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Confederation - Link to Learning The Confederation Debate: 50 Years and Counting Debatabase: A World of Great Debates
 * CONFEDERATION DEBATES **

Webography - Links to Primary Sources for Canadian History [|Canada History] - Fathers of Confederation [|Upper Canada History] - Fathers of Confederation Pearson - Canadian History 8 Links
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History Tech Blog - Teaching History using movies History Tech Blog - Using primary sources to teach history Teachinghistory.org - historical thinking interactive poster
 * <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 15.555556297302246px;">BLOGS **

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Link to Learning - Gr. 7 History, New France <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Ed Select - New France <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">La Nouvelle France - New France Canada in the Making Acadian Deportation - maps Historica Canada - History of Acadia Filles du Roi - Look Backward Blog Deportées of Grand Pré - Acadian expulsion, names Virtual Museum of New France - useful links New France - historical background, Look Backward
 * <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 15.555556297302246px;">NEW FRANCE **

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">War of 1812 - timeline, articles, trivia games, learning resources, interactive maps, and more
 * <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 15.555556297302246px;">WAR OF 1812 **

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Nova Scotia Archives - primary source pictures <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Twitter Feed - Nova Scotia Archives
 * <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">HALIFAX EXPLOSION **

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Free the Children - resources to support the We Stand Together campaign Maclean's - Nine Things to Know about National Aboriginal Day Government of Canada - National Aboriginal Day | Indigineous and Northern Affairs Goodminds - books and resources ETFO - activities for national aboriginal day Walking Together - government of Alberta Spirit Horse - ETFO Historica Canada - indigineous history and historica minutes The Learning Circle - Indigenous Affairs Canada
 * <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 15.555556297302246px;">INDIGENOUS PEOPLES IN CANADA **

Critical Thinking Consortium
 * A Changing Society - 1890 to 1914 **

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Museum Box - If you could put a number of items into a box that described your life, what would you include? <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Historypin - pin your history to the world <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Animaps - create and view animated maps <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">BBC Dimensions - take important places, events, and things and overlay them onto a map of where you are
 * <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 15.555556297302246px;">ONLINE TOOLS **

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Newberry Historic Maps in K-12 Classrooms <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">David Rumsey Historic Maps
 * <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14.44444465637207px;">MAPS **

<span style="color: #800080; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">**HISTORY LINKS** <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; text-decoration: none;">Canadian Atlases <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Historica-Dominion Institute <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; text-decoration: none;">Got a Minute? - Historica Minutes <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; text-decoration: none;">The Canadian Encyclopedia | Six Degrees of Separation <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Canadian Biographies <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; text-decoration: none;"> Canadian History Society <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; text-decoration: none;"> Canada in the Making <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; text-decoration: none;"> Hudson's Bay Company <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; text-decoration: none;"> Fur Trade Stories <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; text-decoration: none;"> Great Unsolved Mysteries in Canadian History <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; text-decoration: none;"> Google Earth : combines satellite imagery, maps and the power of Google Search to put the world's geographic information at your fingertips. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; text-decoration: none;">Kidipede - History and Science for Kids <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; text-decoration: none;"> The Canadian Heritage Rivers System <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; text-decoration: none;"> Earth and Sky - skywatching tab shows each night's sky chart <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; text-decoration: none;"> Parks Canada - links to Canada's national parks, historic sites, marine conservation areas, cultural heritage and natural heritage <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; text-decoration: none;">Ontario History Quest - for students in grades 7, 8, 10 and 12 studying history from 1820-1970 <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; text-decoration: none;"> Eyewitness to History <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> - from the ancient world to the present <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; text-decoration: none;">Kidspast <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> - free online world history textbook <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">World History: Hyper History timeline <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; text-decoration: none;">This Day in History <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; text-decoration: none;"> BioClassroomVideo <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; text-decoration: none;"> Biography.com ** Facing History ** Black History in Canada | Organizations and Educator's Resources Egypt - The Children's Museum of Indianapolis (Take Me There - Egypt) Sepia Town - historical photos of places around the world WorldHistory - create your own biography timeline and map Historical Thinking Matters - topics in US history School History Great American Speeches <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">BBC History - timeline <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">BBC Witness - history as told by the people who were there <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Historvius - Discover Historic Sites <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">The Underground Railroad - Scholastic | National Geographic | <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Black History of Canada <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">History Buff - videos of US historical sites <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">HCO - the history of Canada online <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Sir John A. Day - January 11th, 2011 <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Elections Canada - history of the vote in Canada <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">The History Education Network - primary/secondary sources, including videos, podcasts, photos, etc. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">200 Moments that Changed the World - interactive map <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Ontario Law Day - mock trials for your students <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Magna Carta - 800th Anniversary <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">From Vimy to Juno - lesson plans and resources <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Canadian Letters and Images Project - primary source documents <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Discover Canada - Govt of Canada <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Veteran's Week - Learning Resources Veteran's Week Dictionary of Canadian Biography Sir Wilfrid Laurier - 175th Anniversary Vimy 100 in the Classroom - anniversary resources Women's Suffrage in Canada - educational resources Engaging Students in Learning History - John Fielding, Queen's University Great Unsolved Mysteries in Canadian History - historical mystery quests

**<span style="color: #800080; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;"> MUSEUMS ** <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> Canadian War Museum <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> Canadian Museum of Civilisation <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Royal Ontario Museum <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> National Gallery of Canada <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> McCord Museum - Keys to History <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> McCord Museum - EduWeb <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> Virtual Museum <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> Archives Canada <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> Collections Canada <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> Our Roots - Nos Racines <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> Canadian Heritage <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> Canadian Military History Gateway

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Smithsonian Institute - Battle of Gettysburg <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Colonial Williamsburg Official Site <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Royal Collection Trust - Windsor Castle <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">MoMa - Museum of Modern Art <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Newseum - Digital Classroom

//<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Photos of Museum of Civilisation taken by Mme Giannopoulos, July 2009 //