(many sites below are available in French and English)
 | Histor!ca-Provides links to the Canadian Encyclopedia and Youth Links |
| Nova Scotia Government site for information that any student might need to know about our Province. |
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Global History Resources from Barrett Khan |
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Teaching Ideas for Canadian History from Barrett Khan |
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Parks Canada- links to National Historical sites and parks. |
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CBC- for archived and up to date information, has material that parallels most units from the text book with video connection. |
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Elections Canada- youth site, interesting facts about elections, A History of the vote in Canada, user friendly guide to voting in Canada |
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Museum of Civilization in Canada |
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Parliament of Canada - provides a complete list of Members of Parliament and Senators and tells how Parliament works |
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Prime Minister of Canada- explains Canada's system of government, cabinet and Parliamentary secretariats. |
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Kids Voting Canada- Student focused site about democracy |
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Rush the Vote- a site dedicated to fostering political awareness among Canadian youth |
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Veterans- request speaker and remembrance material |
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Public Archives of Nova Scotia- a site giving availability of historical resources, genealogical resources and tourism resources- user friendly format |
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Canada Remembers- free learning resources from Veteran Affairs |
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Pier 21- was a gateway to Canada and was the entry point for many new immigrants to Canada |
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Canadians and the Government- a free resource guide |
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Acadian History- genealogy information |
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Youth Links (Access through Historica) A Chance for students and teachers to publish articles, access links, participate in activities and discuss topics on human security, immigration and peace and conflict. |
| View History resources available on-line from this Canadian Government site. Included are links to resources on Confederation, Canadian Heroes, Heritage Gallery, Olympians, Constitution Acts and much more. |
| The Canadian Encyclopedia- Provides information on Canadian topics, the Canucklehead quiz, On this day in Canadian History, timeline (100 greatest events in Canadian History) and Canadian quotes |
| Canadian resource pages on anything Canadian |
| Links to all Provincial Governments official websites |
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For Flags and Coats of Arms of all the Provinces- -Please note that these and many other symbols are also available in the Canadian Symbols Library in the symbol palette of Inspiration. If you don't have the Canadian Symbols Library installed in your version of one of these programs- put in a work order and a technician will install this free of charge. (there are over 500 Canadian symbols in this library). |
| Famous Canadians can be found at these sites submitted by Technology Mentor Jeff Miller- Famous Canadians Theme Page, Famous Canadians- myths, inventions, people and more. Or try this one from Harvard University- Famous People who Happen to be Canadians |
| Stats Canada has a wealth of information to be used by schools. |
| Canadian Daily and Weekly Papers are accessible through Bourque. |
| A favourite in Queen's County is the The Queen's County Times |
| The Canadian Atlas-Maps available in French and English. Also includes facts about Canada, quizzes, learning resources, glossary, data and useful links. |
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Daily papers from around the world– The Paper Boy |
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EBSCO– Search engine for finding magazine articles., periodicals, reviews and more. Contains ERIC files, professional resources, student resources, a specific section for Canadian History. You can search for student material by reading level. Direct access from school and a password is available at your school for at home use for both students and teachers. |
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National Film Board of Canada: Mediasphere- Links to the National Film Board films, a living history page and a cyberterrorism simulation game that will knock the socks off your students. |
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The Youth & Educators section of the
Veterans
Affairs Canada website has an |
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Teachers and students may also be
interested in the Season of Remembrance |
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Inspiration 6 was provided to all schools as part of the software received through the Information Economy Initiative (IEI). This graphic organizational software helps students retain, retrieve, recall and organize information. Students can create their own webs or use one of the templates provided or created by their teachers. Below is a look at how some of these built in templates can be used in Canadian History in a cross-curricular way. |
From the Canadian History 11 Lead Team-
Wade Selig- Senior High Coordinator wselig@ssrsb.ca
Yves Rossignol, French Consultant yrossign@swrsb.ednet.ns.ca
Mike Milosevich, Liverpool Regional High School mmilose@staff.ednet.ns.ca
Sandra Martin, Park View smartinq@staff.ednet.ns.ca
Roger DeMone, New Germany rdemone@staff.ednet.ns.ca)
Please contact a team member or Sue Taylor-Foley
if you have information that you think should be added to this page or if you have any questions about Canadian History 11.