WNED Buffalo-Toronto

War of 1812 Educator Resources

John Craig, Ph.D.Vice President,

Education & Outreach WNED

Ontario History & Social Science Teachers’ Association

2012 Conference – Niagara-on-the-Lake

WNED Buffalo-Toronto performs both broadcast and non-broadcast educational programming

Education projects that are tied to television program material use only those topics and subjects that are featured on the film

Teachable moments are then researched and aligned to subject matter content based on current and emerging national standards and classroom outcomes with content teachers and experts from the field.

Most, if not all, education content is free, downloadable, and extended to all educators, students, parents and community members.

PBS Educational Services & Outreach

Considerations for the Guide included…Must facilitate use of The War of 1812 program

content

Length (most U.S. teachers have limited time to teach the War)

Cross-border emphasis (worked with Canadian, U.S. and Native educators to hone format, style and content relevancy)

Depth & Breadth (care taken to select “universal” themes that will resonant with many teachers & have wide application)

Content knowledge (creating creative lessons that span many levels and correlate with learning standards and themes)

So, what exactly is in the Educator’s Guide?

Enough engaging lessons, creative activities, cool resources and lavish graphics to make everyone want to teach with the The War of 1812!

Classroom Plans that…are congruent with bi-national learning standards

historically accurate, relevant and useful

use program segments and broad thematic strands

integrate & honor diverse contributions

are grouped “elementary, intermediate and commencement” for organizational reasons only

Activities that are…

multidisciplinary (ELA, music, art, etc.) look for icons

linked to specific quotes from either the program or noted authorities

correlated to specific segments of the program

technology-rich

Each lesson contains…

suggested level

time needed to teach

NCSS standards & themes (U.S.)

curriculum concepts & expectations (Canada)

focus questions, performance indicators, assessment tasks

key concepts

list of instructional resources

In the back, you’ll find…

supplementary online and print resources

various teaching tools

handouts to be copied (look for the green edged pages)

technology ideas

a really cool bi-national matrix of learning standards, concepts and expectations

“What happened to Alexander Hanson was a lesson in how you should not subdue dissent even in the time of warfare because a mob can get out of control and destroy the very values you are trying to uphold.”

http://www.pbs.org/wned/war-of-1812/classroom/intermediate/dissent/

Caustic Causes

Poster, Website, Mobile Application

Questions? Comments?Thank you for coming!

Enjoy the conference:Contact info:

John Craig, Ph.D.jcraig@wned.org

716.845.7000 ext 311