Intermediate Senior Social Sciences & Humanities

Interested in learning with primary sources, but don’t know where to start? The Archives of Ontario provides a range of resources and lesson kits appropriate for students from grades 3 to 12, as well as online exhibits that feature primary source material from our extensive collections. All our resource and lesson kits align with the Ontario curriculum and emphasize the skills of critical literacy, historical inquiry, interpretation, and analysis.

Pull down the "Education" menu item to access Canada's History Society's classroom teaching resources.

CCLET’s learning tools are free to everyone and can even be used in remote learning environments. We are always adding more online resources and we are available to do virtual workshops in English or French.

This section provides educational material geared toward students in Grades 6 through 12. You will find ideas for incorporating CBC's Radio and TV archives into your classroom along with lesson plans and activity sheets, which you can download. All our materials are provided at no charge.

Census at School is an international classroom project designed to engage students aged 8 to 18 in statistical reasoning, using data collected about themselves and about participating students from around the world.

ETFO is a catalyst for promoting dialogue and action on equity and social justice in classrooms, schools and communities. Along with professional resources and training on human rights issues to assist members in building inclusive classrooms, ETFO publicly promotes social justice causes and supports coalitions and grassroots groups with similar aims. Its overseas programs advance education interests and the rights all people, especially women and girls.

Home to one of the world’s most comprehensive collections of digital and media literacy resources.

OER Commons is a public digital library of open educational resources. Search the Open Educational Resources (OER) Commons for carefully selected, free, lesson plans that you can be modified to align with the Ontario curriculum.

OESSTA (Ontario Elementary Social Studies Teachers Association) is composed of teachers and educators from public and Catholic School Boards, private institutions and faculties of education. We have members from different regions in the province. Our goal is to support educators who teach Social Studies (grades 1-6) and Geography and History (grades 7&8).

A volunteer organization of practicing History and Social Science teachers in Ontario’s elementary and secondary schools.

Teaching Tolerance provides free resources to educators—teachers, administrators, counselors and other practitioners—who work with children from kindergarten through high school. Educators use our materials to supplement the curriculum, to inform their practices, and to create civil and inclusive school communities where children are respected, valued and welcome participants.

That’s Not Fair! is a series developed by the Canadian Civil Liberties Education Trust to invite kids, ages 7 to 11, to think critically about what it means to live in a democracy.