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Have you checked out these internet websites?
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A KIDS' GUIDE TO CANADA
https://akgtcanada.com/
AKGTCanada is a national teacher-led initiative organized by elementary teacher volunteers from across the country, and sponsored by Esri Canada, the Digital Human Library, District School Board of Niagara, ihub Niagara, Orion Network, Canadian Geographic Education, ABEL Program at York University, MediaSmarts Canada, and ECOO (the Educational Computing Organization of Ontario).
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VISIT THIS WEBSITE AT
www.oessta-teachers.ca
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OESSTA (Ontario Elementary Social Studies Teachers Association) is composed of teachers and educators from public and Catholic School Boards, private institutions and faculties of education.
We have members from different regions in the province. Our goal is to support educators who teach
Social Studies (grades 1-6) and Geography and History (grades 7&8).
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The resources on the OESSTA webpage are designed to support job-embedded professional learning for teachers using evidence–based instructional strategies and practices that improve student achievement and support the development of informed citizens (e.g. problem-based global learning, higher order thinking skills, communication, use of disciplinary thinking, spatial skills.)
The webpage is:
- A site where educators can connect with colleagues who have similar interests, challenges and/or questions about the implementation of the Ontario Social Studies/History/Geography Curriculum.
- A site where educators can share ideas, resources and/or ask questions about SSHG document.
- A site where educators can exchange ideas and suggestions regarding planning, implementation and assessment of the Ontario curriculum.
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ONLINE RESOURCES FOR TEACHERS OF CANADIAN SOCIAL STUDIES AND HISTORY
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OHFA President Dr. Rose Fine-Meyer has compiled a list of excellent resources found on the web.
CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD A COPY
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A GREAT NEW RESOURCE FOR TEACHERS OF CANADIAN HISTORY IS NOW AVAILABLE
CLICK ON THE LINK BELOW TO LEARN MORE ABOUT
The Big Six Historical Thinking Concepts
by Dr.Peter Seixas and Tom Morton
Published by Nelson Education Ltd.
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EXPLORING THE EXPLORERS
"While designed as a tool for history and social science teachers,
"Exploring the Explorers" also provides numerous suggestions for cross-curricular activities,
including lesson ideas for geography, language arts, French as a second language,
music, visual arts, health and physical education, science, and mathematics."
Teaching resources can be downloaded from their website at
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Sarah Brydges (Niagara Public Regional Heritage Fair), in conjunction with Brock University, has developed
a series of teaching units relating to the War of 1812 which teachers will find very useful.
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GOING BEYOND THE FACTS
SELECTED ACTIVITIES - WAR OF 1812
Carol White and Denise McCulloch have been working with Michelle Foggett at the
Archives of Ontario to develop bilingual teaching activities about the War of 1812.
CLICK HERE TO GO DIRECTLY TO THOSE TEACHING ACTIVITIES
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Passages to Canada - Bringing the complexities of the immigrant experience to life! Passages is a national storytelling initiative that provides Canadians with a greater understanding and appreciation of the contributions that immigrants and refugees make to Canada.
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CELEBRATE
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OLYMPIC CHAMPIONS
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The Canadian Olympic School Program website offers a collection of biographies of our Canadian Olympic champions with excellent teaching guides. Athletes featured on the site include - Carol Huynh, Kristi Richards, Jeff Bean, Gaetan Boucher, Jamie Sale & David Pelletier, Nathalie Lambert, Gary Reed, Beckie Scott, Alexandre Despatie, Silken Lauman, Daniel Igali, Lawrence Lemieux, Jennifer Botterill, Waneek Horn-Miller, Alwyn Morris, Angela Chalmers and Tom Longboat.
CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD A SAMPLE TEACHING UNIT
To access other teaching units you will be asked to complete an online registration form.
CLICK HERE TO VISIT THE WEBSITE
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Your gateway Canada's past --- Votre accès à l'histoire du Canada
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Archives Canada is an official archival portal maintained by the Canadian Council of Archives (CCA), and is a joint initiative of CCA, the Provincial/Territorial Archival Networks, and Library and Archives Canada.
In homes, schools and libraries across Canada, people are looking for evidence of what it means to be a Canadian. Archives Canada is a gateway to archival resources found in over 800 repositories across Canada--it's your gateway to Canada's collective memory!
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LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES CANADA'S LEARNING CENTRE
"Library and Archives Canada's Learning Centre brings together a wealth of educational resources for students and teachers, including comprehensive teaching units and strategies, lesson plans, quizzes and games. Primary-source items such as diary entries, letters, maps and photos have been specially selected from Library and Archives Canada's collection and are available in The EvidenceWeb. Quality websites for students, on a wide range of Canadian topics, have been selected for their educational value and are highlighted in For Students, under Great Sites. Award-winning Books for children and young people are listed in For Students, under Award-winning Books. Educators will be interested in the workshops offered in the Educational Resources database, found in For Teachers
CLICK HERE TO VISIT LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES CANADA'S LEARNING CENTRE
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The majority of the records in the collections of the Archives were created by the government of Ontario and its predecessors in the fulfillment of its legal and administrative functions. These records date from the late sixteenth century to the present day. They document political and legal decisions, the evolution of provincial administration, the interaction between the government and its citizens, and provide key evidence of the rights and responsibilities of Ontarians.
CLICK HERE TO VISIT THE ONTARIO ARCHIVES WEBSITE
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HUDSON'S BAY COMPANY
Did you know that the Hudson's Bay Company has converted the popular book "The Adventurers" into digital format? You can download your own copy (in French or English) of this history of the Hudson's Bay Company from their website at
http://www.hbc.com/hbcheritage/learning/explorers/default.asp
Adventurers now offers a 24-page Teacher’s Guide available in both English and French, in hard copy or downloadable from Hbc’s heritage website, to make it easier to get the most out of the content in this wonderful publication. Educators can order a free copy of the new Adventurers Teacher’s Guide and a class set (30) at
http://www.4edu.ca/tors/hbctales/hbcAdventurersEng.asp.
(Please note that print quantities are limited.)
Hudson's Bay Company's history is a vast pageant spanning over three centuries. Through the HBC website you can access historical information and educational resources for use in the classroom
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"Black history refers to the stories, experiences, and accomplishments of people of African origin. Black history did not begin in recent times in Canada, but in ancient times in Africa. People connected by their common African history and ancestry have created Black history here. The African-Canadian population is made up of individuals from a range of places across the globe including the United States, South America, the Caribbean, Europe, Africa, and Canada." ..... Rosemary Sadlier
Black History Canada is a gateway to authoritative online resources about Canada's Black history, thematically organized and annotated.
www.blackhistorycanada.ca
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BLACK HISTORY CANADA
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http://www.bushplane.com/ |
CANADIAN BUSHPLANE HERITAGE CENTRE
The Canadian Bushplane Heritage Centre in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario is dedicated to preserving the history of Bush Flying and Forest Protection in Canada. Volunteer members actively acquire, restore, preserve and display floatplanes, bushplanes, waterbombers, and forest fire fighting equipment along with other aviation and forestry-related artifacts in order to celebrate the achievements of Canada's aviation and forest fire fighting pioneers.
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What should students know after 12 years of studying history in school? What should they be able to do with their knowledge? Surely they should have more than an accumulation of memorized facts to show for years of study.
“Historical thinking” appears as an objective in many curriculum documents. But those documents are not very helpful in explaining to teachers what the term means nor for equipping students to achieve that objective.
The Benchmarks Project combines the research of historians and educators with the experience and skills of classroom teachers to create practical ways of encouraging historical thinking in realistic classroom settings.
Benchmarks defines historical thinking by identifying its key components. The project provides teaching tasks which promote historical thinking through the development of those concepts, and publishes tools to assess students’ ability to demonstrate historical thinking.
In so doing, Benchmarks also aims to provide social studies departments, local boards, provincial ministries of education, and public history agencies with models of more meaningful history assessment for their students and audiences.
Benchmarks of Historical Thinking is a project of the Centre for the Study of Historical Consciousness, the Historica Foundation, and supported by the Canadian Council on Learning.
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GREAT UNSOLVED MYSTERIES IN CANADIAN HISTORY
The "Great Unsolved Mysteries in Canadian History" project is focused on providing high-quality materials to high schools and universities for the teaching of historical methods and Canadian History. The project, based at the University of Victoria, the Université de Sherbrooke and the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at the University of Toronto, has started a series of instructional websites based on the premise that students can be drawn into Canadian history and archival research through the enticement of solving historical cold crimes. All the material is provided free.
The project builds on the new "document-centred inquiry" and "active learning" pedagogical thinking. The beauty of this format is that students have to make their research strategy and critical thinking skills apparent as they defend their theory.
