Summertime and the living is easy?

November 25, 2014

Up in the northern hemisphere, there are masses of snow falling, in some cases, in epic proportions.  But in the southern hemisphere summer is approaching.  For all of us, the holidays are drawing near.  We may have 3 weeks of school left before the students head off,...

IB History count-down

October 29, 2014

If your school has a school-based syllabus the exams will be done by the time you read this posting.  If not, the exams begin on Tuesday morning English A. (Why does English always get to go first?  It doesn’t seem fair!) The IB classes will be wrapping up but...

Changes for the upcoming examination session

October 21, 2014

  With November exams looming I would like to draw your attention to changes to the upcoming exam session that are available to read on the OCC (Online Curriculum Center). These notes pertain to both Route 1 and Route 2. The following changes to the examinations...

History Assignments for ELLs

September 15, 2014

Last Friday I was assigning a group presentation to one of my classes on the responsibility for the First World War.  I was a bit nervous as the previous class had been less than thrilled at the prospect, and this class was full of ELLs, so I thought they would be...

The Extended Essay supervisor’s report

August 13, 2014

The teachers whose students take November exams are currently in the process of collecting Extended Essays, reading them, conducting the Viva Voce (although it’s now optional a surprising number of teachers still do an exit interview) and then trying to...

the shot heard around the world

June 28, 2014

This is the 100th anniversary of the assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand.  With the centennial of this, many more will follow and we will see the First World War in the mainstream media once again. The causes of World War I continue to intrige historians and...