Descriptor
Source
| Canadian Social Studies | 15 |
Author
| Andrews, Ian A. | 5 |
| Kirman, Joseph M. | 2 |
| Basaraborvich, Yvone | 1 |
| Beder, Pauline | 1 |
| Blanchette, Amy | 1 |
| Dhand, Harry | 1 |
| Krawchuk, Trevor | 1 |
| MacArthur, Brent | 1 |
| Pickard, Felicity | 1 |
| Sutter, David S. | 1 |
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Publication Type
| Guides - Classroom - Learner | 15 |
| Journal Articles | 15 |
| Guides - Classroom - Teacher | 9 |
| Guides - Non-Classroom | 1 |
| Reports - Descriptive | 1 |
Education Level
Audience
| Students | 15 |
| Practitioners | 10 |
| Teachers | 10 |
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Peer reviewedSutter, David S. – Canadian Social Studies, 1993
Reports on a field trip by secondary school history students to Fort Malden National Historic Site in Canada. Describes the use of primary sources and battlefield sites to help students understand historical perspective and interpretation. Includes discussion questions for students and recommendations for implementation. (CFR)
Descriptors: American Indian History, Class Activities, Experiential Learning, Field Trips
Peer reviewedAndrews, Ian A. – Canadian Social Studies, 1993
Presents a wordfind puzzle game based on multilingualism in Canada. Includes languages of European and Asian derivation only. (CFR)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Cultural Pluralism, Educational Games, Ethnic Groups
Peer reviewedBeder, Pauline; And Others – Canadian Social Studies, 1995
Presents a unit of study on the Holocaust designed by a team of teachers for sixth-grade students. Includes student objectives, suggested learning activities, and methods of student evaluation. Provides a full-page description of a culminating activity. (CFR)
Descriptors: Anti Semitism, Classroom Techniques, Curriculum Development, Educational Objectives
Peer reviewedDhand, Harry – Canadian Social Studies, 1994
Contends that imagination and creativity go hand in hand and that creativity can and must be cultivated among students at all levels of education. Presents a classroom approach where students are the experts on a variety of global issues and projects. Includes 7 tables illustrating the approach and 21 descriptions of student roles. (CFR)
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Community Resources, Creativity, Curriculum Development
Peer reviewedPickard, Felicity; And Others – Canadian Social Studies, 1994
Presents a classroom game that serves as an introduction to mapping for first-grade students. Includes beginner and advanced levels. Outlines rules, student objectives, and an exemplar map. (CFR)
Descriptors: Educational Games, Educational Strategies, Elementary Education, Geography
Peer reviewedAndrews, Ian A. – Canadian Social Studies, 1992
Presents a crossword puzzle and a word find puzzle. Offers clues dealing with member nations in the British Commonwealth. Includes an answer key for the crossword puzzle. Suggests sources of information on the Commonwealth. (DK)
Descriptors: Educational Games, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, International Cooperation
Peer reviewedBasaraborvich, Yvone; And Others – Canadian Social Studies, 1992
Offers a game for helping first-grade students develop locational skills and geographic concepts. Calls upon students to (1) locate rooms within a school; (2) identify the rooms' purposes; (3) understand written instructions; (4) understand directional concepts; and (5) develop skills of cooperation. (DK)
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Cooperation, Educational Games, Geographic Concepts
Peer reviewedKirman, Joseph M. – Canadian Social Studies, 1992
Presents an educational game for helping secondary school students learn about the role of Raoul Wallenberg in protecting European Jews from Nazi abuse in Hungary. Explains game objectives, materials needed, and procedures. Includes a map of 1945 Budapest that serves as the game board. (SG)
Descriptors: Activism, Civil Liberties, Educational Games, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedAndrews, Ian A. – Canadian Social Studies, 1992
Presents a crossword puzzle and a word-find puzzle. Provides clues dealing with Canadian history and government. Includes an answer key for the crossword puzzle. (SG)
Descriptors: Educational Games, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Governmental Structure
Peer reviewedMacArthur, Brent; And Others – Canadian Social Studies, 1992
Presents a game for learning about Canada's geography, natural resources, and major highways. Suggests that the activity will help students develop map skills, knowledge of capital cities, cooperative skills, and natural and human-made hazards. Includes instructions concerning game objectives, procedures, and materials. (SG)
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Educational Games, Foreign Countries, Geography Instruction
Peer reviewedKrawchuk, Trevor; And Others – Canadian Social Studies, 1992
Presents a board game in which students pretend to be American Indians, settlers, or traders. Explains that students learn about people and life in Canada in the nineteenth century. Suggests that players will learn vocabulary, a sense of value, and bartering methods. Includes designs for the gameboard, commodity cards, and score cards. (DK)
Descriptors: Educational Games, Elementary Education, Grade 4, History Instruction
Peer reviewedAndrews, Ian A. – Canadian Social Studies, 1992
Presents two puzzles that can be used in the classroom for teaching Canadian history during the world wars. Includes a word find puzzle and a crossword puzzle. Explains that both puzzles include names of major battles, significant events, and personalities from Canada's wartime history. (DK)
Descriptors: Educational Games, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, History Instruction
Peer reviewedAndrews, Ian A. – Canadian Social Studies, 1993
Presents two puzzles based on Canadian geography intended for use in secondary classrooms. The crossword puzzle is based primarily on place-name geographic knowledge. The word find puzzle focuses exclusively on Canadian rivers. (CFR)
Descriptors: Educational Games, Foreign Countries, Geography, Geography Instruction
Peer reviewedKirman, Joseph M. – Canadian Social Studies, 1991
Provides a crossword puzzle for social studies students. Offers clues based upon early Canadian history. Invites teachers to submit their own puzzles. (SG)
Descriptors: Educational Games, Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Materials, Puzzles
Peer reviewedBlanchette, Amy; And Others – Canadian Social Studies, 1995
Describes a classroom project in which elementary students bake homemade bread to learn about the settlement period in Canadian history and the early history of the students' community. Maintains that students learn to compare the lifestyle of the past with the present. (CFR)
Descriptors: Active Learning, Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Educational Objectives


