shift thinking that Istanbul-based people you know have experienced identified two people and– in your own words– described their experiences with PST … [Read more…]
This week, I introduced the Summative Assessment for English: the Historical Narrative. See the Google doc below, which I shared with you yesterday or today. This week, I will also hand you a packet where you will document the Gathering, Choosing and Nurturing Seeds steps of the Writing Process for your Historical Narrative. (SEE ME IF YOU DO … [Read more…]
The focus of our current unit, Reconstructing the Past: Today, we discussed how are we reconstructing the history of the Gezi Park protests to make meaning of Istanbul. In addition, we looked at how to evaluate evidence: -Evaluate the tone -Compare to other newspapers/ sources in different countries/ regions -Ask people what they think of … [Read more…]