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Canadian Heritage. Code for … History isn’t boring. Heritage Fair. Shaughna Crew, Events Planner Simcoe County Museum Greg Harris, Teacher Librarian Ardagh Bluffs PS, Simcoe County DSB Our Goals For You: You know why Heritage Fair matters You know how to start HF @ work
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Canadian Heritage Code for … History isn’t boring
Heritage Fair • Shaughna Crew, Events Planner Simcoe County Museum • Greg Harris, Teacher Librarian Ardagh Bluffs PS, Simcoe County DSB Our Goals For You: • You know why Heritage Fair matters • You know how to start HF @ work • You have contacts
Heritage Fair BIASED? Yes, Yes we are.
We are not alone in this bias… From the Top Very good stuff is happening here! From the Bottom
The Project Parts … Deconstruct • Display … Why it matters • Explanation/Description • Photos, captions, artefacts, • Citations • Higher Order Thinking Question/component
Canadian Heritage • Heritage Fair is Canadian stories • Grades 4 – 8 • Higher order thinking • Engaged students • Caring and engaged teachers • Appreciative school community • Great fit with new SS,H&G curriculum
How do I start?A: If your area has Heritage Fair • Go to www.ohhfa.ca , check out the site, Call your local museum Events Planner & Board Curriculum Consultant • Talk with ADMIN and STAFF who are most likely to partner • Start with informal talk to others ... • Add detail, get commitments by year end • Present at Fall staff meeting to all
B: Unsure about HF in area? • Go to – www.ohhfa.ca, Regions listed, support contacts listed … Lots of info • Contact local museum; * It can be self-contained within a school E.g., challenging year of 2012-13 My school planned this as a Curriculum Activity and was going to hold during school day and invite parents.
Another teacher resource ONTARIO HERITAGE FAIRS INTEGRATING HERITAGE FAIRSINTO YOURCLASSROOMPROGRAM
Ontario Heritage Fairs Linking the Fairs to the 2013 Ontario Curriculum Social Studies 1 to 6 and History and Geography 7 and 8
Significance Cause and consequence Continuity and change Perspective Patterns and Trends Interrelationships Concepts of Disciplinary Thinking – Making Connections
Continuity and Change • This concept requires students to determine what has stayed the same and what has changed over a period of time. Continuity and change can be studied with reference to ways of life, political policies, economic practices, relationships with the environment, social values etc.
Role of TL • Just get started with one class teacher • Backwards plan from HF Museum date • Plan teaching/learning, e.g., citations, archive sites, primary & secondary sources, searching skills … • website supports for specific grade/class • Booking student computers in advance, teach norms Bring Own Device • Connect with other TLs, HF support
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Website links To focus thinking
Higher Order Thinking Qns • Q-Matrix … next slide • What if … • What should happen now … • What you would change now … • Compare and Contrast H.O.T. Qns = the most difficult aspect for teachers and students to grasp = the most rewarding aspect
Q Matrix Source: Jan, McLellan. Read It…Understand It…Communicate It. Ontario: JEMCON Publishing, 2000.
RAN Chart by Tony Stead Reality Checks Pembroke 2006 Process: Left Right Sticky notes for each thoughts goes in What I think I Know Research move sticky note to Confirmed orMisconceptions Add new sticky note to New Information and Wonderings
H.O.T. continued • Consider Bloom’s Taxonomy, (Revised) • Creating -- Generating new ideas, products, or ways of viewing things. Designing, constructing, planning, producing, inventing. • Evaluating -- Justifying a decision or course of action. Checking, hypothesising, critiquing, judging, experimenting, comparing/contrasting
Museum supports • People to connect with … • Ontario Archives www.archives.gov.on.ca • Canadian Archives www.collectionscanada.gc.ca