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Approaching the Past: Historical Landscapes and Hauntings

May 8, 2012

Wednesday May 9th, 5pm meeting time, 5:30 start time “Historical Landscapes and Hauntings: Connecting place to the history and social studies curriculum” Meet at the outside C5 entrance of the ROM (the ROM’s “crystal” overhang) A spring walk around the University of Toronto campus Talks by Helen Mills from Lost Rivers, Richard Fiennes-Clinton from Muddy [...]

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Is our conception of history education “evolving” or is today’s focus simply a historical trend once again in vogue?

April 20, 2012

This is the first of four blog posts originally posted on THEN/HiER’s Teaching the Past blog reviewing the edited collection New Possibilities for the Past: Shaping History Education in Canada (UBC Press) and responding to the question: “Is our conception of history education “evolving” or is today’s focus simply a historical trend once again in vogue?”

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Announcement: Approaching the Past Workshop

November 27, 2011

Approaching the Past Workshop being held Nov. 29th at the Zion Schoolhouse in Toronto.

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Teacher-Students and Student-Historians: Discovering Constance Margaret Austin and the Value of Experiential Learning with Spadina Museum

October 18, 2011

Discovering Constance Margaret Austin and the Value of Experiential Learning with Spadina Museum

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Upcoming Approaching the Past Workshop: Teaching the War of 1812

April 9, 2011

The next Approaching the Past workshop will be held on Wednesday April 27th at 7:oo pm at Toronto’s historic Fort York.  The theme of this workshop is “Teaching the War of 1812,” and will feature a tour of Fort York and two short presentations by Karen Dearlove and Carolyn King.  Karen will be discussing the [...]

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A Year in Review @ ActiveHistory.ca

January 3, 2011

A brief review of what we’ve been up to in 2010.

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Summary of Teaching History in Diverse Venues

December 9, 2010

Thirty-six historians, educators, museum professionals and graduate students from across the country attended the first of what we hope will be an annual workshop offered by THEN/HiER in partnership with ActiveHistory.ca.

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Active History Announcements: Oct 3-9

October 2, 2010

The following upcoming events may be of interest to our readers

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Learning about Teaching Canadian Rural History at Black Creek Pioneer Village

June 21, 2010

This post re-caps the inaugural event in the Approaching the Past workshop series, which is co-sponsored by ActiveHistory.ca. It discusses what we did at the workshop, and hopefully helps people learn some teaching tips.

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Active History Announcements June 5 – 12

June 5, 2010

The following upcoming events may be of interest to our readers:NiCHE job posting, News from the CHA, CIHC history and heritage, Approaching the Past, PSAT General Meeting.

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