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MSSTA is pleased to offer you the following links as a resource to help ensure you have the most up to date information. Please check our Resource Link for further resources.If we are missing a link or you would like to suggest a site please contact us.
Amazing Tree Quest
Rivers West will be launching the Amazing Tree Quest contest June 1st. Join us by nominating a tree and helping us conserve our ecosystem.
Press Release Nomination Form Formulaire de candidature |
FoodQuest is a digital game and knowledge transfer tool designed for Canadian youth ages 12 and up, that looks at the linkages between food insecurity, poverty, and chronic disease. The game was funded by the Public Health Agency of Canada and developed by a diverse working group comprised of government workers, academics, non-profit organizations, food security and health experts, helping to provide a unique set of approaches, priorities, and philosophical frameworks. After 2 years of development, this educational resource is officially ready for launch!
Although it is possible to play FoodQuest as a standalone piece, the video game is meant to be facilitated using downloadable activities and exercises. www.foodquest.ca
"FoodQuest is an online video-game and new educational tool that addresses the complex linkages between food insecurity, poverty, and chronic disease. Developed by the the Public Health Agency of Canada and a diverse working group comprised of representatives from government, academia, non-profit organizations, food security and health experts.
Visit foodquest.ca to play the game, and access the facilitation guide and lesson plans that will help ensure effective knowledge gain by students. The use of the downloadable supplementary materials are highly recommend as it's a great fit for curriculum expectations and a great form of engagement for students. |
Who were the Métis? Who was Louis Riel? How did the Métis live in
the Red River Valley? Find out by exploring Riel House and taking
part in fun hands-on activities and games with our Métis guides.
Social Studies curriculum connections:
Kindergarten - Cluster 3
Grade 1 – Clusters 2, 3
Grade 2- Cluster 1
Grade 3 – Cluster 1
Grade 4 – Cluster 2
Grade 5 – Clusters 1,2,3,4
Grade 6 – Clusters 1, 4
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As we come closer to the end of the 2012-2013 school year, I would like to remind you all that there is still room to book your class trip to the Dalnavert Museum for any one of our Curriculum-linked educational programs in the next few weeks.
Please read below for a brief outline of our programs. You may contact me directly with any booking requests or for more information about our programs and their curriculum links.
Best of luck on the last few weeks of the school year! Click here for more information. |
Teaching Citizenship, Democracy & Participation in Elections
Your Power To Choose is a new integrated education program developed by Elections Manitoba with valuable input from education professionals. The program includes a curriculum guide with hands-on activities, in-class workshops and resources for running student elections. Read More... |
| His Excellency the Right Honourable David Johnston invites your students to learn more about the role of the governor general in Canada at: www.gg.ca/eduzone |
Manitoba Parks and Natural Areas invites you and your students to participate in free interpretive programs!
Please find attached an English and French poster with details about our exciting, interactive, curriculum-based programming delivered by our highly skilled team of Park Interpreters.
For more information on specific programming, check out our Teachers Corner website at http://www.gov.mb.ca/conservation/parks/act_interp/teachers.html
More information 2013 Free School Program English French |
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The Universal Declaration of Human Rights http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTlrSYbCbHE This video was created as part of a campaign to free Aung San Suu Kyi. The text of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights is presented in engaging animation. Read More... |
| A 100 year retrospective of Winnipeg...CN Railway..rolling stock, passenger trains, snow ploughs, cabooses! The way it was....... Includes many great Winnipeg scenes from the past century. Well worth spending 15 minutes to view. Click here to watch video... |
Dear Colleagues:
Canadian Race Relations Foundation (CRRF) is sponsoring an Interfaith and Belonging Video Competition in commemoration of March 21, 2013, the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. I recently learned of this initiative from a Manitoba CRRF member.
I think that this may be an initiative that Manitoba students and teachers may find to be of great interest. If you agree, could you forward the information to your network of educators and contacts?
In advance, thank you for your attention to my request.
