The following page is designed to introduce users to curricular resources available through and beyond the Tyndale Libraries for the teaching Social Studies in Ontario. To retrieve the most relevant resources we suggest you build your search strategy according to the strands and expectations in the Ontario curriculum.
Ontario Elementary Curriculum: Social Studies (Grades 1 to 8)
Ontario Secondary Curriculum: Canadian and World Studies (Grades 9 and 10)
Ontario Secondary Curriculum: Social Sciences and the Humanities (Grades 9 to 12)
For a summary of the overall and specific expectations in the Ontario curriculum for Social Studies click on one of the documents below.
If you want to locate the items through a keyword search using the Tyndale WorldCat go to the library homepage and click on the WorldCat tab:
If you are looking for resources for teaching Social Studies in Ontario try one of the following searches:
On a topic in Social Studies: teaching social studies
On a topic in Georgraphy: teaching geography
On a topic in History: teaching history
After you click the Search with WorldCat tab you can limit your results by one of the following:
Author
Year
Content
Audience
Topic
Click on one of the links on the left-hand side of the page to access the Ontario curriculum documents.
The links to the PDF documents contain outlines of the overall and specific expectations in the Ontario curriculum to help you build a research strategy.
Sometimes users come across valuable resources and materials simply by physically browsing the library collections. If you choose to physically browse the Education Library collections learn the Library of Congress call number ranges for your topic:
Canadian History: FC
Geography: G
Professional Teaching Materials: LB
Textbooks: LT
If the library does not have a book you need, we have services available to help you get it.