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Inquiring into Local and Indigenous Histories

These lessons are designed to nurture the student competencies required for historical thinking and inquiry. Each lesson introduces a thinking tool and a related historical thinking concept that can then be used to support curriculum-related learning activities and inquiry projects.

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The development of these lessons was made possible with generous funding from the Canada History Fund of the Government of Canada.

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Sélectionner des sources utiles aux fins d’une enquête sur l’histoire locale

Sélectionner des sources utiles aux fins d’une enquête sur l’histoire locale

Les élèves utilisent des critères pour sélectionner les sources les plus utiles aux fins d’une enquête sur des histoires locales. Les élèves comprennent que les critères aident a sélectionner des sources utiles pour une question d&r…
Subjects: Social Studies, History
Grades: 7, 8, 9
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Creating effective inquiry questions

Creating effective inquiry questions

Students learn a strategy to create effective inquiry questions to learn about people, events, and places in a community. Students begin by learning what effective inquiry questions are and how they can be used to learn more about local histories. Students use criteria to identify and create effecti…
Subjects: Social Studies, History
Grades: 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
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Selecting stories for inquiry

Selecting stories for inquiry

Students use criteria to select stories or questions for inquiry and investigation into local histories. Designed to support inquiry into local histories, this tutorial includes instructional suggestions for teachers (introducing the strategy, practicing the strategy, applying the strategy to learn …
Subjects: Social Studies, History
Grades: 7, 8, 9
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Juger des éléments de continuité et de changement

Juger des éléments de continuité et de changement

Les élèves apprennent une stratégie pour juger des éléments de continuité et de changement dans l’histoire d’une communauté. Les élèves apprennent les concepts de la continuité et du changement ainsi que leur utilit&ea…
Subjects: Social Studies, History
Grades: 7, 8, 9
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Critically reading a source

Critically reading a source

Students learn to identify the intended and unintended purposes and messages of text and other sources when inquiring into local history. They learn to use a strategy to question or interrogate text and other sources to determine the perspective and purpose, and to reveal inequities or social justic…
Subjects: Social Studies, History
Grades: 4, 5, 6
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Lecture critique d’une source

Lecture critique d’une source

Les élèves apprennent à déterminer l’objet et les messages voulus et non voulus des textes et d’autres sources lorsqu’on enquête sur l’histoire locale. Les élèves apprennent une stratégie pour remettre en question ou inte…
Subjects: Social Studies, History
Grades: 7, 8, 9
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