History & Citizenship Education (Cycle 1)
Browse the sections below for access to our Teacher and Student Resources and to
various opportunities for Professional Development.
LEARN Educational Resources
Teaching (and Learning) Resources
Our Cycle 1 History and Citizenship resources often contain both guides for teachers and resource packages or workbooks for students. Browse the complete list below or visit the Educational Resources page to perform your own search.
Interpreting a Map
Presentation to help students understand and created different types of maps.
Interpreting a Timeline
Presentation to help students understand and created different types of timelines.
Historical Discussion Game
A card deck and strategy to help students discuss various topics in the Social Sciences.
Cartograf
An online mapping tool
Cartograf allows students and teachers to create and share maps, collect and analyze images, and work collaboratively on class projects! Our sample maps can also be used as-is in your class!
Student Resources
Some resources are specifically designed for student use. For example, our LEARN How-To series. Browse a few student tools below or visit the Educational Resources page to perform your own search.
HQC Student Toolkit
Key stop for overviews of History Competencies, the Intellectual Operations, and to access our Graphic Organizers.
Use Intellectual Operations
Ways to use the I.O.s to describe anything, including what you are passionate about!
Create a simple map
Create a simplified representation, a drawing of the essential elements of a territory or geographic phenomenon.
Interpret a Picture
Steps to interpret a picture: First Impressions, Identifying Source, Digging deeper into Dates, Contexts.
Professional Learning Resources
Below are a few recent posts and other key resources related to the social sciences that we have posted. You can search other professional learning resources in Educational Resources here.
Financial Issues and Global Planning
This video capsule aims to identify the three key financial Issues (or themes) covered in the Quebec programs, and to
Tips to Make Financial Education Engaging
This video capsule aims to identify strategies and available online content that teachers can use to organize and manage their
Interpreting a Written Source
Presentation to help students understand and created different types of graphs.
Interpreting a Graph
Presentation to help students understand and created different types of graphs.
Professional Learning Opportunities
Workshops
Visit our Workshops and Pedagogical Opportunities page for information on what is coming up!
OCS Day : Free Play in Preschool
4190 rue Garand, Suite 201, Laval, Québec, H7L 5Z6
Curated Resources
Curated Teaching and Learning Resources
Most of our curated resources are found embedded in the actual student resources we produce. Below are a few other ways to find what we find, to share what we share, and to stay connected doing it.
Curated Professional Development Resources
Check out our suggestions for professional development resources 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.
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:
