1.  British Columbia Vital Records: The Essentials
Brenda demonstrates how to access British Columbia’s historic birth, marriage and death records, including baptisms, colonial marriages, overseas military deaths, and delayed registrations. She relates these important sources to the telling of British Columbia’s history.

Presenter:  Brenda Smith

2. The Begbie Contest Goes Digital
Over 500 primary sources used on previous Begbie Canadian History Contests are now available on a CD. This workshop will concentrate on creative ways of using primary sources in the classroom to teach critical thinking.

Presenter:  Charles Hou

3.  “On Guard for Thee”
A new educational package will be introduced about British Columbia's military history over the course of the last 150 years.  The session will commence with a 20 minute teaching video followed by a demonstration of the accompanying educational learning plan.  In keeping with the Conference Theme, "Media, Mass Culture and Historical Thinking", the workshop will also provide visual examples of how "historical thinking" especially among youth, may be positively influenced through dramatic re-enactments.  Our intent is to demonstrate how "historical thinking" should relate to engaging our next generation in becoming socially responsible in their communities and in their country.

Presenters:  BC/Yukon Command, The Royal Canadian Legion

4.  Wearing Away the Land
The two main processes that shape the land are Mountain Building – the building up of a landmass; and Weathering and Erosion – the wearing away of a landmass.  We will review the processes of wearing away the land – weathering, erosion and deposition, and the landforms that result, together with ideas for hands on work and fieldtrips.  In addition, this session will connect the processes of weathering and erosion with those of deposition, mountain building and volcanism, and explore how their interaction resulted in the formation of the major geographic regions of Canada over geological time.  The session will focus on landforms of British Columbia.

Presenter:  Erica Williams

5.  Building British Columbia
This session will explore the concepts involved in plate tectonics and volcanism, the two processes responsible for mountain building.  We will look at how these processes have built the landscape of British Columbia and how they continue to impact it today, including a look at the hazards that they bring to the province.

Presenter:  Erica Williams

6.  Developing Collaborative History Education Projects
The History Education Network (THEN/HiER) is the first pan-Canadian organization devoted to enriching history teaching and learning by bringing together various constituencies involved in history education. In this workshop, teachers will brainstorm about types of collaborative projects in history education in which they would like to participate, develop a template for a collaborative project, and learn about project funding opportunities through THEN/HiER. Examples of projects include:
     * an action research project
     * a field trip to a university where students attend a lecture related to a
        curriculum topic and meet with the professor
     * an exhibit cooperatively developed between  students and museum personnel

  Presenter:  Dr. Anne Marie Goodfellow

7. Making History Come Alive
This workshop will explore the project approach to learning by examining new strategies to enhance students understanding of history.  Reference will be made to the concepts outlined in the Benchmarks for Historical Thinking in order to demonstrate relevance in engaging students in looking at historical events critically. This multidisciplinary approach to teaching and learning builds on student creativity, curiosity and initiative while enhancing literacy skill.  It supports cross-curricular learning outcomes set out by the Ministry of Education as well as promoting active citizenship by providing the opportunity to celebrate diversity in culture and heritage within ones community.  A number of Heritage Fair Projects will be available for viewing.

Presenter:  Mary Campone

8.  Vancouver in 1907: Earliest Surviving Film Footage
The transformation of Vancouver from an Edwardian city to a modern urban metropolis is a fascinating study for teachers and students alike. This workshop will introduce teachers to a remarkable film shot from a street car in 1907 and a truck along the same route in 2007, and to a resource guide containing a variety of resources and teaching ideas.

Presenter:  Charles Hou

9.  UNICEF in Action – Putting a Positive Spin on Global Issues
Frustrated with always hearing the negative side of global issues in the media? Through this interactive workshop teachers will learn about positive action students from around the world are taking to make a difference in their own communities.  Teachers will leave this workshop with ready to use ideas for their classrooms and will be emailed a complete resource package.

Presenter:  Kelly Quinlan, UNICEF

10.  Pivotal Voices: 1907 Anti-Asian Riots Curriculum Resource
How can students learn about historic events and at the same time challenge the dominant cultural view of the past?  The workshop will launch the finished product of the anti-Asian curriculum resource that was debuted at last year’s Social Studies Conference. Participants will receive a copy of the resource which uses the TC2 framework for critical thinking and offers a way for students to engage in historical reconstruction of an event and an era that does not privilege any one voice.  Workshop participants will have an opportunity to sign up for further curricular in-service on this resource.

