With all the attention SOPA and PIPA have received in the past few weeks, Canadians are starting to realize that the proposed changes to the Canadian Copyright Act (Bill C-11), which are going to make an appearance in the House of Commons in the coming weeks, are going to attempt to do the same. This [...]
It’s important to examine as many sources of information as possible on any given issue. The Northern Gateway Pipeline is promising to be one of thew most controversial issues the country of Canada may face in a generation. For the Social Studies practitioner the pipeline issue has many facets – local, provincial, national and global. [...]
I think it is very important for the true story about the Canadian Governments shameful behaviour to be spoken to with truth and common sense. Gerald Amos takes a stand and sets the record straight. A leader any community could be proud of. Please take the time to read this article: http://www.terracedaily.ca/show9198a/NO_APOLOGY_FORTHCOMING?mid=574740 Rethinking Social Studies [...]
This news story about a WWII Royal Air Force bomb recently found in the Rhine river would be great to use in the classroom for multiple reasons. First, it could serve as a great introduction to WWII, or to the allied bombing of Germany, because it is a current news story about how the war [...]
Today is the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women. These days of remembrance are crucial to all of us as prospective/acting Social Studies teachers as they shed light on past events and open up opportunities for all of us to get engaged with our history. This particular date commemorates the massacre [...]
As a former student, and one who has participated in this blog before, I must say that there has been some fantastic stuff posted this semester! It is very useful and some has been great for classroom stuff! Rethinking Social Studies Education
Every subject, not too much for social studies, but maybe you have a kid with different interests and need somewhere to point him.. Etc Worth checking out for sure. Free is good. http://textbookrevolution.org/index.php/Book:Lists/Subjects Rethinking Social Studies Education
Welcome to the rethinking socials studies education blog, where you are invited to share all of your materials with a community of social studies educators. Although we lost a year of blogs we still have a few years of extraordinary resources on this blog! Rethinking Social Studies Education
This past weekend I presented a short demo lesson, well really a talk, about how I have taught archaeology in the middle school classroom. The lesson begins with a reading of David Macauley’s The Motel of Mysteries a really wonderful and all but forgotten book. You can find a synopsis of the here . Needless to say although it is [...]
I am sitting here watching BBC live news coverage of the UK Election returns, via C-SPAN. What will the results be: hung Parliament, minority governance, a coalition government, or another election in 4 weeks? These terms are absolutely fascinating and have driven me across the web in the past few days to understand them, and [...]