EU464 Social Studies Electronic Toolkit

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...

historical_thinking history government critical_thinking resources lesson_plans

started by natashamaris on 10 Nov 11 no follow-up yet

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...

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started by Shawn Greenwood on 10 Nov 11 no follow-up yet

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...

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started by Trevor Gesinghaus on 08 Nov 11 no follow-up yet

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...

geography literacy strategies handouts exemplars

started by natashamaris on 08 Nov 11 no follow-up yet

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 ...

technology motivated_learning class_website social_studies nontraditional_teaching

started by natashamaris on 08 Nov 11 no follow-up yet

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...

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started by natashamaris on 08 Nov 11 no follow-up yet

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...

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started by natashamaris on 07 Nov 11 no follow-up yet

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...

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started by jasprit singh on 07 Nov 11 no follow-up yet

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

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started by Tanya Traverso on 04 Nov 11 1 follow-up, last by Tanya Traverso on 04 Nov 11

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 ...

History lesson_plans student_activities newsletters social_studies

started by Jenny Hobbs on 03 Nov 11 no follow-up yet

http://www.fox59.com/news/education/wxin-how-to-teach-the-igeneration-20111102%2c0%2c2610062.column

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started by jasprit singh on 03 Nov 11 1 follow-up, last by jasprit singh on 03 Nov 11

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...

Geography effective_teaching country_names geography_confusion geography_perspectives

started by bell4390 on 03 Nov 11 no follow-up yet

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...

Critical_thinking Geography Technology Problem_Solving strategies

started by Catherine Millar on 03 Nov 11 no follow-up yet

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 ...

Technology geography video connected_classroom learning

started by Marlene esteves on 03 Nov 11 no follow-up yet

history geography video_games critical_thinking problem_solving

started by Trevor Gesinghaus on 01 Nov 11 no follow-up yet

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

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started by Stacey Manzerolle on 01 Nov 11 1 follow-up, last by Stacey Manzerolle on 01 Nov 11

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 ...

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started by jasprit singh on 29 Oct 11 no follow-up yet

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...

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started by Jenny Hobbs on 27 Oct 11 no follow-up yet

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...

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started by bell4390 on 27 Oct 11 no follow-up yet

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...

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started by Catherine Millar on 27 Oct 11 no follow-up yet