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StrataLogica Geography Reference Released as Free iPad App
- By Sharleen Nelson
- 01/29/13
The StrataLogica reference tool for iPad
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Herff Jones/Nystrom has released a new geography reference tool for the Apple iPad. The new app, which debuted at the FETC 2013 conference taking place in Orlando, FL this week, is a free application that offers users a sampling of StrataLogica's interactive layers of geography, history, and earth science content for the K-12 classroom.
The new app will serve as a companion to its Google Earth-powered StrataLogica, an interactive, Web-based site launched in 2009 for use with computers, projectors and interactive whiteboards. Students experience a rich, immersive learning environment across several disciplines via multilayered 3D maps, reference and history maps, atlases and charts, and an educational community that allows instructors to share lesson plans and presentations.
Current users of the desktop Web applications can access and interact with the content they have created and found in the community.
Although the iPad application is free to download, users must sign up to gain access to Stratalogica's communities and other content available on the Web site.
The software requires iOS 6 or later.
Herff Jones/Nystrom is exhibiting in booth 1309 at the FETC conference. Additional product details can be found on Herff Jones/Nystrom StrataLogica site. The StrataLogica app for iPad can be downloaded for free at the Apple App Store.
http://thejournal.com/articles/2013/01/29/stratalogica-geography-reference-released-as-free-ipad-app.aspx?=THE21 |
The Department of Canadian Heritage invites youth between 8 and 18 years old to enter the new Canada Day Challenge (formerly the Canada Day Poster Challenge).
It is an opportunity for young people to express what Canada means to them by submitting a piece of creative work inspired by this year’s theme Canada: Strong and Free.
They can enter in one, two or all three of the following categories:
- Draw it! (original poster design)
- Snap it! (digital photography)
- Write it! (creative writing) Plus, they can win great prizes, including a trip to Ottawa, Ontario to take part in the 2013 Canada Day celebrations on Parliament Hill, an iPad mini and much more!
For more information on the Canada Day Challenge, including complete contest rules and regulations, entry forms and printer-friendly learning resources, please visit www.challenge.pch.gc.ca .
The submission deadline is March 22, 2013. Best of luck to all those who participate!
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Sois original. Sois créatif. Relève le Défi de la fête du Canada!
Le ministère du Patrimoine canadien est fier d’inviter les jeunes entre 8 et 18 ans à participer au nouveau
Défi de la fête du Canada (anciennement le Défi de l’affiche de la fête du Canada).
C’est une occasion pour les jeunes d’exprimer ce que le Canada signifie pour eux en soumettant une œuvre inspirée par le thème de cette année Des plus brillants exploits .
Les jeunes peuvent participer dans l’une, deux ou trois des catégories suivantes :
- Dessine-le! (affiche originale)
- Prends-le en photo! (photo numérique)
Écris-le! (création littéraire) Il y a des très beaux prix à gagner, y compris un voyage à Ottawa pour participer aux célébrations de la fête du Canada 2013 sur la Colline du Parlement, un iPad mini et beaucoup plus!
Visitez notre site au www.defi.pch.gc.ca pour en apprendre davantage sur le Défi et pour télécharger le matériel d’apprentissage imprimable.
La date limite pour participer au concours est le 22 mars 2013. Bonne chance à tous les participants! |
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 It's time to revitalize Canada's school grounds by planting trees! Trees provide shade and protection from solar radiation, and add beauty to the playgrounds and fields where our children play and learn.
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New Classroom Resources for 2012-2013
Award-winning first-person Canadian Holocaust survivor memoirs
Free of charge to educators
The Azrieli Foundation's unique, not-for-profit Holocaust Survivor Memoirs Program promotes education about tolerance and diversity, distributing print editions of the memoirs free of charge to libraries, educational institutions and Holocaust-education programs across Canada. READ MORE... |
World of 7 Billion Video Challenge
Bring technology and creativity into your high school geography classes by incorporating the World of 7 Billion video PSA challenge into your curriculums. Ask your students to create a 30- to 45-second video PSA illustrating the connection between world population at seven billion and one of the following: food security, wildlife habitat, or the global status of women/girls. Students can win up to $1,000, and their teachers will receive free curriculum resources. The deadline for submission is February 21, 2013. Full contest guidelines, resources for research, past winners, and more can be found at www.Worldof7Billion.org.
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Tough Case presents five people whose lives all change dramatically when Dane, a Grade 11 student, along with his friends, randomly trashes a house. See up close and personal reactions from Dane’s mom, the homeowners, and Nessa, who is there to help everyone figure out what should be done. Detention? Jail? Restorative Justice? The sparks fly and the audience is witness to a highly charged theatrical situation. This passionate play is based on real events and will change how your students think about themselves and how their actions affect others. Tough Case is being presented during National Restorative Justice Week, November 18-25 Read More...
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The Centre for Human Rights Research (CHRR) at the University of Manitoba has established a Speakers Bureau for school teachers interested in educating their Grade 7-12 students about human rights issues, particularly in relation to Aboriginal rights or the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Read more...
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Spark Interest in Voting in Your Classroom: Canada’s Democracy Week
What are you doing for your democracy? That is the question Elections Canada is asking youth aged 14–30 to think about during Canada’s Democracy Week 2012 Read More... |
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Hello teachers!
And welcome to another school year! Do your new students have a flair for the dramatic? Then they’ll love our September issue of Kayak: Canada’s History Magazine for Kids. “Canada on Stage” is full of great stories, comics, and tidbits of information to teach students about Canada’s dramatic past
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Experience the wacky imagination of Charles Dickens in historic Dalnavert House! This interactive guided tour takes participants through a full house of Victorian-style memories straight out of the fictions of Charles Dickens and the life of Manitoba’s former Premier, Sir Hugh John Macdonald. Fanciful, energetic, full of florid rhetoric, and often just plain ridiculous, Dalnavert Copperfield will have you hopping on one leg, flaunting a mustache, and singing “God Save the Queen” with a gusto only Charles Dickens and Hugh John Macdonald could give ya.
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The Teachers Institute, launched in 1996, is coordinated by the Library of Parliament and supported by the Speakers of both the Senate and the House of Commons. It is a unique professional development opportunity for teachers of governance and citizenship education. Each November, the program brings together approximately 70 educators from across the country, for an intensive, informative, unforgettable week on Parliament Hill.
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http://www.aitc.mb.ca/AmazingAgricultureAdventure.htm
http://voices.worldvision.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/HW-activity-FINAL1.pdf
http://www.prometheanplanet.com/en/professional-development/best-practice/education-fast-forward/
The "Fun Path to Learning - a teacher and youth web corner" is an interactive and educational resource developed by CIC to provide learning activities on themes such as citizenship, multiculturalism, immigration and Canadian identity.
The first module was developed around CIC's new citizenship study guide Discover Canada: The Rights and Responsibilities of Citizenship and focuses largely on citizenship. The activities and games teach students about Canada's history and institutions. It includes the following headings: Canadian Symbols; The Provinces and Territories; Flags - Provinces and Territories; Great Canadians; Black History Month; Asian Heritage Month; Prime Ministers; Canadian Trivia; and Confederation.
"A Fun Path to Learning" activities and games provides interesting, challenging and fun learning opportunities for elementary, junior and high school students, their teachers, and even their parents. The resources include information on subject areas including history, geography, civics and social studies.
READ MORE... CIC's Teachers and Youth Web Corner
Informational site about Canada. It has different categories like Canadian History, Canadian Politics, Canadian law, Canadian Education, geography and aims to help students, immigrants and anybody who wants to know more about Canada. Read More...
Dear educator,
Like the idea of teaching through film but don't know quite where to start?
Introducing CAMPUS, NFB's exciting new online resource for teaching through and about film. With CAMPUS, not only have we facilitated film access and licensing for educators and school boards, we've introduced a whole array of tools to help make teaching through film easier, more effective and more fun.
