Educational Approaches in Elementary Social Sciences  

NEW ON SITE IN 2008

Building My World and Construire mon monde are Cycle 1 materials developed by the Learning Materials Centre. They are available to all teachers of  English school boards of Quebec.  (Refer to  catalogue and order forms). 

The BMW website is also been brought back to life, with interactive  with supporting the suggested activities in the package.  The site includes some instructional videos, and will soon link up appropriate focus tools and connect with other subject areas, as a way of using the package to support the entire Cycle 1 program.

PDIG - Social Sciences Projects at WQSB
On the WQSB-RECIT resource support pages you can find many suggested websites, including some organized for Social Sciences.  Three New LES's are also available:

• Comparing Changes in Quebec Society in 1905 and 1980
  
• Looking at change over time in Canada:   Influences causing change from 1820 to 1905?
  
• How did society in New France change from 1645 to 1745?

LES:  Welcome to my seigneury
Adapted from a Learning Situation developed by the RECIT-Univers social team, this scenario has,  as its pedagogical aims:   to get students to understand the organization of the society and territory of New France in 1745

Available Approaches by Cycle

Cycle 1 - (Kindergarten, Grades 1 and 2)

Cycle 2 - (Grades 3 and 4)

Cycle 3 - (Grades 5 and 6)

Across Cycles - Projects that offer activities appropriate for students in several cycles

Across the Curriculum - Integrated tasks that touch several areas of the curriculum

Telecollaborative Projects - Students use E-mail and Internet tools to communicate, collaborate, cooperate and share in projects carried out with other students around the world.

Other Techniques and General Strategies