Take Action for the Enviornment - 1 views
The Environment Canada website can be used by teachers to provide students with information about various environmental issues affecting Canada or Canadians. One particular topic this website prov...
The Steve Jobs Model for Education Reform - 2 views
Link to article: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203914304576631100415237430.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
Teach LGBT history in public schools - 0 views
This article discusses the importance of trying to include the gay rights movements into the curriculum in public schools in the states. Councilman Danny Dromm thinks that the curriculum should beg...
Making the Case for Geography in our Schools - 1 views
http://geography.about.com/od/teachgeography/a/geoedcommentary.htm This is a US article but is also relevant to Canadian teachers and the public in general. The idea of this article suggests that ...
Students identify key events in history through personal connections - 0 views
http://www.education.ualberta.ca/en/FacultyOfEducationNews/2011/January/Studentsidentifykeyeventsinhistorythroughpersonalconnections.aspx This article looks at a study that was done in Alberta, lo...
Powerful and Purposeful Teaching and Learning in Elementary School Social Studies - 1 views
http://www.socialstudies.org/positions/powerfulandpurposeful Link to article
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
History 'disappearing from schools' - 1 views
In this article, Graeme Paton reports that the Historical Association found extensive evidence that history is being marginalized in all stages of secondary schools in the United Kingdom. Most scho...
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 ...
Exploring Different Attitudes Towards Africentric Schooling - 2 views
The institution of the Africentric School within the Toronto District School Board made its mark in 2009. This week, I wanted to gain more insight into the intentions of the Africentric Alternative...
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...
What we teach our students could save their life! - 1 views
This article by James Owen for National Geographic news reported that one school girl's lesson on plate tectonics helped her to realize that the retreating ocean was a sign that an earthquake had h...
Towards Some New Methods In Teaching Geography - 1 views
The article by Jadranka Brkic-Vejmelka, "Towards Some New Methods in Teaching Geography," provides examples of a new approach to teaching geography. The author suggests that geography should give ...
The Importance of Social Studies Education - 1 views
As TEC's we are being taught how to become critical thinkers and how to integrate and reinforce critical thinking in our classrooms. This article discusses the crucial role that social studies play...
Gifted Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder - 1 views
http://www.ericdigests.org/2005-1/gifted.htm Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder also known as ADHD is a common behavioral disorder. This article discusses gifted children that have ...
Sept. 11 not in social studies standards but still a topic in high school classrooms - 3 views
This article looks at the placement of September 11th in the social studies standards in high school classrooms. Though it is not an objective in the LPS social studies standards, many teachers fro...
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...
Applying the concept of geography to the classroom - 2 views
This is an article that discusses the way that geography can be brought into the classroom in regards to the actual set up of the classroom. The article implies that the actual set up of the room c...
Children marking ballots for provincial election - 1 views
Approximately half the schools in Welland are participating in non-partisan votes on October 6th, the same day as the provincial election. This is a great way to encourage students to engage and s...
Toronto school board develops climate-change course with Environment Canada - 1 views
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/09/09/pol-climate-adaptation.html The education process changes as new technologies are invented. Brad Bass, a climate scientist has developed a...
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