Along with simplified access to 2,500 Canadian films - 500 exclusive to CAMPUS - now you get exciting new functionalities and resources such as:
- Pedagogical evaluations of each film by educators for educators... So you know how to make the best use of each film
- The power of chaptering... So you can select film sequences and create playlists for incredible lesson support limited only by your imagination
- Study guides to help you prepare your classes... With suggestions for activities, topics for debate and evaluation strategies
- Content search by grade and subject... So you get the right film for the right class
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Attention all History Buffs, Explorers and Adventurers:
Heartland International Travel and Tours is pleased to offer two exciting historical tours in northern Manitoba where you can experience firsthand the incredible history of the Hudson's Bay Company during the Fur Trade era. Read More...
http://www.canadahistory.com/Index.htm
Winnipeg Public Library has been chosen as one of the inaugural partner sites in the Lest We Forget program of Library and Archives Canada. Lest We Forget is aimed at grade 8-12 classes. READ More...
Manitoba's provincial parks are great places to create wonderful educational experiences and outdoor fun for school children of all ages. Our skilled team of park interpreters offers school programming from mid-May to the end of June on a variety of curriculum-based subjects such as ecology, wildlife, cultural history, biodiversity, geology and weather. READ More,,,
First World War Personnel Files Lest We Forget Workshop
Information Package Second World War Read More...
These information sheets will help to interpret the documents found in the service files of the Canadian Expeditionary Force.
You are invited to join with a new non-profit organization, Humankind International,
in action projects for education, raising awareness, and fundraising in order to build
a sustainable early childhood school in Dadaab Refugee Camp in Kenya. Students participating would be invited to a special public sharing and celebration event as part of the Winnipeg International Storytelling Festival, on Friday, May 11, 2012. Read More...
Rotary International stimulated and participated in the
events leading to the establishment of the United Nations
Organization. It was present at the signing of the United
Nations Charter in San Francisco in 1945. Read More...
Council of Canadians were at the SAGE 2011 with a display, but the resource from National Office that we really wanted to share with you wasn't complete at that time.
Systemchange.ca is an excellent collection of short videos addressing climate change, especially created for use in the lead up to, during and in the aftermath of the UN climate talks in Durban, South Africa, this November 28-December 9:
"The popular slogan: "system change not climate change" has become central to a growing and vibrant global movement for climate justice. But what does "system change" mean? And what does it have to do with the climate crisis? This project,www.systemchange.ca, features videos from a range of speakers including academics, workers and activists who address these questions, talk about why we need system change, and give examples of new ways forward.
www.systemchange.ca is a free, public, interactive website featuring over 25 videos."
Currently, the videos require internet connection to play, but there will soon be a download link.
Council of Canadians - Winnipeg Chapter
canadianswinnipeg.org
 The Thinking Teacher is a monthly compendium of ideas, strategies and resources for teachers and teacher leaders who are working to support critical thinking among K-12 students and staff. The digest is published ten times a year, from September to June, by The Critical Thinking Consortium Read More...
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Who was Lord Selkirk, what did he do, and why?
Where are the Forks of the Red and Assiniboine rivers?
Who were the Selkirk Settlers, where did they come from, and why did they come here?
Why is the date 1812 chosen for the Bicentenary?
Find the answers to these and more here...
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The Royal Canadian Geographical Society is dedicated to imparting a broader knowledge and deeper appreciation of Canada — its people and places, its natural and cultural heritage and its environmental, social and economic challenges.
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Experience Canadian Heritage Rivers Photo Contest
Send us your images of any of the 41 rivers in the Canadian Heritage Rivers System: photos of nature, culture, adventure, and of Parks Canada’s Canadian Heritage Rivers. Enter in any of the four categories Read More...
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To find out more about the War of 1812 click the picture and visit the interactive map.
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Call it the Google of Canadian history.
An ambitious new search engine has been launched by an alliance of digital heritage advocates designed to allow one-stop searching for centuries of Canadian history.
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Those who dared to be first - some achievements were first in the world, some were first
in the British Empire or British Commonwealth, some were first in North America and all were the first Canadian women... Read More |
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Take your class on an unforgettable experience, by touring the historic Exchange
District; a living museum of Winnipeg's boom period!
The Exchange District is Winnipeg's most fascinating and vibrant neighbourhood. Declared a National Historic Site in 1997, the district evokes the sense of Winnipeg when it was the "Gateway to the West," the city of promise for all of Canada. Read More... |
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A Canadian Original
The "Leaders & Legacies" series is truly a first in Canadian publishing. This historical fiction series for ages 11 and up stars none other than our own Prime Ministers as mystery-solving, adventurous youth.
