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Assessing Mathematical Thinking: A Focus on Reasoning Competencies
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Framing Critical Inquiry Questions and Tasks
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Building a Community of Thinkers
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Supporting All Learners: Creating the Conditions for Inclusive Classrooms
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Teaching Students to Use Criteria
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Using Thoughtbooks to Sustain Inquiry

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Learning to Inquire in Social Studies: An Anthology for Elementary Teachers
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Learning to Inquire in History, Geography, and Social Studies: An Anthology for Secondary Teachers
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Teaching Historical Thinking (Revised and expanded edition)
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Snapshots in Time: Significant Events in Canadian History Set 1

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Investigating Images

Investigating Images

Guide students to interpret the explicit content of images, read behind images and challenge images to better understand historical and contemporary times and places.
Subjects: Art, Social Studies
Grades: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
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Investigating Realistic Stories

Investigating Realistic Stories

Guide students to use eight fully-developed strategies to bring the study of history and global issues alive.
Subjects: English/Language Arts, Social Studies
Grades: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
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La protection des droits de la jeunesse (fiches reproductibles)

La protection des droits de la jeunesse (fiches reproductibles)

Les fiches reproducibles sont gratuites avec l’achat de la ressource anglaise, Caring for Young People's Rights. Les notes pédagogiques qui expliquent comment utiliser les fiches reproductibles (les fiches d’information, les feuilles d'activité, les documents et les…
Subjects: Civics, Social Studies
Grades: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
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Learning to Inquire in History, Geography, and Social Studies: An Anthology for Secondary Teachers

Learning to Inquire in History, Geography, and Social Studies: An Anthology for Secondary Teachers

A favoured choice for post-secondary course instructors and their students for over 25 years. Now in its fourth edition, Learning to Inquire in History, Geography, and Social Studies: An Anthology for Secondary Teachers brings together the work of prominent education scholars and the experiences …
Subjects: Social Studies, Geography, History
Grades: 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, Post-secondary
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Learning to Inquire in Social Studies: An Anthology for Elementary Teachers

Learning to Inquire in Social Studies: An Anthology for Elementary Teachers

A favoured choice for post-secondary course instructors and their students for over 25 years. Now in its fourth edition, Learning to Inquire in Social Studies: An Anthology for Elementary Teachers brings together the work of prominent education scholars and the experiences of highly regarded teac…
Subjects: Social Studies
Grades: K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Regular Price: $69.95
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Leçons modèles de pensée géographique

Leçons modèles de pensée géographique

Encourager les élèves à penser de façon critique en géographie en s’appuyant sur un large éventail de sujets et d’enjeux régionaux, nationaux et mondiaux. Disponible en anglais : Exemplars in Geographical Thinking
Subjects: Social Studies, Geography
Grades: 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
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Leçons modèles de pensée historique : le XXe siècle au Canada
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Leçons modèles de pensée historique : le XXe siècle au Canada

Orienter les élèves pour qu’ils utilisent six concepts de pensée historique pour mieux réfléchir à un éventail d’événements et de personnages historiques, en utilisant des exemples du XXe siècle au Canada. Seulement di…
Subjects: Social Studies, History
Grades: 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
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Re-enacting Confederation - A Simulation
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Re-enacting Confederation - A Simulation

As representatives at a hypothetical 1864 Ottawa conference, students decide whether or not to join in Confederation, and experience the complexities and compromises faced by the Fathers of Confederation. Available as a PDF only.
Subjects: Civics, Social Studies, History
Grades: 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
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Rights, Roles and Responsibilities at School

Rights, Roles and Responsibilities at School

Through several critical thinking challenges, students explore various school roles, consider how learning needs are met at school, and assess how well they meet their responsibilities to themselves and to others.
Subjects: Social Studies
Grades: K, 1, 2, 3
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Snapshots in Time: Adapted Version Set 3

Snapshots in Time: Adapted Version Set 3

Includes 50 significant events in Canadian history from Set 1 and Set 2. Can be used as an entertaining game or an effective learning resource for teaching and assessing historical thinking (instructions included). This adapted version includes several features to make it more accessible for a…
Subjects: Social Studies, History
Grades: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
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Snapshots in Time: Significant Events in Canadian History Set 1

Snapshots in Time: Significant Events in Canadian History Set 1

Includes 50 cards focused on significant events in Canadian history. Can be used as an entertaining game or an effective learning resource for teaching and assessing historical thinking (instructions included). Card size: 2.5" x 3.5" This set is also available in French: Clich&eac…
Subjects: Social Studies, History
Grades: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
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Snapshots in Time: Significant Events in Canadian History Set 2

Snapshots in Time: Significant Events in Canadian History Set 2

Includes 50 cards focused on 50 additional significant events in Canadian history. Can be used as an entertaining game or an effective learning resource for teaching and assessing historical thinking (instructions included). Card size: 2.5" x 3.5" This set is also available in Fre…
Subjects: Social Studies, History
Grades: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12
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Snapshots of 19th Century Canada
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Snapshots of 19th Century Canada

Use several critical thinking challenges to help your students examine the social, political and economical conditions throughout the 19th century from four groups' perspectives - English Canadian, French Canadians, recent immigrants and Aboriginal peoples. Available as a PDF only.
Subjects: Social Studies, History
Grades: 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Regular Price: $19.50
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Supporting All Learners: Creating the Conditions for Inclusive Classrooms

Supporting All Learners: Creating the Conditions for Inclusive Classrooms

Designed to guide educators in taking an inclusive approach in all subjects and grades, Supporting All Learners provides simple but powerful starting points for creating inclusive classrooms. Through classroom strategies and examples, this resource provides guidance to help educators make everyday d…
Subjects: Not Subject Specific
Grades: K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Regular Price: $16.95
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Teaching Archaeological Thinking

Teaching Archaeological Thinking

Introduce your students to six interrelated concepts central to students' ability to think critically about archeology using clear explanations of each concept, teaching suggestions for applying them throughout the curriculum and extended teaching examples.
Subjects: Social Studies, History
Grades: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
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Teaching Geographical Thinking (Revised and expanded edition)

Teaching Geographical Thinking (Revised and expanded edition)

Engage students in geographical thinking through critical inquiry using a solid framework of interrelated concepts, examples, questions and criteria. Also available in French: Enseigner la pensée géographique
Subjects: Social Studies, Geography
Grades: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
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Teaching Historical Thinking (Revised and expanded edition)

Teaching Historical Thinking (Revised and expanded edition)

Introduce students to six interrelated concepts central to their ability to think critically about history using clear explanations of each concept, teaching suggestions for applying them throughout the curriculum and an extended teaching example.
Subjects: Social Studies, History
Grades: 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Regular Price: $39.95
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Teaching Students to Use Criteria

Teaching Students to Use Criteria

This resource clearly explains the importance of criteria in critical thinking. When students are invited to respond to critical questions, criteria enable them to carefully weigh the options and make reasoned judgments about those questions. The resource provides teachers with practical tools and s…
Subjects: Not Subject Specific
Grades: K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Regular Price: $14.95
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The Competencies Toolkit

The Competencies Toolkit

  The Competencies Toolkit is a print version of the Tools for Thought online collection. Nurture students' ability to think, communicate, and act using lessons that teach the range of tools needed to develop the competencies needed for 21st century learning. NOTE: Individual membe…
Subjects: Not Subject Specific
Grades: K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Regular Price: $140.00
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Using Thoughtbooks to Sustain Inquiry

Using Thoughtbooks to Sustain Inquiry

Use the practical ideas, examples and templates in this resource to help students use the Thoughtbook format to capture their thinking and to revisit and refine their evolving work. See all of the titles in the Quick Guides to Thinking Classrooms series
Subjects: Not Subject Specific
Grades: K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
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