Doing History… Rapport: Travelling Through Time in the Limestone City 10 Mar 202025 Mar 2020 This spring and summer, the Enrichment Studies Unit (ESU) at Queen’s University is once again offering opportunities for students in grades 7-12 to experience university life. An exciting, new history course explores…
Doing History… Rapport: Recognizing Diversity in our Courses 17 Sep 201925 Mar 2020 By: John Myers In the 1970s the Ontario government reshaped our now CWS curriculum to recognize the emerging multicultural reality of the province and the country. My involvement in this…
Doing History… Rapport: TRC Call to Action 63.1 and The Junos 12 Mar 201925 Mar 2020 By: Tammy Denomme On Sunday, March 17, 2019, the Junos are coming to London, Ontario. Who knew that the arrival of this important Canadian music event would somehow connect to…
Doing History… Rapport: Inquiry Goals for the Semester – Less Context 5 Mar 201925 Mar 2020 By Risa Gluskin World History from 1450 (CHY4U) is very full. Very full of content. That’s a problem. This semester, after reviewing my own past advice to teachers, I have…
Doing History… Rapport: Historical Significance Timeline 14 Jan 201925 Mar 2020 By Claudia Policarpo “it is the mark of an educated man to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it” Said Aristotle. In 2009 I found my self (adjective)…
Doing History… Rapport: REBUILDING ROME 14 Jan 201924 Mar 2020 By Jim Pedrech How rebuilding a city founded in the 8th century BCE is helping my students meet competencies of the 21st century In late October, my CHW 3M students and I…
Doing History… Rapport: When Thinking Outside the Box is Not Enough 14 Oct 201825 Mar 2020 By Barbara Brown and Lina Han Image from OISE: Diversity in Teaching: Intersectionality, https://wordpress.oise.utoronto.ca/diversityinteaching/intersectionality-resources/ Les pionniers sont venus d’Angleterre, d’Irelande, et d’Allemagne … The pioneers came from England, Ireland, and Germany. Thus it…
Civics… Rapport: Inquiry Into Historical Perspectives On Democracy 14 Oct 201825 Mar 2020 By Risa Gluskin Students have to balance their current views on democracy and their historical perspectives on ancient Athenian democracy. Pepples were used to vote. In the open-ended world of…
Doing History Lost Stories – An Interview with Ronald Rudin 13 Mar 201825 Mar 2020 By Scott Pollock I recently had the opportunity to interview Concordia University’s Ronald Rudin. Our conversation, reproduced below, focused on Dr. Rudin’s “Lost Stories” project. This innovative approach to public…
Doing History An Interview with Timothy Grove 10 Feb 201825 Mar 2020 An Interview with Timothy Grove - Chief of Museum Learning, National Air and Space Museum and Co-Founder of History Relevance Risa Gluskin e-interviewed Timothy Grove in January, 2018. OHASSTA endorsed…
Doing History Claire Milligan, Archaeological Researcher 8 Jan 201825 Mar 2020 Doing History is a feature in which Risa Gluskin e-interviews people who use history on the job. What does This Land Archaeology, Inc. do? I am currently employed by a consulting…
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…