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ActiveHistory.ca is a website to help connect historians with the public, policy makers and the media.
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A Glimpse of Greatness:
Sir John Thompson,
Our Fourth PM Died Too Young
Sir John Thompson, our fourth Prime
Minister, served for two years between
1892-94. Sandwiched between the two
Canadian greats, Sir John A. Macdonald
and Sir Wilfrid Laurier, Thompson is
now a fascinating footnote in our history,
mainly because of how he died,
rather than what he contributed while
he lived.
Read more... inside The Canadian (newsletter of history) No. 19 |
Global Citizenship: World Vision - Lessons and Resources - Kindergarten to Grade 8
World Class is a free interactive web-based program for elementary and middle school classes. It is built on fundamental principles of global education: engage students to think critically about global issues; support and encourage them to act on new understandings; and extend their learning through reflection on the change in their values, perspectives and behaviours.
World Class builds skills students need to be responsible citizens, participating in and contributing to their communities while examining the world through a social justice and sustainability lens. The learning and reflection in this program involves thinking critically about issues of fairness, equity, diversity and community life, as well as complex social and global issues. Students will ask why children go hungry in the world, do not attend school or get sick from water-borne disease. And they will want to do something about it.
World Class: http://ourworldclass.tigweb.org/resources/public.html |
 Try Judging is a multimedia educational program that will help you understand the role of judges in our justice system by placing you right in the middle of a courtroom, in the judges' shoes. You will be invited to explore important concepts such as the rule of law, judicial independence and judicial impartiality as you go through five case scenarios. Try Judging now...
 CCGE is the educational branch of The Royal Canadian Geographical Society (RCGS). It is also a partner
in geographic education with National Geographic. The programs of CCGE aim to strengthen geographic education in classrooms and schools as well as bring awareness to society about the importance of
geographic literacy. CCGE is a great resource for geography teachers all through Canada. Here are
several benefits of joining CCGE:
As the CCGE representative for this region, I am interested in hearing what is happening with respect
to geographic education in Manitoba. If you know of any exciting or interesting happenings that you
would like to share please email me at roblangston80@gmail.com
We're pleased to note that there are pilot libraries this year that are eager to welcome you for more local "Lest We Forget" workshops. They are located in Winnipeg, Manitoba... read more
 October is Women's History Month in Canada. To mark the
occasion I've created a new illustrated quiz about some of the many
notable women in Canadian history.
You can check out the quiz on heroines.ca: http://www.heroines.ca/resources/quiz1.html
Visitors to heroines.ca can also enter a contest to win a free
copy of the book "100 Canadian Heroines: Famous and Forgotten Faces" and
get ideas about celebrating Women's History Month in Canada.
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- English, French, ESL and FSL
- curriculum-linked lesson plans
- Ready-to-use, interactive resources
and printable activities
- A forum for sharing best practices
- A literacy resource section
- Class kits that include an eco-calendar,
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- More than 50 fun and educational
online games
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EcoKids - Teaching Resources for K-8 Educators
A Changing Climate Grades 7 - 12, and globally-minded citizens
Whether you are a climate change denier, or a bicycle-riding vegan living off the grid; whether you teach about climate change, or are a concerned citizen doing your best to contribute to a sustainable future for all, you will find this Canadian resource very interesting.
The National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy and the Royal Canadian Geographical Society have created a poster that projects 60 different ways climate change will reshape our Canadian landscape, including
ICE, SNOW AND SEA
ECOSYSTEMS
WATER RESOURCES
HUMAN HEALTH
COMMUNITIES AND INFRASTRUCTURE
http://www.rcgs.org
 Attention: Grades 4 to 10
The Geography Challenge is a national student competition designed to foster an interest in geography among young Canadians, and to raise the profile of geography with teachers and the public.
The Challenge is organized by the Canadian Council for Geographic Education (CCGE), a non-profit volunteer organization of teachers. As the education committee of the non-profit Royal Canadian Geographical Society, the CCGE promotes geographic education to highlight the important role it can play in the curriculum.
http://www.4edu.ca/tors/chalk.asp
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