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Makey Makey and Scratch: Iroquois around 1500
Students Are you learning about the Iroquois around 1500? Do you like building things and using computers/Chromebooks? Here is a student booklet to help you research and create a model…
Minecraft: New France 1745
Students: Do you like playing Minecraft? Did you know that you can use Minecraft Education to learn about many topics including the Social Sciences? Our RÉCITUS partners created an example…
Minecraft: Iroquois and Algonquian Societies around 1500
Students: Do you like playing Minecraft? Did you know that you can use Minecraft Education to learn about many topics including the Social Sciences? Our RÉCITUS partners created an example…
1500s Big Ideas and Concepts Definition Cards
Students: Are some of the words on the 1500s society pages new to you? Do you want to learn more about some of the concepts you're learning about in class?…
Identifying and Explaining Changes Board Game- Iroquoians around 1500 and 1745
We are happy to tell you about a new board game we've developed that focuses specifically on the "situate in time" and "determine changes" intellectual operations (IOs). It is designed…
Blog Post: Changes to Promote Equity and Inclusion
LEARN Blog Post: Whose History Are We Teaching? Changes to Promote Equity and Inclusion in the Elementary Social Sciences Word Cloud. Flickr. Have you noticed recent changes to the Societies…
1980’s Big Ideas and Concepts Definition Cards
Students: Are some of the words on the 1980s society pages new to you? Do you want to learn more about some of the concepts you're learning about in class?…
Cartograf scenario on Nunavik
Explore Nunavik: The Inuit around 1980 and 2020 (English version now online!) Have you ever wanted to learn more about Northern Quebec? Explore the Nunavik region using the new "Explore…
Concepts and Connect the Facts learning strategy
Learning activity using Connect the Facts card game cards! Remember our game strategy here ... where teams amass points by identifying the societies portrayed on cards, by classifying the information according to…
1980 Societies Connect the Facts Card Game
Check out a new version of the Connect the Facts gaming strategy using cards based on site content from the Inuit, Mi’kmaq, and Quebec in 1980 (and beyond!) Click here…
Intellectual Operations Guides
Browse some examples of the Intellectual Operations in Daily Life ➦ Use the Intellectual Operations to Talk about Your Passion ➦ And now, earn your Intellectual Operations Badges! Access a…