
Here is an update on the MYP Transcending Borders unit….from the students in Boise.
You don’t necessarily need to be in Europe to Transcend Borders.
Dear all,
The rest of the 9th Grade began work on their “transcending borders”
unit with a brainstorming and discussion session in English 9 this
morning. It was a wonderful day to begin work on our projects. The
sky is like something from a Ruisdael painting….a deep blue
punctuated with cottony clouds parading across the horizon. We began
by reviewing the terms of the project, but focused mainly on ideas.
Katharine came up with a phenomenal idea to write a haiku or other
short poem to capture the poignancy of the divide between East and
West Berlin and then illustrate that poem by using grafitti style
writing as was the rage on the western side of the Berlin Wall. Mona
and Emma are collaborating to produce a short play based on a true
story of love separated by the wall. Yaro and Max are producing a
mural based on a primary source photograph of the day the wall was
torn down. Sarah is exploring the ways communities transcend borders
to collaborate to protect a particular species. The outcomes promise
to be interesting and challenging. Now…on the really fun part,
while we can’t share the rest of the classes experiences in Europe we
can create our own here. To that end we produced a painting of la
Tour Eiffel and enjoyed croissants in its shadow. Picture is attached!
Andy and Katie