National Geographic Teaching Resources - 1 views
http://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/teaching-resources/?ar_a=1&ar_r=1 This is a great site for geography resources. This site provides teacher's with some great resources for a vari...
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Environmental Education for Kids! - 1 views
http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/org/caer/ce/eek/teacher/index.htm Environmental Education for kids is an electronic website magazine for kids in grades 4-8. Environmental Education for Kids (EEK) is a ...
Veterans' Week and Remembrance Day - 1 views
http://education.alberta.ca/department/events/veteransweek.aspx This article looks at Alberta schools celebrating Veteran's Week and Remembrance Day. They celebrate the week of November 5th- 11th....
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 ...
Literacy in Geography - 0 views
This resource has so much information about teaching literacy in geographical concepts. This article describes how to teach students to read and write maps, tables, charts, and pictures in all them...
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...
Integrating Social Studies and Visual Arts - 0 views
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Tori Beacon on 07 Nov 11Want to save some time in your busy classroom? Wondering how to integrate different subjects effectively? This article demonstrates how to combine social studies and visual arts in an effective and meaningful way for students. Students demonstrate an understanding of both art and history curriculum expectations as they separate what they can observe from a piece of art from what they can infer from the same piece of art. The article offers tips on how to best present a piece of art. For example, you can enlarge a detail of a painting and describe the specific detail. Then return to the larger image and discuss how looking at only part of the picture can be misleading; just like in history how only looking at one part or perspective of the story can be misleading. Artworks are primary resources in the same way that letters, diaries, and other textual sources are. Historical context is extremely important to the "reading" of these resources. This is why combining visual arts and history can be a very useful and practical way of teaching these subjects. As well, Matching an image to a complementary excerpt can help students deepen their understanding of a person, event or concept and will help build up their skill at making connections; a skill that should be well developed in both inside and outside the classroom.
Teaching Children About Geography - 0 views
This article discusses new, innovative, educational products that can be used for teaching geography and history to make the subject matter fun. To steer away from books, maps and globes, there are...
Developing Classroom Performance Assessments and Scoring Rubrics - 2 views
Forgot to add the links: PART 1: http://www.ericdigests.org/2005-2/scoring.html PART 2: http://www.ericdigests.org/2005-2/rubrics.html
The Importance of Applying Current Events in Social Studies - 4 views
Please refer to link below for the article of reference : http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/1051868--new-yorkers-shrug-off-anxieties-as-9-11-milestone-approaches?bn=1
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...
Student Reflection on Remembrance Day - 1 views
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The Montreal Gazette Newspaper published an article on November 11, entitled, "The Need for Remembrance Day Endures." This article recognizes the importance of veterans and their memories they bring from experiencing historical events in history. Ultimately, individuals who fought in World War I, World War 2, and the Korean War, lay the foundation of Remembrance Day ceremonies across the country. The fascinating stories of veterans' lives serve as the purest form of experience as it provides invaluable insight to historical events. While there is an array of documentation of veterans' experiences, it is more meaningful and engaging to have them orally share their stores. Although many will no longer be able to share their experiences with us, it becomes essential for parents and educators to continue honouring the individuals who sacrificed their lives for our country. A poppy can serve as a simple testament of respect as well as the desire for peace. As we continue to fight the war on terrorism, the desire for power and resources raise the possibilities for greater global violence and turmoil. By paying tribute to our war veterans, it becomes essential to teach students the importance of reflection by promoting peace and community within the classroom environment.
EXTRA, EXTRA, READ ALL ABOUT IT - 1 views
http://canadashistory.us1.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=9f8132854db4c2a3b24732481&id=8145df6f6e This link is an excellent resource that provides access to sign up for bi-weekly newsletters from the ...
This Day in History for 9th November - 0 views
One of the hardest parts about teaching history, in my opinion, is teaching in a method in which students feel the information is relevant and important to their lives. A resource that could be us...
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.
GIS in the Classroom? - 1 views
http://innovateonline.info/pdf/vol4_issue1/Using_Digital_Mapping_Programs_to_Augment_Student_Learning_in_Social_Studies.pdf This article explores the use of Digital Mapping Programs in the Classro...
The Challenge of Culturally Relevant Teaching - 0 views
This article looks at the use of web quests in social studies in order to stimulate learning and act as a tool in the classroom. As social studies teachers we need to make sure that we are cultural...
TC2 website - 0 views
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a great website with free resources and ideas
Teaching Social Studies Authentically - 1 views
The article, "Teaching Social Studies Authentically", stresses that many teachers of the social studies division are under extreme pressures to meet curriculum expectations for their particular pro...
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...