Inquiry and Direct Instruction

Inquiry and Direct Instruction

Inquiry and Direct Instruction Risa Gluskin Risa Gluskin is a World History and Student Success teacher at York Mills CI in the Toronto District School Board and past editor of Rapport. This article appeared in the 2019 January edition of Rapport (OHASSTA). I haven’t...
Anything Else Would Just be Teach…

Anything Else Would Just be Teach…

Anything Else Would Just be Teaching Complacency Shannon D.M. Moore Against a numbing indifference, despair or withdrawal into the private orbits of the isolated self, there is a need to support educational institutions that enable students to exhibit civic courage,...
The Black Lives Matter Twitter Feed…

The Black Lives Matter Twitter Feed…

The Black Lives MatterTwitter Feed and “Presentism” Heather Murray Department of History, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada • From Detours Vol.2, No. 1 (2021) BCSSTA My students are suspicious of presentism. They seek a rule about when events can be said to be...
Controversial Topics in the Classroom

Controversial Topics in the Classroom

Navigating Controversial Topicsin the Social Studies Classroom John Tidswell Social studies classrooms have always been places for lively discussions. With the shift away from a single grand narrative in history, the opportunities to address controversial issues have...