Teaching History's Big Picture - 1 views
As history teachers, we sometimes get lost in teaching the "big p picture" of history. This as a result, often causes our students to lose interest and become disengaged in the subject area of teac...
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Fun ways to teach kids geography - 3 views
http://www.squidoo.com/teach-geography This is a website that can be used by teachers to get ideas on ways to make geography a little more interesting for students. It provides many different ide...
How to teach the iGeneration - 2 views
http://www.fox59.com/news/education/wxin-how-to-teach-the-igeneration-20111102%2c0%2c2610062.column
ESL Icebreakers - 0 views
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Tori Beacon on 08 Nov 11This article is a great follow up to the fantastic presentation on ESL students and ESL teaching we were given last week in class. It can be difficult to bridge the gap between you and a student who speaks a different language and/or comes from a different country and cultural background. This article provides you with a few practical tips and 'icebreakers' on how to overcome the language barriers. It is important to establish good rapport with your ESL students; many will not feel comfortable in your class if you cannot achieve good rapport and if your students are uncomfortable, they will probably be unable to produce their best work. Making this connection can be very difficult as many ESL students would rather distance themselves from their instructor and fellow students with whom they cannot connect with right away because of the language and cultural barrier. A good icebreaker to established rapport and gauge the level of your ESL student (s) is Two Truths and a Lie. This activity will tell you whether or not your ESL student (s) know basic English, and will open up conversations between you and your students, as well as between students, about some unexpected answers that hopefully also offer some cultural insights. Another good icebreaker that will challenge student assumptions about each other is Who Wrote This? Many students may be surprised at some of the answers, and this activity will open up the classroom to new discussions about ESL students' personal interests and how they are similar or connect with the rest of the class's interests. Establishing a good relationship with your ESL students and making them feel comfortable and safe in your classroom is half the battle; having good icebreakers will help achieve these tasks and will aid your efforts significantly in presenting yourself to your ESL students as a safe, caring teacher.
Google Earth helps bring First World War to life Laurier team produces book detailing e... - 0 views
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This article describes three authors from Laurier who have written a book entitled "Canadian Battlefields 1915-1918" which is a guide to and describes the battlefields of northern Europe. In addition to the book, the article describes the use of Google Earth images in better understanding the situation that soldiers were facing during the First World War. It is the author's opinion that by utilizing the technological images, "readers better understand what the Canadians were up against during their battles in the French countryside." I believe that this would not only be an interesting book regarding teaching of historical events, but also an interesting way to incorporate technology into history and to modernize history for students.
The Purposes of Teaching Canadian Hisotry - 1 views
In this article, Peter Seixas discusses the importance of teaching Canadian history in a method that moves away from myths. Seixas argues that "Some of our myths feel crusty and irrelevant, some o...
Sheppard Software: Fun online games - 0 views
This is a website that provides fun interactive online games for students in all subjects. There are interactive geography games and history games as well as quizzes. This provides for a great wa...
Canadians' Views on History Education - 1 views
The article "Canadians' Views on History Education" provides some interesting insights into our countries outlook on Canadian history. This article provides many statistics based on an Ipsos-Reid ...
Canadian historians mod Civilization III to teach Canadian history - 1 views
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This article is great for computer-savvy teachers or historians who are interested incorporating computer gaming into their history lessons. Bitcasters, Telefilm Canada and Canada's National History Society have joined together to make an application which can be added to the Civilization III which uses Canadian history as a bases for the gaming environment. This is a unique way to make history lessons more interesting especially for those gamers in your class. The only difficulty I see with using this in the classroom is how to incorporate it to the curriculum and limited class time allotted for history. To help keep the game tied to the curriculum, HistoriCanada includes historical references such as the Canadian Encyclopedia, which are integrated directly into the game. An added bonus for teachers is that the game allows teachers to track progress on the game's web site, which will also provide further background information on the actual course of Canadian history.
How to Make a History Class Relevant to Students - 2 views
This article provides results of studies that demonstrate that the average student finds history to be dull and lacking excitement. A major justification to student beliefs is that history is irre...
CLASSROOM TIPS;Teach Your Students How To Write A Research Report - 2 views
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This article describes how to interest students in research writing and reporting as well as the steps to get them planning and working to a cohesive conclusion. Although not limited to history or geography, this article is from the Canadian Social Studies Journal and offers good information for Social Studies or any curriculum subject. I particularly found the last portion interesting - 17 ways to present research. Currently in our PDS our students are looking at determining their learning styles - auditory, visual or kinesthetic - and by offering multiple ways for students to present their assignment we are offering a form of differentiated learning.
Newcomers and Education - 1 views
Please refer to link below for the article: http://www.thestar.com/news/article/1079030--dropout-rates-rise-with-immigrant-child-s-age-of-arrival
Music in the Classroom - 0 views
In our final class we discussed different resources found online I thought I would add to that collection. Grooveshark.com streams all types of genre of music and no downloading is necessary. Mus...
The Historical Thinking Project - 1 views
Canada's government is interested in making history a more central focus in the education system. A project, called 'The Historical Thinking Project' is attempting to foster a new approach to teach...
How to Incorporate Drama in the Classroom for Social Studies - 1 views
http://www.ehow.com/how_7791434_incorporate-drama-classroom-social-studies.html Drama in Social Studies is a really interesting idea. I think it could really work to help students have a greater ...
Make Classes Fun By Teaching History CSI Style - 3 views
Teachers have always struggled with finding a way to make teaching and learning history fun. Some interesting history resources include Teen Second Life or materials from the National Archives. As ...
"Eddie and us," or reflections on a class project to commemorate a fallen soldier of th... - 0 views
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb302/is_1_36/ai_n57319567/?tag=content;col1 I came across this article looking for something that might relate to remembrance day. It was about a professor ...
Remembering - 0 views
http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/_UNDEFINED_VALUE_/20071108/history_torch_071108/ This article talks about the use of monuments to help generations to "preserve" history once living examples have passed ...
Canadian Council for Geographic Education: Geography Challenge - 0 views
The Canadian Council for Geographic Education is an organization that provides geography elementary students with the opportunity of making the study of geography more exciting for them. There are...
THE PERSONAL SIDE OF A COUNTRY AT WAR Social Studies & English Language Arts Lesson Plans - 0 views
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If you link to this site you will find many letters written during the War. The link provides you with many lesson plans on the war and use the letters to help show the students the real side of being a soldier. I think students will find this very interesting and it provides us as first year teachers a great resource to first hand accounts of the great war.