Are you wondering what a Montessori-IB lesson feels like in A3? Would you like a window into an A3 student’s academic world for 90 minutes? You are invited to join Katie Ibes and Melanie Peterson-Nafziger (and maybe a few A3 students!) for a lesson from the 12th grade IB World History course on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict:
- explain what a collective memory narrative is,
- identify and analyze collective memory narratives that emerge from Israeli and Palestinian pop culture,
- recognize and understand competing narratives in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict,
- recognize that creating history involves interpretation not just a retelling of facts about the past, and
- envision the benefits and challenges of crafting bridging narratives that incorporate diverse historical narratives enabling the possibility of reconciliation.
Thursday, February 25 from 6:30-8:00pm
in the Upper Humanities Room at GRS
Melanie will engage us in interpretation and conversation as she does with Great River's 11-12th grade students. At the end of this lesson you should be able to:
We will explore these ideas together through presentation, pop music analysis, reading texts, and discussion. You are guaranteed to leave with deeper understanding of this conflict and a personal, dynamic experience of the rich studies explored in our Montessori IB A3 program. Parents and their 9-12th grade student are welcome to join!
If childcare is needed, please RSVP to Katie Ibes at kibes@greatriverschool.org by Friday, February 19.
We look forward to seeing you there!