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Literacy with ICT




Social Studies Links:
Grade 6 to Grade 8




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This website has dozens of fantastic animated videos to help students understand many different aspects of history and  geography.  All of the videos are animated, under five minutes in length and feature a multiple choice quiz to assess student understanding of the topics addressed.  Only some of the videos can be accessed without a username, but you with an e-mail address, you can register for a free trial account which gives you unlimited access to all of the videos contained in this website.  These videos fit very well with our provincial curricular outcomes.
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This resources contains a library of educational videos that are categorized by subject area and grade level.  The videos are intended to be viewed as online streaming video, but with a United Streaming membership, you can download and save these videos on your computer.  United Streaming offers 30-day free trial accounts, which provide access to all of the video content on this website.

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While many adults rely on Google Maps to provide directions from one place to another, this resource is great for helping students to see how their community fits into the larger global community.  
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The St. James-Assiniboia School Divsion subscribes to this great resource so that teachers and students have good access to quality information on the Internet.  The online version of the World Book Encyclopedia is an excellent resource when researching classroom projects.
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This resource is maintained by Statistics Canada, and it contains an enormous amount of data that has been generated through the Canadian census.  These statistics can be used to graph information and create tables to observe different trends with data.  This E-Stat is another information database that St. James-Assiniboia School Division subscribes to for teacher and student use.
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This resource links directly to many good history and geography webpages, and it is a great source for current events and introducing students to world politics.

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