• History and Geography
  http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/document/curricul/social/social.ht The Ontario Curriculum, Grades 7 and 8
  • History and Geography
    
    
• Think Literacy Cross-Curricular Approaches Grades 7-12 - History
  http://www.ohassta.org/resources/thinkliteracy_main.htm
  Greade 7 & 8 Lessons posted in MSWord and pdf files. These resources are also in Ontario schools.
  

Primary and Secondary Sources

• Understanding Primary and Secondary Sources
  http://ohq.tpl.toronto.on.ca/gr8-intro-1.jsp
  • Characteristics of Primary and Secondary Sources
  • Applying your knowledge
  • Using Primary Sources: The Historian's Tools - links to pictures
  • Webquest
    
    
• Develpment of the West
  http://www.linktolearning.com/8history/immigration.htm
  Worksheet to use when examining primary source documents - posters. The Last Best West
  
  
• Defining Primary and Secondary Sources
  http://www.collectionscanada.ca/education/008-3010-e.html
  Sources expained.
  
  
• Using Pictures to Read the Past
  http://www.imagescanada.ca/r1-302-e.html
  A teaching strategy for use with the Images Canada Site
  • Photo Essays
    
    
• Actvities and Writing Projects
  http://www.imagescanada.ca/r1-303-e.html
  Ideas for using Images Canada in your classroom.
  
  
• The Learning Page
  http://memory.loc.gov/learn/lessons/psources/pshome.html
  • Using Primary Sources in the Classroom
  • Teacher Materials
  • What are Primary Sources
  • Mindwalk Activity
  • Analysis of Primary Sources
  • Types of Primary Sources
  • Primary Source Set
    
    
• Using Historical Sources
  http://campus.northpark.edu/history/Classes/Basics/UsingSources.html Examples of primary and secondary sources and how to use them.
  
  

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Pat Elliott, Library Specialist
Monday September 5, 2005 9:56 PM