Resources NEW DIGITAL EXHIBIT AND EDUCATIONAL RESOURCE 12 Jan 202213 Jan 2022 From Vimy to Juno Online Exhibition: Canadians Through Two World Wars Contributed by Pam Calvert This NEW website tells the story of Canada’s involvement in two world wars and the intervening…
lessons Remembrance Day Lesson Ideas- Part 5 11 Nov 202121 Nov 2021 Section 5 Going Further and Deeper The resources for exploring the topic of secrecy in WW2 are not so secret anymore. For more on Macalister and Pickersgill online sources include…
Uncategorized Remembrance Day Lesson Ideas- Part 4 8 Nov 202121 Nov 2021 Teachers’ Guide for Secret Liberators: Canada’s SOE Agents in Occupied France. John Myers OISE (retired) Section 4 Sample Lessons The above strategies serve as lessons or parts of lessons to…
lessons Remembrance Day Lessons- Part 3 1 Nov 202121 Nov 2021 Teachers’ Guide for Secret Liberators: Canada’s SOE Agents in Occupied France. John Myers OISE (retired) Section 3 Strategies for getting the most out of Secret Liberators (or any other presentation)…
Research L.R. Wilson Institute For Canadian History 26 Oct 20215 Nov 2021 The Wilson Institute is proud to host, as part of its ‘Syndemic Series,’ Nancy Fraser of the New School for Social Research. “The Covid Pandemic: A Perfect Storm of Capitalist Irrationality…
lessons Remembrance Day Lesson Ideas – Part 2 25 Oct 202121 Nov 2021 Teachers’ Guide for Secret Liberators: Canada’s SOE Agents in Occupied France. John Myers OISE (retired) Section 2 Key Questions Some of the key questions presented in individual parts can apply…
lessons Remembrance Day Lesson Ideas-part 1 21 Oct 202121 Oct 2021 Teachers’ Guide for Secret Liberators: Canada’s SOE Agents in Occupied France. John Myers OISE (retired) This is part 1 in a five part series. Check out each Monday morning from…
Reflections The Dundas Controversy 29 Aug 202130 Aug 2021 By: Allan Hux Henry Dundas should be honoured. Rosemary Sadlier, the Past President of the Ontario Black History Society was interviewed on CBC Radio 99.1 and mentioned 2 important historical…
Partner News Texts for Transformation: An equity approach to selecting and teaching diverse resources in your K-8 classroom 20 May 202130 May 2021 What are the most powerful steps we can take in selecting and teaching diverse texts for our classrooms? How can we employ an equity lens in both the selection process…
Rapport Blog Navigating the Information Swamp: Part 2 20 May 202120 May 2021 By John Myers Metacognition occurs when we are aware of our thinking and is a key factor in learning. The ideas we shall explore in this series promote metacognition, beginning…
Survey Your input is needed! 7 May 20216 Jul 2021 To better understand your lived experience as a social studies secondary school teacher during these unprecedented times, the Association for Canadian Studies is inviting you to participate in a survey…
Indigenous history… Embedding Indigenous Education into C&WS: A curriculum leader’s reflections 28 Mar 202130 May 2021 By Sandy Kritzer, Edited alongside Nancy Rowe Here’s the challenge: embed Indigenous histories and ways of knowing in meaningful, authentic ways into a curriculum that was written within a colonial…