Presenters:  Elizabeth Byrne-Lo and Jane Turner, BCTF

11.  The Civic Mirror: Citizenship Game/Training Session
The Civic Mirror is an online and face-to-face, game-based education program that turns classrooms into countries and students into citizens. It's changing how teachers and schools teach their students about law, government, economics, and citizenship in over 50 schools all over the world. Learn how to use this program by playing it in a double workshop session!  You will be given a fictitious family to care for by providing them with food, shelter, education, health care and more. Participants will each be given a hidden agenda; will elect a their own government who will set tax rates and make laws; will bid to own national assets in an auction; will buy, trade, and sell in an open market; and will have the opportunity to sue anyone - including their government - for breaking the law.

By playing The Civic Mirror, participants will learn:
     * Its game rules and major events,
     * How the online program works and how it sets up classroom events,
     * How to use its Web2.0 tools to extend learning outside the classroom,
     * How to capitalize on the teachable moments it provides (related to law, government, economics, and active citizenship)

Presenter:  Regan Ross

12.   Humanizing a Mass Culture Society:  Fostering Belonging and a Vision of a Society Where Every Person Counts
This interactive workshop will introduce strategies and new materials for engaging senior high students in exploring the dynamics of society with particular attention to those who are readily excluded. It will look at how a sense of belonging is fostered, the elements of healthy and unhealthy belonging, loneliness, issues of power, and how social justice awareness can lead to actions that include those easily marginalized, creating a shift of power. Relevant to all high school social studies teachers. Those considering teaching Social Justice 12 or with particular interest in special needs or aboriginal students will want to prioritize it.

Presenters:  Lock Mawhinney and Lynn Joseph, L’Arche Canada

13.  Leadership Through Civics Learning
This workshop will examine some best practices on citizen and civic education and gain feedback from social study educators on what improvements should be incorporated into the curriculum to enhance students’ understanding of the broad aspects of civics. We also want to learn from you, the educators, what types of learning tools would be the most effective for you. The LGMA is soliciting your comments and suggest to be shared with the Law Courts Education Society working group.

Presenter:  Rick Beauchamp, Local Government Management Association

14.   Law and Citizenship Project:  Promoting Informed and Active Citizenship
This interactive workshop will introduce Law and Citizenship Project that promotes informed and active citizenship by introducing a new framework for Social Studies courses from grade 7 to 11. Teachers will have an opportunity to learn about the proposed curriculum, test some of its activities and review the resources.  Participants will receive a set of law and citizenship-related materials for use in their classrooms.    

Presenter:  Marylou Leung, Law Courts Education Society of BC

15. New for Law 12:  Law in Action 2nd Edition
Law teachers, do you find that keeping up to date with new cases is a full time job?  The new Law in Action 2nd Edition Interactive eGuide is just the digital resource you need to help keep your planning time to a bare minimum.  This session will highlight the features of the new eGuide, including the searchable Case Bank, and the What’s New? case updater. 

Presenter:  Garvin Moles, Sponsored by Pearson Canada.

16.  New for Socials 11:  Counterpoints: Exploring Canadian Issues, 2nd Edition
Is the Provincial Exam getting you down?  Help is on its way with the new edition of Counterpoints:  Exploring Canadian Issues, 2nd Edition.  This session will provide you with a sneak peek at the new edition as well as an overview of a number of practical supports being developed to help both teachers and students prepare for the Socials 11 Provincial Exam. 

Presenter:  Garvin Moles, Sponsored by Pearson Canada.

17.  New for Socials 10:  Horizons:  Canada’s Emerging Identity, 2nd Edition
What’s new?  This session will highlight what’s new in the 2nd Edition of Horizons, including an overview of the innovative new digital planning tool, the Horizons 2 Interactive eGuide, designed to support student engagement and lessen your valuable planning time. 

Presenter:  Graham Jarvis, Sponsored by Pearson Canada.

18.  The Global Classroom:  Bringing Your Curriculum to Life
The Global Classroom: Bringing your Curriculum to Life focuses on the value of exposing social students to extended student travel.  Educational travel is the perfect way to enhance course curriculum and at the same time put into practice what has been learned in the classroom. Strategies on how to link curriculum to extended student travel will be discussed.  Educational travel is an excellent way to provide students with opportunities to enhance their learning experience.  Come and hear how the Social Studies Department in your school can positively impact your students' lives through educational travel.

