Welcome!
I look forward to my third opportunity to share best practices and historical thinking concepts with my students this year. I am especially excited to learn my teacher candidates – your new eyes and ears and creative strategies are a continued inspiration!
For class:
Pearson Syllabus 2014 PED3183A
Assignment 1: Resource Review 2014 and for guidance – Example, Due September 30
Day 1 Keynote Presentation
Canadian-History-Crossroads: History Symposium. Register by September 10th by emailing: educom@uottawa.ca
Other Ways to use this activity (as generated by my PED3183A Class):
Tops & tails:
- consider what part of the quote has “more weight” or significance
- connect significant event with a famous participant
- one event, two perspectives
- connect century to quote or event
- antagonist to his/her protagonist
- two quotes that lay in opposition to one another on a single issue
- a variety of matching pairs: two Prime Ministers, two famous Metis, two union leaders, two battles on Canadian soil etc
Quotes:
- place and rank on a timeline with both chronology and y-axis for ranking
- have students find the context in which the quote was said
- End of Unit – give examples of where the quote might have been right/wrong
- Start of Unit – students predict important issues in coming unit from the quotes
For Fun or Interest
Farewell to Carrot Cake (The Great War’s less known Contributions to society) [podcast]
500 Years of History in 2 Minutes (Wab Kinew), CBC’s 8th Fire
Steph Pearson 