Re:Weaving History

As we get closer to the holidays, I've been thinking about what gifts I can give to my colleagues. It has become apparent to me in 2016 that the world needs more thoughtful dialogue around important issues, and the social science classroom has a special place in this dialogue. In writing resources and attending conferences, I have gathered over the years, a rich collection of teacher-friendly resources that I can recommend. I'm often surprised when I hear that my colleagues have not heard of one of my go-to resources, so in the interest of sharing and enriching our classrooms, here are my recommendations and thoughts on some of the latest, greatest teaching resources for history and citizenship education.  This is not an exhaustive list, but I hope it can get you started on your journey, or give you a new idea or place to explore. Please share in the comments if you have more to share History and Primary Source Resources The Historical Thinking Project - The home o

"Your resume is something you write as you go, not at the end. Live out loud! W e need to celebrate our learning publicly!" "Perfect is the enemy of done. Start. Help each other! If you wanna learn, you have to learn right beside them!" - Kevin Honeycutt On May 17, 2016, I was fortunate to attend the OCDSB Digital Learning Symposium. The keynote speaker was Kevin Honeycutt . If you don't follow him on Twitter, start now! In a quick review of the twitter feed from the day (#DLAchat), I pulled the best bits of advice, thoughts and inspiration that got most of us really excited - they are sprinkled throughout in purple. All really great words to inspire and live by, but the ones that got me going were Live out Loud! If we really care about education, and the future for our students, we need to be public about the amazing things we are doing and share them with the world. I had been toying with the idea of starting a blog for a few years, but put it o