Teaching Materials
Great Unsolved Mysteries in Canadian History
Created by: University of Victoria, the Université de Sherbrooke and the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at the University of Toronto
“The “Great Unsolved Mysteries in Canadian History” project provides engaging, high-quality materials to schools and universities for the teaching of historical methods and Canadian History. It is also used in a wide variety of other courses including law, language, literature, aboriginal issues and many others. The project has created a series of instructional websites based on the premise that students can be drawn into Canadian history and archival research through the enticement of solving historical cold crimes. All the material is provided free as a public service.”
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Elections and Democracy
Created by Elections Canada
The Elections Canada website has a wide variety of free learning resources and activities suitable for classroom use, including:
- Election Simulation Toolkit: This activity takes students through the electoral process
- Voting Rights through Time: This activity helps students explore issues of inclusion
Book: Controversy in the classroom: The democratic power of discussion
Written by Diana Hess, Associate Professor of Curriculum and Instruction, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
This book received the 2009 NCSS Exemplary Research in Social Studies Award.
Downloadable Resources
Educational Resources on Newcomer Integration and Anti-Racism for K–12 Teachers
K-9 Social Citizenship Framework: Learning to Live Well Together
Resources by Type of Citizenship
Canadian Citizenship
- Historica: Canadian Education Portal
- Citizenship Teaching Guide: Curio’s #StandForCanada Youth Challenge
Ecological Citizenship
- Ocean wise: Lesson plans and assignments on Environmental Citizenship
- Take Me Outside: List of resources
- Learning for a Sustainable Future: Canadian classroom resources and action projects related to sustainability, climate change, environmental responsibility, and community action.
- Natural Curiosity: Educator resources connecting environmental inquiry, ecological responsibility, relationships with place, and Indigenous perspectives.
Political and Civic Citizenship
- CIVIX: Teaches students about elections, government budgets, elected representatives, digital media literacy, and civic discourse.
- Concentus: Teachers materials on Civic Citizenship made for Saskatchewan Social Sciences curriculum
- Elections Canada: The Canadian government’s election site
- Justice Education Society: Law Lessons: Lessons plans created with both BC Curriculum and Legal lessons in mind, divided by grade
Addressing Truth and Reconciliation
- UBCO Co-Curricular-Making Resources: Syilx-informed resources for decolonizing education and supporting Truth and Reconciliation
- Open Text BC: A Guide about Indigenizing Post Secondary Institutions
- NCCIE: National Centre for Collaboration, Indigenous Education Lesson Plans
- FNESC – Learning First Peoples: BC classroom resources related to First Peoples histories, perspectives, governance, rights, and curriculum.
Social Citizenship
- Resources for immigrants
- Canadian Museum for Human Rights: classroom resources on human rights, identity, inclusion, discrimination, equality, and responsibilities toward others
- Facing History & Ourselves Canada: Lessons and resources to support conversations on prejudice, judgment and justice, and civic responsibility.