A Social Studies 8 Implementation Workshop was held on October 31, 2006 at NSCC Burridge Campus, Yarmouth.  Grade 8 teachers from all Tri-County Regional School Board school sites were invited to attend.  The focus of the new grade 8 Nova Scotia Provincial School Program (PSP) social studies course is the ‘Canadian Identity’. 

Some of the teachers in attendance

Bruce Fisher, Social Studies Consultant for the Nova Scotia Department of Education led two sessions that afforded teachers an opportunity to collaboratively explore the new curriculum and become familiar with the resources available to them to support students in achieving the outcomes set out in the Grade 8 Social Studies curriculum.

Resource materials

Corporal Craig Smith, RCMP, was a guest speaker and spoke about his new book “You Had Better Be White By Six A.M.” – the book chronicles the African-Canadian experience in the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.  John Sollows, The Yarmouth County Museum and Archives, spoke about the museum system in the Tri-County area.

Artifacts

The Tri-County Regional School Board Social Studies 8 Lead Team led a series of professional development activities to assist teachers in delivering the new curriculum.  Many participating teachers brought artifacts to the workshop that helped them give personal meaning to the ‘Canadian Identity’ - these artifacts made the construction of  a ‘Canadian Wall’ possible.  Special thanks to Maple Grove Education Centre for providing their flags for use in the implementation workshop.

Flag display