The virtual field trips on this site include:
The Parliament Buildings in Ottawa, Ontario
Iqaluit, Nunavut – The Canadian Arctic
Farm Tours
Canadian Museum of History
The Royal Tyrrell Museum
This playlist features films that confront racism. They are a small selection of films from the NFB collection that look at instances of racism in Canada, and support dialogue on equality and diversity.
This edition of Kayak opens in new window, shares some amazing stories and examples of the ways Black Canadians built and shaped this country. You get great stories , as well as articles featuring people who have helped preserve and promote Black history, Black women’s organizations with long histories, and Canadians with Afro-Indigenous heritage.
The purpose of this Guide is to enhance your students' knowledge and appreciation of the Black Canadian experience, drawing from Lawrence Hill's award-winning historical fiction, The Book of Negroes, the remarkable journey of Aminata Diallo and the historic British document known as the "Book of Negroes." Structured around themes of journey, slavery, human rights, passage to Canada and contemporary culture, this Guide asks students to examine issues of identity, equality, community, and nation-building in both a historical and contemporary context.
Canadian Geographic Education provides learning resources to help improve students’ understanding of the world they live in. Geographically literate students are better prepared to face global challenges and have the skills necessary to become effective change agents. Use these resources to inspire curiosity and exploration in your classroom!
Lesson plans
Videos
Maps
Infographics
Activities
CrashCourse offers many YouTube videos that support various historical topics, such as sociology, world history, and much more!
You can learn pretty much anything with these videos!
Science, History, Language Arts, & Study Skills, Games & More!
Find a ton of pre-recorded virtual events from Flipgrid to use with your class.
There is something here for every age group, and every subject!
Enjoy exploring.
Find future Flipgrid events here (copy and paste into a browser) https://blog.flipgrid.com/upcomingflipgridliveevents
This document includes all I Can Statements for Grade 8 Social Studies (outcomes and indicators).
This resource can be found online through Citizenship and Immigration Canada. The classroom-friendly student activities are designed to increase understanding of the role immigration has played in Canadian history and society.
This unit is inquiry based and works best with outcomes IN8.2, DR8.1, DR8.3, PA8.1, RW8.2, RW8.3.
This is a suggested sample framework for organizing your units and the year for Grade 8 Social Studies.
This comprehensive resource offers the big ideas, planning tips, print resources, and websites for all outcomes and indicators in the Grade 8 Social Studies Curriculum.
The new website for the Heritage Fairs (& High School Heritage Challenge) is now live and ready to accept project submissions for the Virtual Heritage Fair (grades 4-8) and the High School Heritage Challenge (grades 9-12)!
The Heritage Fair program provides the opportunity for students and their families, teachers and communities to learn about diverse Living Heritage projects.
There is still lots of time to prepare and submit a project to these contests, as the deadline is Monday, April 24. The online contests are open to all students in Saskatchewan.
Links to register and submit projects are on the homepage, as well as available in the dropdown menus for each respective contest.
Be sure to check out the Heritage Fairs toolkit that will give you topic inspiration, a list of popular research sources, and a detailed breakdown on how to create your presentation and share your findings. The toolkit is available in both English and French.
Our Mennonite History for Young People series of education materials tells the story of Mennonites who arrived in Manitoba from Russia in the 1870s and migrated to Mexico and Paraguay in the 1920s.
This series has been developed to be an excellent addition to existing social studies curricula in Canada for both public and private schools with Low German Mennonite students. The books can also serve as non-fiction readers for language classes.
The downloadable series includes:
Volume 1: Leaving Canada
Volume 2: Discovering Mexico
Volume 3: A New Home
Volume 4: Leaving Russia
There are also downloadable workbooks, worksheets and assignments to accompany it books in the series.
The National Film Board of Canada's award-winning online Screening Room has over 3,000 productions.
Films on this site can be streamed free of charge, or downloaded for your personal use for a small fee. We also offer educational works on a subscription basis to schools and institutions.
Our Collection includes documentaries, animations, experimental films, fiction and interactive works. We showcase films that take a stand on issues of global importance that matter to Canadians—stories about the environment, human rights, international conflict, the arts and more.
Newsela provides high-interest, printable news articles from a wide range of subject areas. Teachers can adjust the reading level of news articles to meet the needs of students. Within each article, power words are identified. Students can click on these and see the definition in student-friendly language. Newsela also provides writing prompts and questions about the articles. You can sign up for free access to the end of the 2019-20 school year. Although the site is American, there are lots of applicable news stories that align with Saskatchewan curricula and context.
PBS has created and shared tons of media rich, engaging, digital lessons for a wide range of grade levels and subject areas.
Find FREE videos, interactives, lesson plans, and more just for teachers like you. Choose from lots of filters that will customize your search so you can find exactly what you're looking for.
The Smithsonian Learning Lab puts the treasures of the world's largest museum, education, and research complex within reach. The Lab is a free, interactive platform for discovering millions of authentic digital resources, creating content with online tools, and sharing in the Smithsonian's expansive community of knowledge and learning.
Use the search tool to discover lots of resources on endless topics. The sky's the limit!
This comprehensive resource offers many lesson plans/teacher guides for:
- AFRICAN CANADIAN HISTORY
- ENSLAVEMENT IN CANADA
- CANADA AND THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD
- AFRICAN CANADIAN WOMEN
- AFRICAN CANADIAN LABOUR HISTORY
- TEACHING BLACK HISTORY
You will find downloadable lessons plan/Teacher Guide ideas for Emancipation Day, Richard Pierpoint Heritage Minute and “…and still I rise:” A History of Black Workers in Ontario, 1900 to Present.