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Historical Thinking 2012. Prairie Spirit School Division. Goals for the day. To introduce teachers to a wealth of local primary and secondary sources to use in their MY and SY classrooms.
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Historical Thinking2012 Prairie Spirit School Division
Goals for the day • To introduce teachers to a wealth of local primary and secondary sources to use in their MY and SY classrooms. • To demonstrate strategies to promote historical thinking about such sources, that is grade-level specific.
Guests • Al Thorleifson (Pembina Manitou Archive) • Bette Mueller (Nellie McClung Foundation) • Linda Connor (Manitoba Education) General Introductions …
Agenda • Introduction • The Pembina-Manitou Archive (primary and secondary sources) • Promoting historical Thinking using the Archive • Vimy Ridge Tour • The McClung Foundation Website • Critical thinking using the lessons and primary sources • Social Studies update • The Teachers’ Institute on Parliamentary Democracy
Using Primary Source Evidence Object/Artifact (Think sheet page 8)
Grade 6 http://www.edu.gov.mb.ca/k12/cur/socstud/foundation_gr6/blms/index.html
Grade 6 SS – Canada the Emerging Nation KG-042 Describe Canada’s involvement in the Second World War and identify its impact on Canadian individuals and communities. Include: internment of ethnocultural groups; the Holocaust. VG-014 Appreciate the sacrifices that soldiers and other Canadians made during the World Wars.
Grade 9 http://www.edu.gov.mb.ca/k12/cur/socstud/foundation_gr9/appendixd.pdf
Grade 6 • KI-010 Describe various challenges faced by new immigrants to • Canada. • Examples: language, climate and environment, differing laws and • customs, discrimination, physical and cultural isolation...
Grade 11 http://www.edu.gov.mb.ca/k12/cur/socstud/history_gr11/index.html
When were some of the sources written relative to this timeline?
Grade 9 SS – Cluster 2 Democracy and Governance in Canada KC-007 Describe the responsibilities and processes of the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of the federal government. KP-046 Give examples of ways in which people can individually and collectively influence Canada’s political and social systems. Examples: voting, political parties, labour organizations, civil disobedience, NGOs, lobbying...
The Nellie McClung Foundation Bette Mueller
The Nellie McClung Foundation http://www.ournellie.com
Vimy Ridge George Adams
Social Studies Linda Connor
Teachers’ Institute on Parliamentary Democracy Marilyn Cullen Ryan Steppler
http://www.edu.gov.mb.ca/k12/citizenship/teachers_institute/
Wrap-up • Thank you to all • Exit slip