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With the help of a crocodile

With the help of a crocodile

Courtney Johnson describes how she helped her ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages) students think critically about imagery in poetry.
Subjects: English/Language Arts, Professional Learning
Grades: 7, 8, 9
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How do we measure up?

How do we measure up?

Yvonne Denomy, vice principal and teacher librarian, describes an inquiry into children’s rights with grade three and four students that left her in awe as they were able to determine, locate, analyze, interpret, infer and judge from primary data.
Subjects: Civics, Social Studies, Mathematics, Professional Learning
Grades: K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
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Canadian history comes alive through inquiry and technology

Canadian history comes alive through inquiry and technology

Giovanna Longhi describes how a topic in Canadian history – the collective rights of First Nations peoples and the numbered treaties - came alive through her students’ use of inquiry and technology.
Subjects: Civics, English/Language Arts, Social Studies, History, Professional Learning
Grades: 7, 8, 9
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A school of critical thinkers

A school of critical thinkers

Andrea Williams describes how her staff at Elmdale Public School have embedded critical thinking into their teaching practices.
Subjects: Professional Learning, Not Subject Specific
Grades: K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
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Taking seriously the teaching of critical thinking

Taking seriously the teaching of critical thinking

In this article, Roland Case and Ian Wright use numerous examples to describe ways of effectively promoting critical thinking in social studies.
Subjects: Social Studies, Professional Learning
Grades: K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
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Teaching Geographical Thinking (Revised and expanded edition)

Teaching Geographical Thinking (Revised and expanded edition)

Engage students in geographical thinking through critical inquiry using a solid framework of interrelated concepts, examples, questions and criteria. Also available in French: Enseigner la pensée géographique
Subjects: Social Studies, Geography
Grades: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
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Format: Print
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