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Welcome to the Virtual Historian v.2.0 - Where the past meets the future. For the last six years we have been working hard with teachers and students to develop the best approaches to the teaching of history online. The results are finally here. See by yourself...

Promoting Historical Thinking and Critical Literacy
What is historical literacy? Why is it important?  Read this short article (from S. Lévesque, Canadian issues, winter 2010).
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Teaching Historical Thinking
How do you go about teaching the concepts of historical thinking?
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The "Lesson builder"
You are a creative teacher? Want to infuse technology in your history lessons?
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Share your personal lessons...
You can use the VH to present and share your personal lessons.
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Virtual History Lab
To access the Virtual History Lab, click here.

 

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