The mystery websites have been designed as teaching tools and behind the sites lie a carefully considered approach to teaching how to think historically. They draw on recent best practices in history teaching including learning-centred and document-based inquiry. Comprehensive teachers' guides are available.
www.canadianmysteries.ca
The Historic Places Initiative is one of the most significant developments in heritage conservation in Canada's history. It is an initiative led by the Government of Canada, in collaboration with provincial and territorial governments, to strengthen the culture of conservation in Canada. Working together, the Government of Canada and the provinces and territories have developed two tools to help conserve our historic places – the Canadian Register of Historic Places and the Standards and Guidelines for the Conservation of Historic Places in Canada.
The Canadian Register of Historic Places is a searchable database accessible via the Internet. It describes historic places formally recognized by local, provincial and territorial governments, and by the federal government.
Canada's Historic Places
Aboriginal Perspectives For Canadian Classrooms
by: Robyn Turgeon, Jan Beaver, Sherry Ramrattan Smith
Grade Level: Primary (k-3), Intermediate (Gr. 4-8)
Province/Territory: All
Time Period: All
Overview
The Teaching Circle is a curriculum resource developed for students, educators and communities. It incorporates themes related to Aboriginal peoples for Kindergarten to Grade 8 using elements of the newspaper.
CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD |
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NEW EDUCATIONAL INITIATIVES FROM THE PARLIAMENT OF CANADA
A comprehensive new program of multimedia teaching resources about Parliament has been developed for elementary social studies students in grades 4 to 6 as well as an on-line Model Parliament Unit for secondary students. For more information please call 613-992-4793 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 613-992-4793 end_of_the_skype_highlighting begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 613-992-4793 end_of_the_skype_highlighting, or toll free 1-866-599-4999 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 1-866-599-4999 end_of_the_skype_highlighting begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 1-866-599-4999 end_of_the_skype_highlighting.
www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/education/ppp-res/index.asp?Language=E¶
KAYAK MAGAZINE
FOR KIDS AGED 7 TO 11 YEARS
Created by some of Canada’s leading designers, artists and storytellers, there’s no other history magazine like it available to Canadian families!
Brought to you by Canada’s National History Society, Kayak is designed to catch the imagination of children from ages 7 to 11.
Every issue will introduce children to the who, what, when, where, why and how of Canada’s fascinating stories, and show them our history in context with today’s world! Kayak will take your child to a past they will find engaging, relevant and fun...
Kayak is unique – in its look, style, and ability to bridge the gap between magazines that entertain and those that educate.
CLICK HERE to learn more about this exciting new magazine for children.
Ontario History Quest Ontario History Quest is a student learning resource dedicated to discovering Ontario's history - its people, their dreams, struggles and achievements. This website is a partnership of Toronto Public Library, Government of Ontario, Archives of Ontario, and Toronto Archives.
Culture CanadaCultureCanada.gc.ca is the Government of Canada's one-stop web access to government Culture, Heritage and Recreation services. Created as part of the Treasury Board Secretariat's Government On-Line initiative, CultureCanada.gc.ca is based on the GOL principles of "organizing information around the needs and expectations of Canadians", as well as "taking a whole of government approach" in providing information.
VIRTUAL MUSEUM - CANADAExplore Canada’s rich history and culture in the Virtual Museum of Canada (VMC). You will find virtual exhibits and interactive learning resources on numerous subjects, created by Canadian museums and galleries, all institutions-members of the Canadian Heritage Information Network (CHIN). The McCord Museum of Canadian History in Montreal is one of the members of the Network offering excellent exhibitions. One of these marvellous exhibit has to do with the prolific work of the photographer Notman. The Museum invites visitors to discover the Photographic Studio of William Notman, an early Canadian photographer who took inspiring images that made him a legend.
This site is about the history of Canada through the words of the men and women who shaped the nation. Built around the Government Documents collection of the Early Canadiana Online collection, it integrates narrative text with links to primary source texts.
This site is has been designed for students and teachers of Canadian studies, history and law, but will also be useful to researchers and anyone else interested in Canada's past. It includes:
Thematic narratives covering Canada's constitutional history
Expanded texts on key events and issues
Links to over 200 digitized documents to illustrate key points
Summaries of over 190 key historical documents
Over 125 historical images and maps
21 lesson plans and ideas for educators (and more coming!)
Links to reliable sources of historical information on the Internet
You can visit the website at http://www.canadiana.org/citm/index_e.html |
If you've found a great resource that you would like to recommend please let us know!
E-mail your suggestions to Wayne Hugli.
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