Monthly Archives: September 2009

Using primary sources to determine importance

Posted on September 30, 2009 by Linus

As a History teacher I’m a big fan of primary sources. There’s some really cool ones on the Net now including the Alberta Newspaper Collection and Manitobia’s Newspaper Collection of Manitoba journals. Yesterday via my Twitter contacts, I came across … Continue reading →

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Two fun English resources

Posted on September 29, 2009 by Linus

I have to admit that I’m not a great fan of English as a subject. I never enjoyed it that much. That said, I recently came across two cool websites that can add a little fun into the subject. National … Continue reading →

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A comic strip biography

Posted on September 23, 2009 by Linus

I”m a Social Studies teacher by trade with a Masters degree in Canadian history. That makes me someone who’s always looking for a new or different way to get people (and especially kids) interested in the history of their country. … Continue reading →

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Teachers teaching teachers

Posted on September 21, 2009 by Linus

I got to go to four different inservices late last month. Two of them were part of Manitoba Ed’s Summer Institute. A lot of sessions in all sorts of subjects were offered each day for a week. We had staggered … Continue reading →

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One really cool WWII primary source

Posted on September 14, 2009 by Linus

This is a really cool primary source on World War II. Courtesy of the National Film Board of Canada is this little propaganda piece built around the theme that “loose lips sink ships.”

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