Social Studies Newsletters

Social Studies Newsletters were developed to support adult learning about specific focus areas of the new program of studies and begin with a guiding question.

Critical Thinking — at the heart of the new social studies program (Case and Difentaler)	Download File
Assessment — Linking Teaching and Learning in Alberta Social Studies (Robert Hogg and Sherry Bennett, Alberta Assessment Consortium)	Download File
The Role of History and Historical Thinking in the New Social Studies Program (Dr. Amy von Heyking)	Download File
Inquiry-Based Learning (Lorine Sweeney)	Download File
Multiple Perspectives (Warren Woytuck)	Download File
Social Participation as Democratic Practice (Patricia Shields-Ramsay)	Download File
Hidden Stories Using Digital Historical Narratives to Teach Thinking (Brenda Dyck)	Download File

The Social Studies newsletters were produced by the Edmonton Regional Learning Consortium in cooperation with the Alberta Regional Professional Development Consortia as a result of a grant from Alberta Education to support implementation of Social Studies.