Greg's TOP 10 Picks For December, 2009 

Exciting Ideas and Opportunities for Social Studies Teachers and Students!

1. Benchmarks of Historical Thinking-Summer Institute.
Join with history educators from across Canada in Ottawa for this dynamic one week credit course offered by UBC.

2. Canadian Battlefields Study Tour.
The tour is designed to introduce educators to some of the most important battlefields and memorials in Belgium and France.

3. The Canadian Museum for Human Rights.
Scheduled to open in 2012, the CMHR needs your support. Get involved and get your students involved to help make it happen.

4. Ecovoyageurs..Win up to $2000 for your class and school.
Explain what your class is doing to benefit their classroom, their school, their community or even the planet.

5. Get Smart About Money.
Great resources and tools to help teachers build an effective financial literacy program.

6. Introduction to Canadian Citizenship.
This 1-2 day workshop uses The Civic Mirror to get students excited about active citizenship in Canada.

7. Investigating Social Justice Issues.
A wealth of information and ideas for teachers and students studying Canadian social justice issues.

8. New Internationalist.
The people, the ideas, the actions in the fight for global justice. Every school library
should have this magazine available for social studies teachers and students.

9. Radio Moments.
One hundred of Canada’s defining moments and personalities on CD and all for only $25 including postage.

10. Vancouver 2010.
The Olympics are coming! Now is the time to celebrate this great event with your students. Don’t miss it!

Comments and ideas-Contact Greg at 250-485-8295 or e-mail at gtgsmith@gmail.com .

Check out all the great ideas for Social Studies teachers at the BC Social Studies Teacher’s Association website.    http://www.bctf.ca/bcssta/