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Addressing Hate: Understanding Contemporary Antisemitism and its Historical Roots
This workshop is being jointly offered by OTF and Facing History and Ourselves. Antisemitism is a grave threat to students’ safety and to human rights, and left unchecked, becomes a harbinger for persecution against other minorities, intolerance and the corrosion of democracy. This past year alone has seen a marked increase in antisemitism and related… Addressing Hate: Understanding Contemporary Antisemitism and its Historical Roots
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Big Ideas for Teaching Financial Literacy!
During this webinar, attendees will be introduced to resources, activities, and lesson ideas to prepare them to teach financial literacy in the new Mathematics Grades 7 and 8 curriculum. Learn how you can incorporate the concepts of currency conversion, simple and compound interest, and financial goal setting in a fun and engaging manner. Zoom Webinar… Big Ideas for Teaching Financial Literacy!
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Central to the Economy: Bank of Canada Education Resources for Financial & Economic Literacy
Economic and financial literacy are core competencies for good citizenship but can be very puzzling to teach. The Bank of Canada is here to help. Representatives from the currency and museum departments will highlight activities, lesson plans, and resources for K-12 teachers and students, produced by educators for educators. They’ll highlight their most popular entry… Central to the Economy: Bank of Canada Education Resources for Financial & Economic Literacy
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Truth and Reconciliation in the Classroom
During this webinar, we will focus on how to use our newest comprehensive resource: Truth and Reconciliation in the Classroom. This resource includes numerous high-quality videos on a multitude of topics such as geography, treaties, history, leadership, community life and more. Connections to the new curriculum as well as ready-made classroom activities in both English… Truth and Reconciliation in the Classroom
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Tech Tools to Increase Student Engagement in the Secondary Classroom
This workshop will show you specific ways to use several tech tools (Kahoot, ScreenCastify, BoomWriter, EdPuzzle, EduFlow/PeerGrade, GooseChase, Science Journal, Google Forms) in your secondary classroom to improve student learning and assessment practices. All the modelled tools are useful in both the current distance learning situation and in a traditional classroom setting. This webinar will… Tech Tools to Increase Student Engagement in the Secondary Classroom