Imagineaction

This 3-minute video from the Canadian Teachers Federation introduces intermediate students to ways they can take action to make the their school, neighbourhood and world a better place. Versions for younger and older students are also available.
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(Social studies, Science, Social responsibility)

Thoughtful Books: The Great Fuzz Frenzy

After closely examining the prairie dog characters in a story by Janet Stevens and Susan Crummel, students create a sequel and identify lessons learned about empathy and thinking for yourself.
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(Language arts, Social responsibility)

Tools for Thought: Reflective Writing

As the school year draws to a close, this lesson sequence helps students learn the value of using writing as a tool to think constructively and insightfully about past events, experiences, and issues.
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(Language Arts, Cross-curricular)

MysteryQuest: Explosion on the Kettle Valley Line

Students delve into primary and secondary sources as they reconstruct the 1924 railcar explosion that killed nine people, including Doukhobor leader Peter Verigin. This intriguing challenge is part of the Great Unsolved Mysteries in Canadian History series.
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(Social studies, Language Arts, Social responsibility)

Thinking critically about census results

Help your students understand the importance of the current Canadian census through critical challenges based on the previous national population count. The 2006 Census Results Teacher’s Kit provides thought-provoking classroom materials prepared by TC2 and Statistics Canada.
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(Social studies, Geography, Mathematics, History, Family Studies)

The Power of Sustained Professional Learning

Warren Woytuk takes us into the classrooms of an Alberta school where teachers are working to develop critical thinking across the curriculum.
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“The real magic of discovery lies not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes.”

– Marcel Proust

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