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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...
A collection of current electronic resources to support social studies education.
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...
http://www.adprima.com/whysocial.htm Dr. Kizlik a former education university professor felt that when most of his students started his program they had no real understanding of why social studies...
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...
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...
This website is an example of a social studies teacher implementing technology into their classroom by having a class website. This type of class is interactive for students and will motivate them ...
This article is full of ideas about how to make social studies more fun for the technological generation of students by using a variety of social media networks (coveritlive, skype, myspace, wiki a...
This article talks about using Fred Newmann's concept of "authentic teaching" in the classroom. Doing 'authentic work' is working for a purpose, not just a grade. Making important decisions is a go...
http://www.shelbystar.com/news/critical-59207-train-shelby.html This article discusses the implementation of new educational standards in the state of Ohio. The new standards focus on critical thi...
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
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 ...
http://www.fox59.com/news/education/wxin-how-to-teach-the-igeneration-20111102%2c0%2c2610062.column
This is an article that discusses the confusion pertaining to how countries are all being renamed. Therefore, having google in this case is very helpful. However, the author of this article discu...
This article walks the reader through what GIS (Geographic Information Systems) is, how it functions, why you would want to use it in the classroom and links to lesson plans that you could use. "G...
Video learning utilizing video conference technology has been used between two high schools to deliver a shared curriculum allowing both schools to share teaching capabilities. A geography teacher ...
Sorry, I somehow missed the location to paste the link... http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/history-goes-to-head-of-the-heritage-class/article2198082/?from=sec431
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 ...
Natural Resources Canada provides current statistical data pertaining to National Wildland Situation Report. It has information, current reports and graphs. It can be used in a variety of different...
http://www.oagee.org/resources/news-events/2-ontario-elementary-social-studies-teachers-association Before now, social studies did not have a teacher organization to represent elementary schools a...
http://www.parentcentral.ca/parent/education/schoolsandresources/article/1062715--alternatives-sought-to-triple-grade-classes This is a recent news article that highlights Parkdale Public School i...