Geography, History and Citizenship Education
Browse the sections below for access to our Teacher and Student Resources and to
various opportunities for Professional Development.
LEARN Educational Resources
Teaching Resources
Welcome to the Elementary main page on LEARN.
Sociétés et Territoires
Un site Web rempli de ressources pour les élèves et les enseignants sur l’histoire et la géographie du Québec au primaire.
Feature: Games and Game Design
Using games and game-based strategies is a great way to learn. Use existing sample games in your class, or learn how you or your students can “design” and develop their own games and strategies, as a way to learn, review, share and play during class!
Feature: The Intellectual Operations
Learn more about the Intellectual Operations, and ways students can use them daily life or to describe just about anything. Students can then demonstrate and use knowledge about the societies and territories they study.
Cartograf
An Online Mapping Tool
Cartograf is an online tool that allows students and teachers to create and share maps, collect and analyze images, and work collaboratively on class projects.
Student Resources
Social Sciences How-Tos
Infographies sur les opérations intellectuelles du primaire
Les élèves peuvent approfondir leur compréhension des opérations intellectuelles (OI) grâce à ces infographies pratiques ! Les OI représentent des actions que les élèves peuvent
Infographie : utiliser des sources primaires au primaire
Cette infographie aide les élèves à mieux comprendre les sources primaires et secondaires ainsi que les différents types de documents utilisés en univers social. Comme
Histoire locale : lignes du temps, entrevues, guides de recherche
Cette série de gabarits s’adresse aux élèves qui font un projet de recherche sur un sujet d’histoire locale. Les gabarits pour réaliser une enquête ou
Professional Development Resources
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Professional Learning
Workshops
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Pedagogical Support
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Curated Resources
Curated Teaching and Learning Resources
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Curated Professional Development Resources
Welcome to LEARN's Social Sciences media page for professional development suggestions for teachers.
Have you got a favourite Podcast or Youtube station or other online media source you use for PD or in your classes? Tweet it to @paulrombo or contact us directly.
Podcasts are a great way to engage with recent scholarship. History podcasts, for example, feature interviews with historians who are discussing their current or past work.
In many cases, these interviews not only provided for really good information to incorporate into your lessons, but they can also directed you to their books, sites, blogs, etc.” Read more on Matt’s post Podcasts for Professional Development on the LEARN blog.
Are Youtube channels the new Podcasts?
Up to you to judge. Here are a few media channels you can follow to brush up on your pedagogy, or just for fun!
View this series of seven video capsules, designed to help Social Science teachers acquire a deeper understanding of the Intellectual Operations.
Thanks to Andrew D’Anna, Consultant at English Montreal School Board, and his team. These capsules were inspired by the research of Dr. Catherine Duquette (UQAC), Dr. Nicole Monney (UQAC), Dr. Sylvie Fontaine (UQO), and Laurie Pageau (PhD candidate, ULaval).
Social Justice Competencies
Lisa K. Taylor’s strategies and resources (icons too!) to support curricula that frame and infuse students learning through a perspective of social justice and the active transformation of all forms of discrimination.
Learning Communities & Professional Associations
Various associations and groups allow SocSci teachers to communicate and share, and to develop as professional learners. Here is a list of few key groups:
