Middle/Senior

Publications for Grade 7 - 12

Critical Challenges in English for Secondary Students

This revised collection of 21 critical challenges offers varied examples of ways to infuse critical thinking into secondary English. Genres studied include novels, short stories, poems, plays, essays, songs and fairy tales. Sample activities include assessing which character in Lord of the Flies is the best leader; arguing for or against inclusion of a particular novel in the curriculum for a specific grade level; judging the extent to which the fate of Romeo and Juliet was beyond their control, and then assessing students' own levels of control over their fates. (195 pp.)

ISBN 978-0-86491-257-2

List of Critical Challenges in this resource:

Novels
A. Death by association
B. Would the real Dallas please stand up?
C. Who should we believe?
D. Dumb blondes, stupid jocks and for-eyed nerds
E. To be or not to be F. Should it stay or go?
G. Like a rolling stone
H. Leader of the pack
I. Who said words can't kill you?

Short stories
J. A question of pride?
K. Who done it?
L. Daytime friends are nighttime lovers

Poems
M. Baseball is life ... the rest if just details
N. Pushing the poetic envelope

Plays
O. Back to the future
P. Fate or free will?
Q. "Quote, unquote"
R. The nobler character: Laertes or Hamlet?

Essays
S. Honesty

Songs
T. Punctuating the lyrics

Fairy
U. On the other hand

$31.95

Exemplars in Historical Thinking: 20th Century Canada

The critical challenges in this collection build on a conception of historical thinking articulated by Peter Seixas of the University of British Columbia. This conception, which is developed in detail in a TC² publication Teaching About Historical Thinking, is built around six concepts:

historical significance,
cause and consequence,
continuity and change,
evidence and interpretation,
historical perspective-taking,
moral judgment.

The resources models how teachers and students can use these ideas to raise critical questions and to think more deeply about history. The challenges are built around various featured topics in 20th century Canadian history, but teachers can adapt the lessons to engage students in thinking about a wide range of historical events and people.

$32.95

Globalizing Connections: Canada and the Developing World

This new resource presents a framework for analyzing the historical roots, contemporary challenges, and Canadian responses to globalization in eight areas of human interaction. As globalization increases the worldwide connectedness of Canada and the developing world in many aspects of our lives, it has presented both challenges and opportunities for all concerned. This resource presents an introduction and a three-step framework for thinking critically about globalization.

ISBN 978-0-86491-293-0

Price: $27.95

Supplementary briefing sheets for three additional phenomena are also available online on our website. These briefing sheets are intended for use with the framework presented in the print resource.

This resource was developed with support from the Canadian International Development Agency.

$27.95