Terry Fox Activities for Elementary
By MARISSA DESPINS Updated March 20, 2024 With September’s Terry Fox Run on the horizon, this is a perfect opportunity to spotlight this exceptional Canadian hero. To maximize our learning on the…
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Activities for Orange Shirt Day
By MARISSA DESPINS Updated June 18, 2024 With September 30th approaching, it is important to spend some of our classroom time teaching about residential schools in Canada. Only when we…
Social Justice Novels for Middle School
By MARISSA DESPINS Updated April 08, 2024 As a middle school teacher, I know the importance of teaching my students all about the social justice issues going on in the world. However,…
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Residential School in Canada
By MARISSA DESPINS Updated June 18, 2024 As a BC educator, this is a topic that hits very close to home. There have been ongoing discoveries of so many lost…
Back to School Activities and Resources
By MARISSA DESPINS Updated April 08, 2024 It feels like summer has only just begun, but the planner in me is already thinking of September. Those first few weeks are always my…
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Trojan War Activities
By MARISSA DESPINS Updated April 08, 2024 If you have been around here for a while, you know that I really love teaching all about ancient history. Each year in seventh grade,…