I was recently asked to provide a top ten list for students studying for the History 404 exam. I knew it was a hard call, but nonetheless the process of finding some of my favourites proved interesting. (And I am sure you have some suggestions you can add in the comments!) Here is what I [...]
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What can I say, I laughed out loud when I saw some of the “crazy talk” projects on this site, and heard some of the songs. There are a lot of great ideas for teachers here, and student projects. And there are a lot of good resources as well, produced by students for…. well, for [...]
Avec janvier revient le fabuleux concours Cliquez pour moi!, proposé aux élèves du secondaire et des 2e et 3e cycles du primaire par le Récit national de l’univers social, en collaboration avec le Directeur général des élections du Québec. Des compétences d’à peu près tous les domaines de formation peuvent être développées en participant à Cliquez pour moi! Cette année, des iPad seront remis [...]
Enter a video recreating a significant Canadian moment… and your class could win! Open to Secondary 2 classes only. For more information, visit HDI – My Parks Pass
Québec City 2008: 400 years of history Do you find history fascinating? Well, you’re at the right place! We have interactive history games for you that are both interesting and fun, and they will help you discover a FABULOUS STORY! The more you play, the more you learn about Québec City’s 400 years of history. [...]
Digitized records help Canadians leaf out family tree military history “Researching a family’s military history used to be a real challenge, but as more and more paper archives go digital and are transferred to the internet, it’s becoming possible for anyone to leaf out a family tree in surprising detail by using a few tricks [...]
“For its new permanent exhibition, Montreal – Points of View, the McCord Museum is launching an avant-garde application using augmented reality technology — another way to discover Montreal and revisit the places where history was made! Visitors are invited to travel through time while keeping an eye on the present. Available for free on the App [...]
Explore the War at the War of 1812 website recently online and sponsored by: This new site includes an Interactive Timeline & Map that covers various campaigns and locates events in time and on Google Maps. Also includes: An in-depth look at the War of 1812 Over 100 articles, from biographies, to battles, to forts [...]
“The building of the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) across Canada in the 1880s linked the country from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Western Canada grew because of this railway. Less obviously, the Grand Trunk Railway (GTR) of the 1850s also shaped Canada. The old British North America of the 1850s became the Canada of the [...]
The Radio Canada page “Regards sur 2010″ has an couple interesting lists of Top 10 news stories for 2010. These stories could be used in various history courses that discuss issues of today. ….. Voici le palmarès des nouvelles et des dossiers qui ont particulièrement retenu votre attention. Les éléments sont classés par ordre de [...]
