Socials Resources - Veteran's Affairs

Many great resources are available to teach students about Canada's involvement in various world conflicts. Most of these are free, and can either be ordered, or downloaded from the following URL: https://crorders-commandescss.vac-acc.gc.ca/order.php?m=categories&lang=en

These materials are available in both French and English. Please forward this to your Socials teachers.

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Article of the week activity: DVD clip

Article of the Week (DVD)  by Kelly Gallagher

Preview clip:

http://www.stenhouse.com/shop/pc/viewprd.asp?idProduct=9172&r=sb100909b&REFERER=

"Each week, students read a short article that informs them about the world. Students highlight passages and words they don't understand, consider the author's purpose and intended audience, and work through any confusion. The class then discusses how the structure and craft of the article informs reader comprehension and how they can implement these elements into their own writing."

See Kelly's website for sample articles he has used:

http://www.kellygallagher.org/resources/articles.html

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Use Letterwriter to help create article handouts:

http://www.lessonwriter.com/default.aspx

Using the Newspaper in Class

http://gordonslibrarylinks.blogspot.com/2010/05/using-newspaper-in-class.html

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