K-12 Teaching Modules / Backgrounders

"Connecting History Classrooms to Canada" Articles

Beginning in January 2011, the National Council for History Education has published in its History Matters! e-newsletter a "Connecting History Classrooms to Canada" column by Tina Storer, Education and Curriculum Specialist at Western Washington University's Center for Canadian-American Studies. The articles, sometimes in collaborations with experts in various fields, are published every other month.

The following articles can be downloaded and copied for classroom use. For questions or comments,
please contact Tina Storer or by phone (360) 650-7370.

January 2012	The War of 1812
May 2011	A Primer for Teaching Canada
March 2011	Chinese Immigration Experience in Canada and the US
January 2011	Introductory Article - Including Herstory (and Canada) in History

To view the complete issue of History Matters!, please click here.

"Linking: Connecting Canadian History to the US"

Linking! Connecting Canadian History to the US is a set of educational essays, timelines, quizzes, etc., designed to teach about Canada by making links between the histories of the two countries. The modules are written for teachers at the elementary and high school levels. They provide a simple and concise overview to each subject and are written with US students in mind. Canada is an excellent country to use in comparative studies as it is geographically near and culturally similar to the US - and yet, it is also very different.

Author, Nadine Fabbi is the Assistant Director and Outreach Coordinator of the Canadian Studies Center, Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies at the University of Washington. She has a Master's in Canadian Studies from Carleton University, Ottawa and has worked in the educational field since 1985.

The following modules can be downloaded and copied for classroom use. For questions or comments please contact Nadine Fabbi at (206) 543-6269.

• Asian Canadian History in Western Canada
• Canadian Government
• Early Black Canadian History
• The History of the R.C.M.P. (Royal Canadian Mounted Police)
• The History of the Sovereignty Movement in Quebec
• Inuktitut - A History of the Inuit Language
• Nunavut - The New Inuit Territory in Canada
• Nunavik - The Inuit Territory in Northern Quebec
• Using Ten Engaging Children's Books to Teach about Canada's North

Multiculturalism in Canada Articles

Articles/Presentations by John C. Myers

• Days of Future Past? Reflections on What Might Have Been
• The Intersection of History and Public Policy: Background, Commemoration, and Apology: What a Tangled Web We Weave!
• Shared Histories and Shared Lessons? Canada's Immigration: Past, Present, and Future

Other Backgrounders

• Comparing the Chinese Experience in North America
  by Judy Lam Maxwell

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