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Southern Alberta Professional Development Consortium
Social Studies - Classroom Resources
Aboriginal Resources
- Inuit Bibliography (pdf)
- Oyate Resource List (pdf)
- Additional Aboriginal Resources (pdf)
- Aboriginal Perspectives Action Research Projects: A Review of Literature, May 2010 (pdf)
- Four Directions Teachings - Four Directions Teachings celebrates Indigenous oral traditions by honoring the process of listening with intent as each elder or traditional teacher shares a teaching from their perspective on the richness and value of cultural traditions from their nation. In honor of the timelessness of Indigenous oral traditions, audio narration is provided throughout the site, complimented by beautifully animated visuals. Blackfoot, Cree, Ojibwe, Mohawk, and Mi’kmaq nations are included.
In addition, the site provides free curriculum packages for grades 1 to 12 to further explore the vast richness of knowledge and cultural philosophy that is introduced within each teaching. The curriculum is provided in downloadable PDF and can also be read online through the Teacher’s Resources link.
http://www.fourdirectionsteachings.com/
French Resources
- Comment trouver les ressources?
Etudes Sociales
Une liste de sites utiles
Compilée par Kathleen Galloway
Central Alberta Regional Consortium
- Bâtir un pays http://www.collectionscanada.ca/confederation/jeunesse/h2-6050-f.html
Ce site fait partie du Site Web de la Bibliothèque Nationale du Canada. Cela donne des plans de leçon au sujet de la Confédération. Les plans utilisent le site « Confédération Pour Enfants », où l’on a ramassé des documents sources primaires. Les tâches incorporent les habilités tels que l’écriture des discours et l’analyse des différentes perspectives et les biographies des divers gens impliqués dans la confédération.
Grade Level Resources
Grade 4
- Niitsitapiisini-Our Way of Life-Glenbow Museum
This trilingual site (English, French and Blackfoot) is an interactive and very visual site, which offers traditional stories and information of how the Blackfoot people interacted with others, interacted amongst themselves, importance of the buffalo and a glimpse into the worldview of the Blackfoot people.
http://www.glenbow.org/blackfoot/index.htm
- Letters from the Trunk This website, created by the Archives Society of Alberta, provides students with the opportunity to learn about the experience of the settlers of the Canadian West by examining photographs, newspapers, posters and recordings that tell their story.
http://www.ataoc.ca/archives/main.html
- Alberta Digital History Project - Preview Alberta historical resource collections that have been digitized to enable online browsing and discovery. A wide range of topics and areas of interest are included.
http://www.ourfutureourpast.ca/home.htm
Grade 5
- Four Directions Teachings - Four Directions Teachings celebrates Indigenous oral traditions by honoring the process of listening with intent as each elder or traditional teacher shares a teaching from their perspective on the richness and value of cultural traditions from their nation. In honor of the timelessness of Indigenous oral traditions, audio narration is provided throughout the site, complimented by beautifully animated visuals. Blackfoot, Cree, Ojibwe, Mohawk, and Mi’kmaq nations are included. In addition, the site provides free curriculum packages for grades 1 to 12 to further explore the vast richness of knowledge and cultural philosophy that is introduced within each teaching. The curriculum is provided in downloadable PDF and can also be read online through the Teacher’s Resources link.
http://www.fourdirectionsteachings.com/
- Letters from the Trunk - This website, created by the Archives Society of Alberta, provides students with the opportunity to learn about the experience of the settlers of the Canadian West by examining photographs, newspapers, posters and recordings that tell their story.
http://www.ataoc.ca/archives/main.html
- Go West - Settling Canada's Prairies - Capture the true sense of what it meant to the first nations people as well as early immigrants as the lands of the west came under new settlement patterns. Video clips and flash animations bring life to this important historical period.
http://www.mccord-museum.qc.ca/scripts/projects/CH/animCH.php?tourID=VQ_P3_1_EN&Lang=1&type=flash
- Canada Science and Technology Museum - A great site containing Canadian historical images provided by Canadian National that provide an insight into the people, places and events of note in Canada.
http://imagescn.technomuses.ca/
Grade 7
- Canada Science and Technology Museum - A great site containing Canadian historical images provided by Canadian National that provide an insight into the people, places and events of note in Canada.
http://imagescn.technomuses.ca/
- Pier 21 Canadian Immigration Process - Experience the process of immigrating to Canada through Pier 21 in Halifax through this interactive simulation. Students will gain an understanding of the diversity of over a million immigrants that past through this port and the challenges they faced in their new land.
