Social Sciences Coffee Break

Join us for an online coffee break. 

We are available every Tuesday from 12-12:30 pm.

Please email us (Stacy or Paul)  if you’d like to discuss a specific resource, topic, or digital tool, or if you have questions about the programs or our websites. 

We’ll still be sharing weekly videos showcasing one elementary and one secondary resource,  so continue to check out this page for the latest shares. 

Zoom and more information here! 

See our past recordings

September 30th session. (Our first!)

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Indigenous Tourism Quebec Activity (Using tools like Canva)

How did Indigenous people occupy the land? (Using Cartograf mapping tools)

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October 7th session.

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Vocabulary Games (using Canva Code)

Interpret an Image (using Genially)

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October 14th session.

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Competency Placemats

Point-of-View Google Slides 

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October 21st session.

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Escape Rooms (Elementary)

Historical Discussion Card Game, etc. (Secondary)

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October 28st session.

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Comic Strip Activity any level – Canva (Elementary)

New France characteristics comic strip as a timeline (Secondary)

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Nov. 4th session.

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Spot it! Games – Inuit Example (Elementary)  

Spot it! Game for Quiet Revolution Actors (Secondary)  

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Nov. 11th session.

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Events Timeline and WW pages (Elementary)  

First World War image & location analysis (Secondary)  

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Nov. 18th session.

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Radio Shows and Podcasts (Elementary)  

Scratch for Metropolises (Secondary) 

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Nov. 25th session.

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Scratch: Historical Figures (Elementary)

 Pillars of Rome – History game (Secondary) 

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Dec. 2nd session.

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Competency 2 & 3 Slide Decks (Elementary)

Civil Rights Concept (and Event) Cards  (Secondary) 

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Dec. 9th session.

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Minecraft: New France in 1745 (Elementary)

Gapminder Data Tool for the Contemporary World program (Secondary) 

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Dec. 16th session.

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i-Spy Games  (Elementary)

4-Quandrant Image Anaylysis Tool (Secondary) 

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Jan 13th, 2026! session.

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Ohenten Kariwatekwen (Elementary)

Canva for 
Community Infographics
 (Secondary) 

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Jan 20th, 2026! session.

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Elementary resource:
Deconfessionalization of Schools for First Nations in Quebec from 1900 to 1980

Secondary resource:
Indigenous Peoples (Page, Docs, and Activity): The Vote, Residential Schools, and Land Rights

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Jan 27th, 2026! session.

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Elementary resource:
Primary Source Database and Infographic. Example use in LES on Slavery in New France

 Secondary resource:
Primary Source Database and Infographic. Example use in Medieval Cities LES 

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Feb 17th, 2026 session

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Elementary Resource: The 1905 Regional Comparison Report

Secondary Resource: Rebellions of 1837 prototype

Feb 24th, 2026 session

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Elementary example: Comparing New France and 13 Colonies  

Secondary example: Post-War Concepts Game 

March 24th, 2026 session

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Fur to Timber: Economic Changes 1745 to 1820 using NotebookLM Slide Decks & Podcasts & Canva!

Contacts, Colonization Attempts, and Alliances – A NotebookLM Slides Analysis 

Note that these resources were complex and required longer videos, so we split them up into Part 1 for Elementary here and at right) and Part 2 for Secondary on YouTube here!

March 31st, 2026 session

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New France Review Game Flashcards

Beginning of Sedentarization Quiz

April 7th, 2026 session

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From Parish to Province: Traces of the Quiet Revolution

Griffintown Tour using Cartograf and Digital Photography

 

April 14th, 2026 session

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Indigenous Territories: Adapting to the Territory OR Adapting the Territory?

Mapping Local Industrial Connections



April 21st, 2026 session

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Stacy shares a new resource on “Le mur-écran” in Fermont, Québec.  

Paul then shares a scenario on the heritage city of Québec City

April 28th, 2026 session

Click to view our two shares  involve mapping scenarios using Cartograf:

Stacy shared a scenario where students locate examples of the “Nationalization of Electricity” for elementary students.

Paul, in turn, shared several mapping scenarios that could be used while students work through a learning situation on Imperialism in Africa.  

 

May 5, 2026 session

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Stacy shared our classic Cycle 2 Societies and Territories Toolkit of Student Field Journals and the  Research Process Planner

Paul, in turn, shared our teacher site The Local history Toolkit as well as some suggestions for doing local history at the Secondary levels.

 

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