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Social Science General

Civics and Citizenship Student Book

by (author) Angelo Bolotta, Chelsea Donaldson, Ian Duncan & Marc Keirstead

edited by Jennifer Watt & Jill Colyer

Publisher
Oxford University Press
Initial publish date
Mar 2014
Category
General
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780199007691
    Publish Date
    Mar 2014
    List Price
    $62.44

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Description

The Student Book feature enduring concepts and timeless understandings, written around an essential question/inquiry-based framework. This comprehensive, yet concise framework ensures the book will remain accessible, relevant, and affordable. Discipline-based thinking concepts are also integrated throughout the text.

About the authors

Born in the village of Carpanzano in Calabria, Italy in 1951, Angelo Bolotta emigrated to Canada in 1955. He graduated from the University of Toronto with an Honours B.A. in economic geography in 1973, and a Bachelor of Education (in geography and economics) in 1974. He also obtained a Master of Education in Curriculum and Assessment in 1988 from the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education. Angelo is a career educator, curriculum leader, administrator, consultant, university instructor and author with over 40 years of experience in public education. He started teaching with the Toronto Catholic District School Board in 1974, and retired in 2009, after serving his last 18 years as a secondary school principal and curriculum leader. He continued his teaching career as an instructor and supervisor with Niagara University from 2007–2014. Angelo is the author of numerous textbooks and educational publications about civics, Canadian history, economics, the immigrant experience, and student assessment.

 

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Chelsea Donaldson is a Canadian non-fiction writer and editor. She is the author of many popular Canada Close Up books about the wild animals that inhabit Canada. Chelsea has also written several children's books about famous Canadians, including Donovan Bailey, an Olympic gold-medalist runner; Marilyn Bell, who swam across Lake Ontario non-stop; and Michael J. Fox, a Hollywood superstar. Chelsea's books are informative, fun, and give readers a great understanding of Canada. She lives in Guelph, Ontario.

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