Pedagogy… Inquiry Reflection #4 8 Jan 201825 Mar 2020 By Risa Gluskin Lesson design is obviously very important for every teacher, but it is especially so for teachers on the path to inquiry. While during inquiry lessons we are…
Resources Happy New Year Rapport Readers 8 Jan 201825 Mar 2020 By Risa Gluskin Happy New Year, Rapport readers. Perhaps you, too, felt like 2017 was a highly eventful year. Whether you teach history, civics, law, politics, economics, equity, genocide, or social sciences,…
Pedagogy… Inquiry Reflection #3 8 Dec 201725 Mar 2020 By Risa Gluskin This is post #3 in a series. See posts 1 and 2 if you'd like to catch up. Historiography and Inquiry One observation I’ve made in the past few years is…
Conferences Conference Recap 8 Dec 201725 Mar 2020 By Risa Gluskin At the annual OHASSTA conference, held in Ottawa from November 16 to 17, we challenged the past and faced the future – our theme. In 2017, during…
Doing History… Doing History – Donna Gabaccia 4 Dec 201725 Mar 2020 Risa Gluskin interviewed Donna Gabaccia. Donna R Gabaccia is President and Chair of The Ward Museum Executive Board and Professor of History, University of Toronto. The Ward Museum examines the history of St. John’s…
Pedagogy… Two Classrooms Reflection #2 – Scaffold To Build Success 25 Oct 201725 Mar 2020 By Risa Gluskin Cake can make a good analogy. In an inquiry-style document-based course there is a lot of interpretation going on with very few straight up facts to memorize.…
Pedagogy… Icebreakers 25 Sep 201725 Mar 2020 I’m not a fan of traditional icebreakers such as name games or scavenger hunts. However, I have two trusted icebreaker activities that have set up my new classes with great…
Pedagogy… Two Inquiry Classes 25 Sep 201725 Mar 2020 By Risa Gluskin Last year, I was incredibly lucky to have had the best grade 12 world history class I’ve ever taught in my 20-year career. This also coincided with…
Doing History… Doing History – Ann Posen, Docent at the Textile Museum of Canada 24 Sep 201725 Mar 2020 Ann Posen is a long-time volunteer at the Textile Museum of Canada. She was the 2013 recipient of the Ontario Association of Art Galleries Volunteer Award. Risa e-interviewed Ann this…
Rapport Blog… Rose’s Notebook – WWI Diary – Entry 1 6 Sep 201725 Mar 2020 (Image Courtesy of NFB) March 24, 1914 Dear Diary, I am feeling so very thankful today. Unique times call for unique solutions, and somehow the recent war in Europe has…
Rapport Blog… Rapport – NFB Partnership 6 Sep 201725 Mar 2020 By Risa Gluskin It is my pleasure to announce that The National Film Board (NFB) and Rapport have formed a partnership to share content. NFB has excellent history and social science materials…
Doing History… Doing History – Christine Lee – Senior Acquisitions Officer at TVO 25 Jun 201725 Mar 2020 How did you come to work in acquisitions in the broadcasting field? I’ve worked in acquisitions and programming at TVO for fifteen years. Before that, I worked in the Ontario Centre of…