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My I&S                                               I had always thought that Latitudes
                                                                    and  Longitudes are  not  necessary,  but
                                                                    through this unit, I learnt the importance
               growth                                               of these imaginary lines. I learnt about

                                                                    the different kinds of maps and what
                                                                    they represent. I learnt about  the Hot,
               - Zoya Gupta, MYP 1                                  Temperate and Frigid Zone. This helped

                                                                    me understand what kind of climate
               Egypt,  Greece, India  and China. Maps,              would be in the places that fall in these
               Longitudes Latitudes and Zones. Rivers,              zones.
               Mountains, Valleys and settlements. I have
               learnt so much this year. In my first ‘I  &          Till now, I & S has not only helped me
               S’ class I  did  not  have any  interest in the      improve my knowledge, but  also my
               subject, but when we started learning about          communication,  thinking and research
               the ancient Paleolithic, Mesolithic  and             Skills.  Sometimes we feel that  history
               Neolithic Periods, I started realising that ‘I       and  geography  is useless  and  boring,
               & S’ might just become one of my favourite           but  because we  have not  tried  to
               subjects. When we were learning about the            understand the subject, we do not like
               Indus  civilisation  I  was intrigued to  learn      it and think that it is a complete waste
               more about the civilisation’s history. In the        of time. I  realised that  to  understand
               classes, I learnt about the famous Egyptian          the subject and make  connections,
               Civilisation  and the amazing Greek                  one must read and travel to  connect
               Civilisation.  The Chinese Civilisation  and         the dots. I am travelling to south India
               the Mesopotamian  Civilisation absolutely            during my spring break and I plan to
               fascinated me. I understood  how the Silk            understand the history and geography
               Route connected so many civilisations and            of the locations that I would visit.
               cultures.The first unit helped me learn about         At the beginning of the academic year,
               our ancestors and their creations. I realised        I had not imagined that I & S would be
               that we would not be where  we are now,              so much fun and so helpful, but when I
               in a world where most things come easily,            tried to understand the subject, it opened
               if the Mesopotamians had  not  made  the             up a whole new world. Nowadays, it is
               wheel and if the Chinese had not invented            one of my favourite subjects. Again, I
               paper.                                               urge people to try understanding I & S,
                                                                    and I am sure they will like it and will be
               After the first  unit, I looked forward to           intrigued to know more.
               the next one, Latitudes  and Longitudes.
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