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Engage Students in Historical Thinking

5/23/2013

The National Archives’ Docs Teach offers teachers opportunities to create activities that develophistorical thinking skills and get students thinking like historians. The areas include chronological thinking, historical comprehension, historical analysis and interpretation, historical research capabilities and historical issues analysis and decision making. Teachers are also led through a wizard approach to customizing activities with appropriate primary sources as they browse a library of thousands of possibilities.

http://docsteach.org/tools

HistoricalThinking.ca

2/19/2013

Historical Thinking ConceptsSelect a concept to learn more and to see lessons centered on the concept.

historicalthinking.ca

Bridging World History

5/30/2012

There are so many more ways to study history than looking at simply military, nation-state analysis. This site addresses other tools historians use to investigate world history, such as the frameworks of geography and chronology. A geographical area can be used to explore commonalities across political borders to discover the effect of trade, disease, and migration. Included in this unit are readings, resources, maps, audio clips, a video to watch, as well as a transcript of the video. Pertinent questions and activities are also provided.
http://www.learner.org/courses/worldhistory/unit_main_1.html

How to Teach Students to Recognize Good Journalism

2/18/2011

Resources for teaching students how to recognize good journalism. Includes overviews, tutorials on reviewing news articles, and teacher guides. The Education Resources

http://newstrust.net/guides/teachers

Newseum - World Newspaper Headlines

2/18/2011

ust put your mouse on a city anywhere in the world and the newspaper headlines pop up... Double click and the page gets larger. Click on the direction arrows in the “Reset Map” to move to other cities in the map area. The first map is USA but you can select maps that span the world.

http://www.newseum.org/todaysfrontpages/flash/

Blogging the Civil War

11/24/2010

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Professor Adam Goodheart's blog, Disunion, covers the American Civil War as if it were a real-time event, unfolding today. Goodheart's been using Civil War Era journalism as one of his primary sources and says that blogging the war gives his readers a sense of immediacy that a traditional history book can't provide.
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/

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Heroines in History

11/24/2010

Heroines.ca is dedicated to discussing Women in Canadian History. There is an entire section dedicated to sharing tons of lesson plans for grades K-12 and beyond! Not only is this a great resource for students to learn information about women in Canadian history, but there’s also plenty of opportunities to explore and find new partners for online resources

http://www.heroines.ca/resources/classroom.html

The Gathering Place: An Exploration of Canada’s Capital

10/13/2010

Grades 4-8
Supporting education about:
-Canadian culture, identity and symbols
-Government, citizenship and democracy
-Canadian stories, heroes and celebrations
-Canada’s connection to the world
Downloadable resources and additional links are included.

http://www.canadascapital.gc.ca/bins/ncc_web_content_page.asp?cid=16297-24521-29608-46825&lang=1

Gateways 2 Learning

6/7/2010

All Grades
http://www.gateways2learning.ca/
Gateways 2Learning provides exceptional 'real world' learning resources, tools and opportunities for teachers and students within a rich, multimedia learning environment.
Robotics, Aboriginal Culture, Climate, Birds, Environment, Dinosaurs, Water Ways, Seasons, Ingenuity, Oceans & Global Citizenship

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