Primary Junior Social Studies, History and Geography
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The Education Libraries on both the Thunder Bay and Orillia campuses support your teaching of Social Studies, History and Geography by offering a wide variety of teaching resources.
Resources are selected and linked in the categories on the left side of this guide.
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A Selection of Books for Teaching Social Studies
Activities for Building Character and Social-Emotional Learning by Library has Grades 1-2; 3-5; 6-8. Hundreds of user-friendly lesson plans help teachers build attitudes of respect and caring, reduce problem behaviors, empower students to solve problems, and educate the whole child socially, emotionally, and academically. The lessons' literature-based connections allow teachers to "build in" rather than "add on" social-emotional learning (SEL) as part of the daily curriculum.
The Anthology of Social Studies: issues and strategies for the elementary teacher by "The Anthology of Social Studies: Issues and Strategies for Elementary Teachers" brings together the work of education scholars and the experiences of teachers, the best of theory and of practice, in a comprehensive collection of ideas and activities for elementary social studies. The twenty-seven chapters present a diversity of perspectives that provide context, insight, and direction for social studies teaching and learning. This updated edition of "The Anthology of Social Studies presents a powerful and exciting vision of social studies. It has a stronger focus on elementary" examples, a new chapter on teaching elementary students to think geographically, updated references, and a greater emphasis on the use of innovative technologies and digital resources in social studies. This collection blends specific, practical teaching suggestions with important discussions of the foundational issues at the heart of social studies teaching. It is an essential resource for pre-service and practising elementary teachers and curriculum developers.
Learning to inquire in social studies : an anthology for elementary teachers by 2021 Revision of: The anthology of social studies, issues and strategies for elementary teachers
The big six : historical thinking concepts by Introduction -- 1. Historical significance. -- Thinking about historical significance -- Working with historical significance -- Blackline Masters -- 2. Evidence. -- Thinking about evidence -- Working with evidence -- Blackline Masters -- 3. Continuity and change. Thinking about continuity and change -- Working with continuity and change -- Blackline Masters -- 4. Cause and consequence. -- Thinking about cause and consequence -- Working with cause and consequence -- Blackline Masters -- 5. Historical perspectives. -- Thinking about historical perspectives -- Working with historical perspectives -- Blackline Masters -- 6. The ethical dimension. -- Thinking about the ethical dimension -- Working with the ethical dimension -- Blackline Masters.Critical Challenges Series by
The Critical Challenges book series, created by The Critical Thinking Consortium, include units and activities for P/J Social Studies and other subjects. The series is designed to foster critical thinking.
Hands-On Social Studies, Grade 1-6 by Available in print and online
Hands-On Social Studies for Ontario is filled with a year’s worth of classroom-tested activities. This edition includes many familiar great features: curriculum correlation charts; summary charts showing expectations; complete, easy-to-follow lesson plans; image banks and reproducibles; materials lists; and hands-on, student-centred activities. Exciting features new to this edition include: ideas for extending the learning; opportunities for student self-reflection and activating prior knowledge; authentic assessment for, as, and of learning opportunities; the five components of the inquiry model; concepts of social studies thinking, guided inquiry questions, and learning goals; support for developing historical thinking skills. This resource, developed by experienced educators, focuses on the goals of the Ontario Social Studies curriculum as identified by the Ontario Ministry (2013) and adheres to the Growing Success document for assessment, evaluating, and reporting in Ontario schools.
Teaching Kids to Change the World by Through a series of modules, this resource offers educators and youth-group leaders a means of inspiring social consciousness and action among youth and teaches young people how to think, rather than what to think. Without money, power, or the right to vote, how do children and teenagers find a voice in society? How can educators and leaders talk meaningfully with students about such broad concepts? Avoiding partisan politics and moral debates, this resource equipsnbsp;educators with philosophical discussion questions, concrete illustrations, and active examples. Each component sets forth anbsp;theme or principle about change; a classroom experiment or activity that illustrates the theme; and an example of a social action ornbsp;service project in which young people can participate to help createnbsp;the change they wish to see,nbsp;showingnbsp;youthnbsp;their role in thenbsp;societal and environmental changes that occur across decades or even centuries.
How to Find Resources for Teaching Social Studies, History and Geography
The Education Libraries in Thunder Bay and in Orillia offer teaching materials (both print and electronic) for teaching Social Studies, History and Geography in the elementary classroom. To find additional books and teaching resources use the library's Omni search tool with these subject headings:
- Social sciences--study and teaching--Canada
- Social sciences--study and teaching (primary)
- Social sciences--study and teaching (primary)--Canada
- Social sciences--study and teaching (elementary)
- Social sciences--study and teaching (middle school)
- History--study and teaching (elementary)
- History--study and teaching (middle school)
Grade & topic specific teaching materials are listed on the sub-pages of this guide.
Non-Fiction books on various social studies topics for Kindergarten to Grade 12 students are available in the Education Library's Juvenile Non-Fiction Collection. These titles can also be found by searching the library's Omni search tool with these subject headings:
- World War, 1914-1918--juvenile literature
- Canada--history--1867-1914--juvenile literature
- Frontier and pioneer life--juvenile literature
- Energy conservation--juvenile literature
Non-Fiction K-12 Ebooks are available by selecting the "Library K-12 Ebook Collections" tab on this guide.
Children's Stories on various topics are available in the Children's/Young Adult Literature Collection guide.
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