Supporting Historical Thinking Teacher and Student Resources Saskatchewan Archives

We hope you take away ideas about… What historical thinking is about and where it might fit with your curriculum outcomes/objectives What historical thinking is about and where it might fit with your curriculum outcomes/objectives How to make history and social studies more engaging and interesting for your students by using more primary sources from SK Archives How to make history and social studies more engaging and interesting for your students by using more primary sources from SK Archives Professional development ideas to support your work Professional development ideas to support your work Where to access already created student resources connected to SK primary source archival material Where to access already created student resources connected to SK primary source archival material How Saskatchewan Archives can further support your work with students How Saskatchewan Archives can further support your work with students

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Engagement Exhilaration when researchers discover history through original documents. Exhilaration when researchers discover history through original documents. Student researching a topic that interests them Student researching a topic that interests them + interesting primary sources = Winning Combination

History Is Made By Humans Looking at primary sources as evidence helps put the reality back into the story. Looking at primary sources as evidence helps put the reality back into the story.

Critical Thinking Invite students to examine the traces of history – the leftovers of the past – as clues to support an interpretation of what happened in their period of study. Invite students to examine the traces of history – the leftovers of the past – as clues to support an interpretation of what happened in their period of study.

Critical Thinking Encourage students to critique the sources that the information comes from. Encourage students to critique the sources that the information comes from. Encourage students to “go to the source” and understand the context of the record themselves, rather than relying on a secondary source’s analysis & interpretation. Encourage students to “go to the source” and understand the context of the record themselves, rather than relying on a secondary source’s analysis & interpretation.

Historical Thinking Concepts

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Learning Packages Downloadable PDF documents Downloadable PDF documents Connection to curriculum and historical thinking concepts Connection to curriculum and historical thinking concepts Able to use key parts of the resources right from the entrance page Able to use key parts of the resources right from the entrance page

Learning Package Content Sources Tools

Project – Grade 4 and 8 Focus Homes DR4.1 Correlate the impact of the land on the lifestyles and settlement patterns of the people of Saskatchewan. e, Identify the impact of geography on the architecture of Saskatchewan, including how styles, materials, and cultural traditions have been affected by interaction with the land and other people in the province. e, Identify the impact of geography on the architecture of Saskatchewan, including how styles, materials, and cultural traditions have been affected by interaction with the land and other people in the province.

Immigration IN 8.2 Appraise the influence of immigration as a factor in Canadian cultural diversity. Research reasons for diverse peoples choosing Canada as a home (e.g., economic opportunity, economic hardship or war in the country of origin, reunification of family, escape from religious or political oppression). Research reasons for diverse peoples choosing Canada as a home (e.g., economic opportunity, economic hardship or war in the country of origin, reunification of family, escape from religious or political oppression).

Project - Grade 12 Focus

Saskatchewan Archives – For Young Historians Heritage Fairs Free scans Free scans Online resources and ideas for possible topics in SK Online resources and ideas for possible topics in SK Research assistance Research assistance Awards Awards Saskatchewan Settlement Experience Virtual Exhibit

The Birth of a Province Virtual Exhibit The 1935 Regina Riot Virtual Exhibit Documenting the Dakota Virtual Exhibit

Primary Sources Online Saskatchewan Archives Regina Cyclone, 1912

Saskatchewan Historical Newspapers Online

“From the Prairies to the Trenches” on YouTube “From the Prairies to the Trenches” on YouTube

Primary Sources Online Saskatchewan Archives Website Threshold Database Searches for Archival Records

Primary Sources Online Saskatchewan Archives Website Threshold Photograph Search with Thumbnails

Saskatchewan Archives – Other Supports (Regina) or (Saskatoon)

Resources and Links Teacher Historical Thinking Summer Institute Historical Thinking Project Grade 4, 8, &12 – Learning Packages youth/archives-classroom/learning-packages youth/archives-classroom/learning-packages youth/archives-classroom/learning-packages Virtual Exhibits Saskatchewan Historical Newspapers Online Saskatchewan Archives YouTube Videos Part 1: Part 2: