Canadian Social Studies (Journal)
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Mary J. Anderson (Ed.). 2004. The Life Writings of Mary Baker McQuesten, Victorian Matriarch.
No full textRobert Gardner, Jim Parsons and Lynn Zwicky. 2003. Stories of the Century: World History from 1900 to 2000.
No full textHistory from a Philosophic Perspective.
No full textOne of the key components of Social Studies has always been history, yet many of us seldom explore what we mean by history. This paper delves into the meaning of history through an examination of Collingwoods work and a discussion of how we can incorporate twentieth century thought into his work. This paper aims, in Collingwoods words, to deepen understanding of our craft
An Outside Place for Social Studies.
No full textThis article was motivated by Summer 2006 Canadian Social Studies: History Alive! Old Sources, New Technologies. In light of technological advancements, programs, and efforts to enhance social studies, it appears history educators have forgotten about and overlook the benefits of leading children to authentic, historical places that exist outside school settings. In many schools, social studies education has become strictly a classroom experience that is divorced from the community; consequently, students experience only the concept of content within the confines of the classroom. One strategy to transform curriculum requires teachers move away from a traditional mode of teaching and toward a partnership with their students as they create knowledge together within authentic places of learning
History by the Minute: A Representative National History or a Common Sense of the Majority?
No full textA number of times over the past century, there have been struggles in the United States over what is and is not included in the history curriculum. These struggles have primarily been over who is represented in the teaching of history. In Canada, however, this debate has not been as prevalent. For example, Historicas Heritage Minutes is a national project that is designed to present Canadians with a common sense of national history and in the eight years since it was first introduced it has not received similar scrutiny. In this article, we use an emergent coding scheme to examine this project to investigate exactly whose history is being told and whether or not it is representative of Canadian society. We feel that while the Heritage Minutes are sometimes over representative of the dominant cultural traits in Canadian society, they do present a multicultural view of Canada
Roderick MacLeod & Mary Anne Poutanen. 2004. A Meeting of the People: School Boards and Protestant Communities in Quebec, 1801-1998.
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The Importance of Educational Research In the Teaching of History.
No full textThis article discusses the importance of teachers integrating new educational research into their classroom instruction. The mandatory grade 10 History course in Ontario is used as an example of how such integration leads to improved teacher instruction and therefore student learning
Discovering Your Place in History.
No full textThe Historica Foundation of Canada has a mandate to provide or support programs and resources for the teaching of Canadian history in Canadian schools. This paper outlines how Historica discovered what was needed and the programs and resources they developed to fulfill their mandate