Explore with colleagues what’s new, what’s not and what works to engage children in social studies. During this session participants review key changes in the Revised (2013) Social Studies, History & Geography curriculum and explore ways to excite students about the range of issues presented.

Audience: Primary/Junior

Resources:

• The Critical Thinking Consortium (TC2)
• TC2 History Resources
• Ministry doc: Revised (2013) Social Studies, History & Geography Curriculum
• Peter Seixas & Tom Morton, The Big Six Historical Thinking Concepts
• Amy von Heyking, Historical Thinking in the Elementary Years article & video
• The True Story of the Three Little Pigs – book and audio
• Karleen Bradford, Lionheart’s Scribe
• WorldVuze
• GeoGuess