Help your children maintain proper hygiene to stay healthy and prevent unnecessary illness by getting them into the habit of washing their hands frequently and properly. When should kids (and grownups) wash their hands?
Handwashing Fact Sheet from the Centre for Disease Control.
This video provides a great introduction and explanation of the Scarborough Reading Rope.
The short video gives a detailed overview and is great for novices and experts alike!
"How can we start this new year happier? Things have certainly not been easy over the last year, and we are still in difficult and uncertain times. The best way to try to handle our difficult emotions and experiences is by focusing on what we can control. This month, we're encouraging everyone to focus on small steps to try to boost happiness - for ourselves and others around us - to spread kindness and hopefully inspire others to do the same."
Professor Sonja Lyubomirsky - one of the world's leading Positive Psychology experts - shares the latest insights from her ground-breaking work on happiness....
She focuses on three main habits in this webinar...
1. Gratitude
2. Acts of Kindness
3. Social interactions and connections
A video following a family farm from Seeding to Harvest in Alberta, Canada.
Recalls and alerts. Safety at home and at work. How to be prepared for an emergency. Updates on disease outbreaks. Extreme Weather
Learn about environmental factors affecting your health such as sun exposure, water quality, chemicals, air quality, pests and pesticides, as well as safety tips for home and garden.
Access information about health science, research, data, monitoring and surveillance, and the determinants of health. Funding, partnerships, investments, statistics, social and economic factors, determinants of health.
"Healthy Start is a bilingual program developed in Saskatchewan that increases healthy eating and physical activity opportunities in early learning environments."
*be sure to check out the resources section & the newsletters
This site answers questions such as:
What Does the Heart Do?
What Does the Circulatory System Do?
What Are the Parts of the Heart?
What Are the Parts of the Circulatory System?
How Does the Heart Beat?
How Can I Help Keep My Heart Healthy?
This site also includes a diagram of the circulatory system.
"This page pulls together lots of tools and resources to help you get the most out of Microsoft's inclusive tools for the classroom."
A weekly podcast with Lynn Lyons to help families with anxiety.
This resource is full of history and resources for teaching about Canadian women in History.
Be sure to check out the resources tab at the top to find classroom resources, quizzes and a wealth of other resources.
This thematic unit from Comox Valley Schools (SD71) in B.C. is aimed at Grade 7 Core French students, but is suitable and/or adaptable for both younger and older grades. It is focused on oral practice and participation and would also be useful in French Immersion classes!
THIS UNIT'S THEME: High-Frequency Words (Mots de haute fréquence)
In addition to tips for incorporating French into daily routines, the unit includes:
-Vocabulary
-Pronunciation videos
-Kahoot/flash card games
-Word games
-Games and activities for oral practice
-An art & writing activity
The same page details other units and a Cultural Study: La Francophonie.
Plans de leçon de la revue de La Société Histoire Canada. Excellente ressource pour l'apprentissage de l'histoire canadienne.
"We’re the Canada people; we offer programs that you can use to explore, learn and reflect on our history, and what it means to be Canadian."
The historical thinking concepts developed and promoted by the Historical Thinking Project have been incorporated into curricula, classroom resources, and professional development tools. They include:
Provincial Historical Thinking Projects - Application process and criteria.
Blog Archive - Read about the experiences and reflections of four young teachers on the challenges and rewards of working with the historical thinking concepts.
Books - Order books that explore more deeply the teaching with the six historical thinking concepts.
Historical Thinking Posters – A set of six 12 x 17" posters illustrating the Historical Thinking Concepts is available in English and in French.
Demonstrations and Discussions - PD resources to assist in incorporating historical thinking into the classroom.
Lessons - We are currently in the process of transferring lessons from the old site. These are not yet available.
Other Classroom Materials - Teacher’s resource guides, historical thinking lessons developed by other organizations (usually in collaboration with us), and links to websites that contain historical thinking lessons.
Research - A sampling of research related to historical thinking and the curriculum.
Workshops - Contact these experienced workshop providers directly for assistance in professional development.
Use of Materials/Copyright
We encourage the use of resources, lessons, and information from our site, but we ask that you credit the Historical Thinking Project for the ideas and materials, by listing our name and our website URL (www.historicalthinking.ca). Fair use of resources does NOT include posting of HTP power points, videos, or other resources on other sites. Use a link to www.historicalthinking.ca instead.
We want historical thinking incorporated into curriculum, classrooms, and educational resources as widely as possible. When you reference the Historical Thinking Project (www.historicalthinking.ca) you are helping us to achieve this goal.
This package is the online accompaniment for our feature travelling education kit: History Box. In this package you’ll find digitized copies of each object found in the box, historical context, additional resources and activity suggestions. You do not need to borrow the kit to use this online resource.
This package contains objects and resources that are represented in the Canadian Museum of History’s signature exhibition, the Canadian History Hall. Collected from across the country, and highlighting varied perspectives, these objects illuminate the richness and diversity of the Canadian experience. They can be used as entry points to discussions on different periods in Canada’s history, or as lessons in historical inquiry that can build students’ critical thinking and historical inquiry skills.
To book a History Box, or for more information, please visit historymuseum.ca/learn/history-box.
The topics covered in this History Box include Early Canada, Colonial Canada, and Modern Canada.
There are two types of activities: Package Activities and Object Activities.
Package Activities are project-based activities designed to accommodate one or more classes. These activities involve the use of historical thinking concepts while exploring the whole package, resulting in a more comprehensive experience.
Object Activities are short inquiry-based activities that typically take 5–25 minutes. These activities encourage students to think critically about the objects being presented, and to use historical thinking concepts.
Both types of activities were created with the guidance of educators from across Canada, and incorporate current educational theory and approaches.
Is everything accessible?
We know that everyone accesses information differently, and have tried to ensure that package content addresses the varied needs of students and educators. Some of the many ways in which these packages support accessibility:
- Three levels of historical context to accommodate different ways of learning.
- A variety of media, including audio and video content, for diverse learning abilities.
- Multiple activity suggestions for diverse learning abilities.
- Content can be read with Assistive Technology applications.
- Downloadable and printable content that can be accessed offline.
- Transcripts for video, audio and hard-to read archival documents.
- Video subtitles in both official languages.
- Content is available in both official languages.
- Website complies with Website Content Accessibility 2.0 AA Guidelines.
The impact of treaty making in Canada has been wide-ranging and long standing. The treaties the Crown has signed with Aboriginal peoples since the 18th century have permitted the evolution of Canada as we know it. In fact, much of Canada's land mass is covered by treaties. This treaty-making process, which has evolved over more than 300 years between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people in Canada, has its origins in the early diplomatic relationship developed between European settlers and Aboriginal people. As the two parties made economic and military alliances, Canada began to take form. These diplomatic proceedings were the first steps in a long process that has led to today's comprehensive claims agreements between the Crown and Aboriginal groups.