TEACHING CANADA
For a Global Perspective

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WORKSHOPS & INSTITUTES 2009
Click "Professional Development"

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Summer Teachers Institute
July 5-11, 2009

> Registration form

CURRICULUM RESOURCES

• Resources for Elementary and Middle Level Frameworks - Canada - outline of resources organized by State frameworks.
  
  
• On-Line Canadian Lesson Plans/Units
  Hyperlinks to internet-published Canadian studies lessons and units Canadian
  
  
• Field Trip to Canada - without leaving the classroom - outline and examples of reproducible exhibit stations to create an Introduction to Canada unit
  
  
• Culture Focus: Acadia , Acadians--Elements of Canadian and U.S.Acadian culture, time line, who's who, curriculum connections, units on-line, web links, books.
  
  NEW resource for understanding and experiencing fracophone culture in northern Maine, Voici The Valley
  
  
• Explanatory Maps of Saint Croix & Acadia English and French text, and printable graphics in pdf format.

TEACHER RESOURCES

• Canadian Children's Literature: A Genre Approach to Reading Your Way Through Canada - PowerPoint presentation
  
  
• Public Policy Journal - scholarly articles about current issues in Canadian-American relations. Useful as teacher background, or for A.P. courses
  
  
• Lending Library - K-12 teaching resources loaned to you via the U.S.Post; call (207) 581-4225 or e-mail Betsy Arntzen to find out what is available
  
  
• K-12 Canadian Resources in the Learning Materials Center at UMaine's Fogler Library - available through interlibrary loan
  
  
• Canada Valise (photo top right) - a suitcase of resources sent classroom to classroom
  
  
• Traveling Classroom Exhibit: Three Arctic Visits (photo at right) - a trunk of resources from the Hudson Museum

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Spring, Summer 2009...

Summer Teachers Institute
July 5-11, 2009
Lake Champlain, Gateway to the Country
Begins and ends in Burlington, VT with travel to Montreal and environs
Printable registration form.

For more info:
Betsy Arntzen (207)581-4225
barntzen@umit.maine.edu

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• Student web tour Self-study web tour to learn the Provinces/Territories -Their name, their shape, their flag. Appropriate for Elementary and Middle School.
  
  
• Acadian Story, We Are Here To Stay Five-part story about Maine 's Acadian history. Appropriate for Elementary and Middle School.
  
  
• Canadian Studies Web Sites  Hyperlinks to web sites, organized by study topics. Appropriate for High School.

LINKS to Resources

• K-12 Study Canada - teacher resources, text book Canada: Northern Neighbor, Summer Teachers Institutes
  
  
• Center for the Study of Canada -
  Annual Teaching Canada Magazine, text book O Canada, teacher backgrounder Introducing Canada, and other titles for teachers
  
  
• @ Canada - A Teacher's Guide - an educational tool produced by the Canadian Embassy for teachers interested in developing students' analytical skills in comparative culture study
  
  
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  Canadian-American Center Homepage

Last updated: 27 February, 2009