Hands-On Social Studies, Grade 6
An Inquiry Approach
- Publisher
- Portage & Main Press
- Initial publish date
- Feb 2015
- Category
- Elementary
- Recommended Age
- 6
- Recommended Grade
- 1
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Spiral bound
- ISBN
- 9781553795162
- Publish Date
- Feb 2015
- List Price
- $135.00
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Description
Hands-On Social Studies for Ontario is filled with a year's worth of classroom-tested activities. The grade 6 book is divided into two units: Communities in Candad, Past and Present, and Canada's Interactions with the Global Community. With materials for both teachers and students, this new edition includes many familiar great features: curriculum correlation charts; summary charts showing expectations; complete, easy-to-follow lesson plans; visuals and blackline masters; material lists; and hands-on, student-centered actvities. This resource, developed by experienced educators, focusses on the goals of the Ontario Social Studies curriculum as identified by the Ontario Ministry (2013) and adheres to the Growing Success document for assessment, evaluating, and reporting in Ontario schools.
About the author
Jennifer Lawson, PhD, is the originator and program editor of the Hands-On series published by Portage & Main Press. Jennifer writes, teaches in the faculty of education at the University of Manitoba, and is a local school board trustee. She is also one of the founders of Mission to Mexico, an organization that works with and provides supports to schools in some of the most impoverished communities in Puerto Vallarta. Jennifer is a former classroom teacher, resource and special education teacher, consultant, and principal. She lives in Winnipeg, Manitoba, with her husband, Barry, and sons, Devon and Jeremy.