• Education is Our Buffalo

• Aboriginal Storytelling:

  http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/205/301/ic/cdc/storytelling/cado.ayn.ca/index.asp

• APTN

• http://econet.sk.ca/eco-ed/indigenous_resources.html

• http://bctf.ca/IssuesInEducation.aspx?id=13404

• http://accesstomedia.org/rfc/resources/archives/aboriginalissues.html

• http://www.aboriginalcanada.gc.ca

• http://www.saskworkguide.ca/curr_inst/iru/bibs/ns10/webrs.shtml
   
• http://www.resources4rethinking.ca/en/resource/aboriginal-literature-in-canada

• http://guides.library.ualberta.ca/nativestudies

• History of La Grande Paix de Montreal

• http://www.paulkane.ca/english.html

• Educational Resources in Aboriginal Studies

• Fur Trade Stories

Alberta Education On-Line Resources:

NOTE: Some of these require logins/passwords. Click on the "Sidebar" (top right of page) for information.

• Alberta Assessment Consortium

• Learn Alberta

• Focusing on Big Ideas and Key Issues

• Alberta Education Authorized Resource Database 

• Teaching and Learning Through Culture: Incorporating Aboriginal Perspectives into the Elementary Curriculum

• Historical Thinking and Children (articles and children's literature) 

• Alberta Education Learning Resource Centre

Planning Ideas:

• Galileo Educational Network

• Project-based learning "cheat sheet"

• UbD and Inquiry - A blog post by Grant Wiggins 

• Inquiry Teaching & Learning 

• Alternatives to "traditional" homework 

Diversity

• Teaching For Diversity 

• 40 LGBTQ-Friendly Picture Books

• Diversity & Children's Literature 

Social Studies Videos:

• Understanding by Design - Jay McTighe

• Backwards Design - Grant Wiggins

• Learning goals and learning objectives 

• AB Education Social Studies - Core Concepts and Strands

• Social Studies in Action: A Methodology Workshop K-5 (Annenberg Foundation videos)

• Social Studies in Action: A Teaching Practices Library K-12 (Annenberg Foundation videos)

• David George on the importance of understanding the POS Front Matter 

• David George on why Issue-Based Social Studies teaching is the way to go!! 

• Professional Development Webinars

• Teaching Channel 

• Wall of Films! 400+ Documentaries 

Literature Connections to the New Social Studies Curriculum:

• Literature Connections to the Alberta SS Curriculum

Geography Resources:

• Alberta Tomorrow

• Community Walks

• Community Mapping with Google Earth

• Mapping Theme Page

• Canadian Geographic - Kids

• Geo-Guesser: Explore the World 

• Google Lit Trips 

Miscellaneous Social Studies Resources:

• Beyond the Bubble: A New Generation of History Assessments (Standford University)

• The Critical Thinking Consortium

• Galileo Network Early Learning Resource

• The Historical Thinking Project
   
• Youth Version of Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms

• Stories of Citizenship

• CBC Archives 

• Canada's National History Society

• Pier 21: Canada's Immigration Museum

• SFU Political Cartoon Collection: http://edocs.lib.sfu.ca/projects/Cartoons/teacherresources/website/introduction.htm

• Archives Canada: http://www.archivescanada.ca/english/index.html

• The Glenbow Museum: http://www.glenbow.org/index.cfm
   
• McCord Museum (Keys to History): http://www.mccord-museum.qc.ca/en/keys/
   
• Provincial Archives of Alberta
   
• Alberta Online Encyclopedia: http://www.albertasource.ca/
   
• Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Village

• Guided Tour of Ukrainian Cultural Village: http://tapor.ualberta.ca/heritagevillage/

• Canada’s Digital Collections: http://collections.ic.gc.ca/  

   

• Art of Paul Kane: http://www.paulkane.ca/english.html

• George Mason University Centre for History and New Media

• Earth Album

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• Primary Sources Database (U of Alberta library)

• Alberta Folklore and Local History Collection

• Acadie Vivante

• Acadian History

• Virtual Exhibit: La Grande Paix de Montréal (bilingual, video, primary sources, etc.)