Heritage Fair

Heritage Fair

This is part of the Heritage Saskatchewan Heritage Fairs initiative.  “The Heritage Fairs program is an opportunity for students in grades 4-8 all over Saskatchewan to research, present, and explore Living Heritage topics of their choice.” https://heritagesask.ca/   We had local judges assess the projects.  3 Went on to the Regional fair and 1 is going on to the Provincial Fair.

Connection to critical thinking: Historical Thinking is a competency which is designed around 6 concepts that “help students explore the forest of historical data.”  Ken Osborne.  Better put, it is a way to critically think about and engage in history rather than have students simply address history at the knowledge and comprehension level of thinking.  This is all based on the book The Big Six Historical Thinking Concepts by Peter Sexias and Tom Morton.