The Critical Thinking Consortium resources
The Critical Thinking Consortium offers innovative resources, many free to teachers and others through a small subscription fee, that embed critical thinking across grades and subject matter. Check out the wide range of offerings in the TC2 resource guide. Some free resources to get you started include:
1. Videos for Students: These videos (accompanying lesson plans will be posted soon) explore the six Historical Thinking Concepts. Three videos, Historical Perspective, Historical Evidence and Interpretation, and Continuity and Change, profile injustices experienced by Chinese Canadian, and the videos, Historical Significance, and Ethical Judgement profile Ukrainian Internment during WW1.
http://tc2.ca/teaching-resources/special-collections/pivotal-voices.php
2. Free sets of historical documents: There are many great resources here that cover an array of topics.
http://sourcedocs.tc2.ca/
3. Pivotal Voices: looking to add different voices un the study of Canada, this collection provides resources on Chinese Canadian, South Asian Canadian, and Ukrainian Canadian history an experience.
http://tc2.ca/teaching-resources/special-collections/pivotal-voices.php
4. Get direct mailings from us, including The Thinking Teacher, a free monthly resource digest we offer.
http://tc2.ca/professional-learning/professional-resource-library.php