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Monday, December 19, 2011

barriers to change

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Public education is at a crossroads in BC. As our British Columbia Ministry of Education contemplates how best to implement its new BCED pl...
Wednesday, December 14, 2011

What's in the attic?

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One of the ways we started off our SS10 Heritage Projec t was to ask about the kinds of artifacts that students knew about in their homes....
Thursday, December 08, 2011

200 yr old spoon

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Another great day for heritage project presentations! Christine brought us stories of extreme grief from WWII-era Croatia, counterbalanc...
Monday, December 05, 2011

Newfoundland

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Travis with some props from his Heritage Project As students present the heritage research they've been at (on and off) for a month ...
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...
Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Poutine Glaciation

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The end of a "geomorphology" unit in Geography 12 means one thing... the students have pulled out the stops and are unleashing t...
Tuesday, November 29, 2011

When did thorough go out of fashion?

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I am excited by project-based learning. As a Socials teacher, this has been the meat of my course planning sandwich for 15 years, and is c...
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Saturday, November 26, 2011

Freerunning and well-spent youth

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My very dear friend Derk and I used to run around jumping off of things in university. UBC endowment lands circa 1989 -- tree stumps and th...
Friday, November 25, 2011

Red Fife

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I was giving a lesson yesterday on the big immigration drives during Laurier's time as prime minister (1896-1911) and the work of his ...
Monday, November 21, 2011

open letter to trustees re new choice program

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Dear trustees, First of all, I notice this is your final meeting in the current composition, and I would like to thank you for your most rec...
Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Weathered Stone

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As my students continue to make fabulous connections to their heritage and ask questions about what defines oneself, I find myself drifti...
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Saturday, November 12, 2011

kudos for staff websites

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There are so many great ways, ancient and new, that we all conduct our teaching practices. I'd like to thank and encourage the teachers...
Thursday, November 10, 2011

Peace and Remembrance, the Tight Rope

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I wrote about this last year , about respect for the war dead, and thought I'd update my thoughts. It didn't really occur to me u...
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Wednesday, November 09, 2011

A little hymn book

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Hailey brought in more artifacts today as part of her heritage inquir y for Social Studies 10, a yearbook from PGSS 1988, where her mom went...
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 ...