QJS Library Learning Commons
Social Studies Resources
The Justice Education Society of BC has put together an excellent set of lessons and resources for Social Studies K-12 relating to law. They include curricular competencies and FPPL.
Although many of these lesson plans from UBC are aimed at younger grades, there are a number that will work for 8/9s.
Explore the centuries through parody and song. You will never forget what happened to Henry VIII's wives after watching the music video. Strong emphasis on British history.
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Take a look back in Canadian history - in both English and French!
This link is specifically to the Pathways section, which explores resources, lessons, and primary sources relating to specific themes in BC history. Some Pathways allow you to borrow kits of artifacts from the museum!
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The virtual field trips are unfortunately not free, but there are some free lesson plans and great primary and secondary sources available for everyone.
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Want to play detective? Great Unsolved Mysteries of Canadian History provides students with primary documents and testimony and encourages them to "solve" the crimes that took place in our nation's past. It's very text heavy, but there are is some awesome learning here. Each mystery is fully bilingual.
This game could be used as a follow-up to talking about the scramble for Africa, as it does not address the tragedy and dire consequences for native Africans (and it fully acknowledges this) and assumes students have some background knowledge. This puts students in the perspectives of the colonizing nations and simulates the scramble for resources. Fully web-based.
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An incredible collection of historical film, including movie clips, musical performances, newsreels, and more. The search filters are very easy to navigate and quite comprehensive, and results will define specific scenes of interest for each video.
This simple, yet powerful tool allows you (and students) to collaborate and create maps for all kinds of purposes using custom pins, tags, images, and more.
Kevin Roughton has provided a treasure trove of gameified lessons and resources for various social studies topics - all for free!
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While this is a listicle, it's a great collection of ancient maps that show how different cultures perceived the world around them at different times.
With more than 4,000 entries and 1,500 accompanying photographs, maps, charts and tables, as well as sound and video clips, KnowBC is an amazing source of readable and authoritative information on all the significant BC people, places and things.
A zoomable map that shows medieval trade routes that existed across Europe, Asia, and Africa.
Heritage Minutes is a collection of more than 70 dramatized vignettes that recreate events of great importance, accomplishment, and bravery in Canada’s history. It's part of our heritage!
A collection of links curated by Ms. Ratzburg that relate to the experiences of different immigrant groups in Canada. Includes information relating to discriminatory policies.
Intended as a pre-reading context activity for a novel study of Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, this collection of primary sources, secondary sources, and videos explores Black history in the American South to the 1930s
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An excellent series of four thematic episodes about British Columbia's history. Satisfies many SS 8/9 content learning standards. You will need to sign up for a Knowledge account, but it's free.
A collection of articles and video curated by Ms. Ratzburg that describe and explain Indian Hospitals and some of the practices linked to them.