Social Studies, Geography and History 7&8 Curriculum Survey

The new Ontario Elementary Social Studies Teachers' Association (OESSTA) http://oessta.blogspot.com/ is preparing to support teachers as the new Social Studies Geography & History curriculum is released Winter 2012.

We are looking for teachers who want to participate in leadership opportunities offer professional learning sessions or supporting publishers as new resources are created.

Social Studies Links


The Teacher's Toolkit is a new collection of electronic resources from the Ministry of Education to help elementary and secondary teachers bring Aboriginal perspectives into their classrooms.
Toolkit Details  http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/aboriginal/elemStrategies.html


Ontario Educational Resource Bank
http://resources.elearningontario.ca
You may search for the resources by grade, subject/course, strand, overall expectations, and/or keywords.
See your librarian for details.

Canadian Culture Source
http://www.culturesource.ca/en

CultureSource.ca is an online cultural resource library for Canadian teachers.


Investigating Images

This resource features nine activities to help students interpret the explicit content of images, read behind images and challenge images to better understand historical and contemporary times and places. It includes teaching instructions, reproducible data charts, and assessment rubrics.
Critical Challenges for Primary Students (Revised Edition)
Excellent cross curricular lessons that promote critical thinking in primary classrooms. They also have books for Rights and Responsibilities and Celebrating Families.

http://www.tc2.ca/wp/publications/http://teachingtoday.glencoe.com/downloads/topic/instruction-and-planning