PGSS Montessori
Supplemental Resources and Practice
The greatest gifts we can give our children are the roots of responsibility and the wings of independence.
-Dr. Maria Montessori
High School Montessori Video
English Resources
English Reading & Comprehension Practice
Reading:
Top Picks for Free Books
1) Alice In Wonderland Lit2Go – Search: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
2) Japanese Fairy Tales Lit2Go – Search: Japanese Fairy Tales
3) The Count of Monte Cristo Lit2Go – Search: The Count of Monte Cristo
4) Call of the Wild Lit2Go – Search: Jack London – find Call of the Wild
5) Little Women Lit2Go – Search: Alcott (author)
6) Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus Lit2Go – Search: Shelley (author)
7) Anne of Green Gables - Lit2Go – Search: Montgomery (author)
- CommonLit short stories and poems with questions HERE
Because Mrs. Scott envisions everyone curled up with a tea & LOVING time to read and enjoy a book
Science Resources
Crash Course Science LINK
Videos to watch:
- The Nucleus
- Creation of Chemistry
- Periodic Table
- Electron
- Water & Solutions
- Passing Gasses
- Energy and chemistry
- Lab techniques & safety
- Atomic hookups
- Doing solids
Social Studies Resources
Ms. Hamel's Class & Mrs. Scott's grade 7 and 8s
Videos to watch:
- The Roman Empire
- Christianity from Judaism to Constantine
- Fall of The Roman Empire
- Islam, the Quran, and the Five Pillars All Without a Flamewar
- The Dark Ages...How Dark Were They, Really?
- The Crusades - Pilgrimage or Holy War?
- Wait For It...The Mongols
- Venice and the Ottoman Empire
- The Renaissance: Was it a Thing
- The Atlantic Slave Trade
- The Seven Years War
- The Amazing Life and Strange Death of Captain Cook
- Coal, Steam, and The Industrial Revolution
Mrs. Scott's Grade 9s
Videos to watch:
- The Amazing Life and Strange Death of Captain Cook
- Tea, Taxes, and The American Revolution
- The French Revolution
- Coal, Steam, and The Industrial Revolution
- Capitalism and Socialism
- Imperialism
- Archdukes, Cynicism, and World War I
- Communists, Nationalists, and China's Revolutions
- Decolonization and Nationalism Triumphant
Both Montessori & jrPBL
Indigenous Education link HERE
Choose one of the traditional territory nations links to research and explore. Create a informative response to your research - think who, what, where, when, why, & how. You may choose to show your learning in any format of your choice (written summary, powerpoint, video, audio recording, etc.
