lessons Great Unsolved Mysteries in Canadian History 28 Oct 202028 Oct 2020 Everyone loves a mystery! The "Great Unsolved Mysteries in Canadian History" uses the lure of solving puzzles in its engaging, high-quality materials for the teaching of historical methods and Canadian…
Header Image… October 5: World Teacher’s Day 5 Oct 20205 Oct 2020 In 2020, World Teachers’ Day will celebrate teachers with the theme “Teachers: Leading in crisis, reimagining the future”. The day provides the occasion to celebrate the teaching profession worldwide, take…
Header Image Header Image- July 6 Jul 202018 Sep 2020 Welcome to July! This month, we are featuring a look back at July 1912, when Regulation 17 was passed, severely restricting French-language instruction in Ontario. In acts of resistance at…
Header Image Header Image – June 3 Jun 202015 Jul 2020 June is designated as Indigenous History and Pride month. We have updated our header image to reflect anti-oppression work that is done in our classrooms everyday. The cover image is…
Resources… Meaningful Civic Action: Pandemic teaching & Learning 6 May 202020 May 2020 Are you struggling to find ways to engage your students in inquiry based remote learning? I think most of us have had to rethink how we engage our students online…
Header Image Header Image- May 4 May 20203 Jun 2020 May is Asian and South Asian heritage month in Ontario. We have updated our header image to reflect one piece of that history in Canada. This image is one of…
Rapport Blog… What can you share? 4 Apr 202015 Jul 2020 We hope that our new website will provide a place for you to share your stories from the front lines, reflections on teaching and learning, resources, and great ideas for…
Pedagogy… Assessing Global Competencies in Grade 12 Economics 10 Mar 202022 Apr 2020 By Zoe Flatman My predecessor at Rapport, Risa Gluskin, chronicled her journey to revise and update her teaching and assessment practices. In that spirit, I wanted to share some of…
lessons… Rapport: Fact Checking in the Economics Classroom 19 Apr 201922 Apr 2020 By Zoe Flatman I have been teaching grade 12 Economics for over 25 years and as curriculum has changed and we have moved to actually Analysing Economic Issues, in combination with the rise…
Indigenous history… Rapport: March Madness 5 Mar 201925 Mar 2020 Here we are in March already! It has been a harsh start to the New Year for many in Southern and Western Ontario with record, or near record snow days. …
Rapport Blog Rapport: Big Changes 14 Jan 201925 Mar 2020 Another successful OHASSTA Conference is now finished and it is time for reflection. As I met with people over lunch and listened to powerful guest speakers, I was reminded of…
Civics… Rapport: Put Me In Coach, I’m Ready to Inquire! 14 Oct 201825 Mar 2020 By Zoe Flatman Imagine a suite of free, inquiry-based, teacher-tested, comprehensively researched lesson plans with all of the components needed to use immediately in your English, French, or Language-Learner classes.…