Presenter:  Noreen Keats, EF Educational Tours

19.  More Than Just Games:  Canada and the 1936 Berlin Olympics
Previewing the teaching moment created by the Vancouver Holocaust Education Center’s upcoming exhibit, More Than Just Games: Canada & the 1936 Berlin Olympics (Fall 2009 - Spring 2010), this workshop will explore Canada's response to the 1936 Games, the context of anti-Semitism in Canada in the 1930s, as well as topics such as the Nazis’ use of propaganda, the intersection between the Olympics, politics, and national identity, and the role of media in the Olympic Games. 

Speaker: Jonathan Friedrichs & Shannon Moore, Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre

20.  Parks Canada Educational Resources and Field Trip Opportunities
Come discover what unique learning resources Parks Canada has to offer teachers!  In this workshop teachers will learn about our free on line lesson plans and teacher guides.  We will introduce teachers to our newest lesson plan on the history of the Chinese Community in Canada.  Teachers will also learn about school programs at Fort Langley NHS and Gulf of Georgia Cannery NHS.  Participants will receive copies of A Fur Trade Story lesson plan as well as other goodies to help with their teaching career.

Presenters:  Sonia Manak, Parks Canada, Heidi Sutherland, Fort Langley and Karen Lee, Gulf of Georgia Cannery

21. "It makes you think more when you watch things": Using Film to Scaffold Historical Inquiry
This workshop will explore methods and strategies that teachers can use to facilitate critical media literacy and historical thinking, by using film as a "gateway" to engaging, relevant inquiry about the past and how media shapes public memory.

22.  Teaching Social Justice 12
The purpose of this workshop is to familiarize interested teachers with the curriculum of Social Justice 12.  We will share our teaching experiences, ideas, and resources with participants and provide an opportunity for the group to discuss and problem solve any questions/concerns teachers may have about Social Justice 12.  Teachers new to the course will leave with some practical ideas and strategies for taking on this exciting new course. Participants are required to bring An open mind!

Speaker(s):  Demetra Kotsalis, BCTF and BCSSTA

23.  Digital Immersion in the Classroom
Digital immersion in social studies is a course designed to provide students with an opportunity to facilitate their learning, model innovation and collaboration within the humanities using technology tools such as TED, Skype, Picasa, Go2web20, del.icio.us. twitter, Youtube.  This workshop will familarize teachers with many of these technology tools and provide examples of how they can incorporate these tools within their teaching practice. 

Speaker(s):  Jeremy Brown

24.  Creating WW I and WW II Soldier
This workshop is designed to show educators how to develop student’s research skills, critical thinking, and writing. Using primary resources from Library and Archives in Ottawa, students are able to create incredible biographies of Canadian soldiers who have died in battle in Europe during WWI and WWII. By using online databases, attestation papers, and many other sources, students will be required to investigate and piece together the lives of these fallen heroes. This activity focuses on research skills, writing, and critical thinking.

Speaker(s):  Dale Kurylyk

25.  Online Resources for the Media-literate Social Studies Classroom
Following up on the keynote address, Media, Mass Culture & Historical Thinking, this practical workshop is a guide to superb online resources to help you understand and integrate media/historical literacy into your classroom. 

Challenge your students to take on the job of historians: to read and analyze primary evidence & assess the bias & context of the reporters of times past - and finally, to take a critical stand of their own. Embrace the opportunities provided by the Internet¹s complex instantaneous reporting by social, informal media as well as professional media -  to teach your students literacy skills. Challenge students to observe stakeholders in controversial issues ­ and to participate, themselves.

This workshop (website) is like a handbook of models, definitions, standards, IRP descriptions, archives, eye witness accounts, interactive museum displays and social studies/media analysis lessons created by Judith and Charles Best teachers.

Speaker(s):  Judith Comfort

26.  The Law Project:  The Launch Tour
This workshop will provide teachers a tour of a new highly interactive website designed to meet curriculum content requirements for Civics 11, First Nations 12, Law 12, Social Justice 12 and Social Studies 10 and 11 courses.  This new resource will enable teachers to enhance their lessons by providing interactive timelines, animated graphic novels and animated movies which will engage students in their research and exploration of course content.  In addition, students will be able to construct their own movies to reflect their learning and research of course material.  Teachers can choose to incorporate sample lesson plans, activities and assessment strategies found in the Teacher’s Guide or can design their own assignments and challenges on their own.

Speaker(s):  Raquel Chin, James Monro and Liz Walker, BCSSTA