Online supplement
This online collection of resources complements the print publication, Teaching Historical Thinking (Revised and expanded edition.
Lesson-specific resources
The following resources support specific lessons in the print publication.
1. Introduction to historical thinking
Sample unit: Assessing Simon Fraser’s legacy
Unit launch: Canada’s record in international affairs during the twentieth century
Lesson challenge #2.1: Selecting Canada’s greatest military contributions to World War II
Lesson challenge #3.1: Graphing Canada-US relations, 1945-2000
Unit finale: Evaluating Canada’s international role, 1914 to 2000
3. Historical significance
Historical significance This video introduces students to the factors that determine what and who from the past should be remembered, researched, taught and learned (7:14 minutes)
4. Evidence and interpretation
Evidence and interpretation This video introduces the validation, interpretation and use of primary and secondary sources of historical information in the construction of historical accounts and arguments (6:55 minutes)
Eyewitness accounts of the Regina Riot
Daily life in WW I internment camps
5. Continuity and change
Continuity and change This videos explains how lives and conditions are alike over periods of time and how they changed for people and societies that came before and after (6:19 minutes)
6. Cause and consequence
Cause and consequence This video considers who or what influenced history and what were the repercussions of these changes (6:20 minutes)
7. Historical perspective
Historical perspective This video discusses the viewing of the past through the social, intellectual, emotional and ethical lenses of the time (5:53 minutes)
8. Ethical judgment
Ethical judgment This video explores assessing the past and the implications of past actions in light of past and present norms about the appropriate treatment of others (6:53 minutes)