http://www.virtualmuseum.ca/Exhibitions/Pier21/index_e.html
- Great Unsolved Mysteries in Canadian History - This website was created by researchers based at the University of Victoria, the Université de Sherbrooke and the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at the University of Toronto who work in the areas of Canadian history and historical methodology. It takes high school students through six unsolved mysteries in Canadian history, including the death of Peter Verigin in 1924 and a major fire in Montreal in 1734. Students become time detectives who must understand the context of the time and sift through all the evidence in order to draw well-defended conclusions about what “really” happened.
http://www.canadianmysteries.ca/indexen.html
- Letters from the Trunk - This website, created by the Archives Society of Alberta, provides students with the opportunity to learn about the experience of the settlers of the Canadian West by examining photographs, newspapers, posters and recordings that tell their story.
http://www.ataoc.ca/archives/main.html
- Go West - Settling Canada's Prairies - Capture the true sense of what it meant to the first nations people as well as early immigrants as the lands of the west came under new settlement patterns. Video clips and flash animations bring life to this important historical period.
http://www.mccord-museum.qc.ca/scripts/projects/CH/animCH.phptourID=VQ_P3_1_EN&Lang=1&type=flash
- Four Directions Teachings - Four Directions Teachings celebrates Indigenous oral traditions by honoring the process of listening with intent as each elder or traditional teacher shares a teaching from their perspective on the richness and value of cultural traditions from their nation. In honor of the timelessness of Indigenous oral traditions, audio narration is provided throughout the site, complimented by beautifully animated visuals. Blackfoot, Cree, Ojibwe, Mohawk, and Mi’kmaq nations are included. In addition, the site provides free curriculum packages for grades 1 to 12 to further explore the vast richness of knowledge and cultural philosophy that is introduced within each teaching. The curriculum is provided in downloadable PDF and can also be read online through the Teacher’s Resources link.
http://www.fourdirectionsteachings.com/
Grade 8
Differentiating Instruction in Grade 8 Social Studies:
- The Knowledge and Employability Studio is a guide to the implementation of Knowledge and Employability courses from grades 8 to 12, including English language arts, mathematics, science, social studies, and occupations courses. The Studio provides information, strategies, sample activities and tools to help teachers meet curriculum outcomes and enhance student learning.
http://www.learnalberta.ca/content/kes/index.html?launch=true
- The Social Studies section of the Studio, found on the “Second Floor Curriculum Foundations” level, includes units developed to meet the outcomes of the Program of Studies. For many of the units, content required for the completion of the activities is found within the resource. In other cases, the content will need to be supplemented by the teacher from other sources, such as the authorized resources. There are also a variety of tools that can be used by the teacher and students as they complete the activities. These include skill-based tools that provide instruction on how to complete a task and content based tools that provide information that teachers may need as they approach the topic. For example, there are worksheets written at a grade 4 level to be used with the mainstream text.
- The Teacher Workstation, found on the “Fourth Floor”, includes a variety of resources that are useful in planning for students with learning disabilities, including suggestions for instructional strategies and assessment.
Grade 10
Differentiating Instruction in Grade 10 Social Studies:
- The Knowledge and Employability Studio is a guide to the implementation of Knowledge and Employability courses from grades 8 to 12, including English language arts, mathematics, science, social studies, and occupations courses. The Studio provides information, strategies, sample activities and tools to help teachers meet curriculum outcomes and enhance student learning.
http://www.learnalberta.ca/content/kes/index.html?launch=true
- The Social Studies section of the Studio, found on the “Second Floor Curriculum Foundations” level, includes units developed to meet the outcomes of the Program of Studies. For many of the units, content required for the completion of the activities is found within the resource. In other cases, the content will need to be supplemented by the teacher from other sources, such as the authorized resources. There are also a variety of tools that can be used by the teacher and students as they complete the activities. These include skill-based tools that provide instruction on how to complete a task and content based tools that provide information that teachers may need as they approach the topic. For example, there are worksheets written at a grade 4 level to be used with the mainstream text.
- The Teacher Workstation, found on the “Fourth Floor”, includes a variety of resources that are useful in planning for students with learning disabilities, including suggestions for instructional strategies and assessment.
Resources Found in the Online Guide to Implementation:
Grade 11
Integrating Technology
- Webquests:
http://www.blackgold.ab.ca/ict/Main/Webquest.htm
This site is a good place to start for those interested in learning more about designing, adapting, and evaluating Webquests. In order to conform with the new Alberta Social Studies curriculum, webquests should be structured as a critical inquiry. Although some of those linked to this site are not inquiry-based, they may provide ideas and templates for new projects.
Literature Resources
Lesson Plan Templates:
Planning Charts:
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