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Showing posts with label history. Show all posts
Showing posts with label history. Show all posts
Wednesday, August 04, 2021

Sod House

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Reconstructed sod house at the Mennonite Village Museum at Steinbach Manitoba. One hundred years ago today, my grandparents, Johann Heinrich...
Wednesday, November 08, 2017

Governor General Award

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This week, the recipients of the 2017 Governor General's History Awards were announced, and I am humbled and thrilled to be counted amo...
Sunday, September 17, 2017

The Sourcebook

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Along with 8 other BC teachers, I've had the pleasure of working on a teaching & learning resource for BC Social Studies 9 -- ...
Thursday, January 12, 2017

Skookum Stories 2017

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Wow.  We are a few days into "Skookum Stories" -- heritage inquiry for Grade 9 Social Studies students. I have provided a summar...
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Thursday, November 10, 2016

Casualties of Ideology - Remembrance Day 2016

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Coming from a culturally Mennonite background, with its attendant beliefs about non-conformity, non-resistance, and avoidance of military s...
Thursday, March 03, 2016

Q and A on New Curriculum and SS9

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Recently, I was asked some great questions about my draft/sample Social Studies 9 outline that I am using at the moment to pilot the new B...
Sunday, February 07, 2016

Heritage Inquiry Stories

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Each time I have taught Social Studies 10 for the last fifteen years or so, I have cleared some space in the lessons about Confederation, ...
Tuesday, June 30, 2015

Generations

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Here's a photo from a student Social Studies project showing five generations in one family, the youngest in the photo being the stude...
Monday, November 24, 2014

There and Back Again

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I had the pleasure of spending last week in London and Oxford, England. It was formal and informal pro-d for me, and my first time off the...
Saturday, October 12, 2013

GeoNarratives

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For educators and others: this post is intended as a beginning, a draft for a Gr. 11 student project design.  Your feedback is welcome, pa...
Saturday, December 03, 2011

Awesome start to student heritage projects

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After a month of preparation mixed in with the other things we do in Social Studies 10, my students are finally ready to present their He...
Tuesday, November 08, 2011

Stories keep breaking like waves on the shore

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where Beatrix Potter bought her tinned veggies and tea I am astounded at how many of my students are learning basic history about their ...