Miss Gauvin's Teacher Talk

Every student is a Very Important Person (VIP) and classroom VIP systems can be an awesome way of reminding students just how awesome...

Did you know that teachers all around their world are turning to Twitter for incredible professional development opportunities via...

Our students have the power to make positive changes in the great big digital world we live in. As such, one of the most important skills...

In her book Social Leadia: Moving Students From Digital Citizenship to Digital Leadership, Casa-Todd (2017) gives a brief overview of the...

This blog is the home base where I will share all of my general teaching ideas, classroom successes, and miscellaneous classroom...

Below I have compiled a list of project ideas that myself and my classmates came up with in out Social Studies Pedagogy course. Idea #1:...

Below I have brainstormed a list of ideas on how a teacher could formatively and summatively assess students work in social studies....

Why teach world geography?? So often, it is easy for us to get wrapped up in our small parts of this world and forget how much more world...

As suggested by the UN in their Convention on the Rights of a Child, there are many basic rights all children should have and be aware...

Overview: In grades 4-9, the BC social studies curricular competencies identify a need for students to learn to ask questions, gather and...

Introduction Analyzing, interpreting, comparing, and examining the validity of sources are all skills that we expect students to develop...

One of the most important aspect of teaching is all of the planning and preparation that takes place before the teacher steps foot in the...

( A Response to the TRC Legacy Section) This reading acts as a powerful reminder of how far the impacts of residential school spread. It...

The pain and sadness of this dark part of Canada’s history overwhelms me. As I sat reading and reflecting on the words of so many brave...

With the recent introduction of a new curriculum in BC, teachers are being given an incredible opportunity to help foster reconciliation,...

Overview of The Personal Context The “personal context” is an important aspect of social studies. Someone’s “personal context” is an...

As I begin my journey towards becoming an effective social studies educator, I am excited for the opportunity to explore the new BC...