Liam Christopher

A simple root words activity for students to use to try to remember and understand the individual parts of words so they may be able to identify recurring words in the world. Provided is a chart with a large number of root words that are commonly used in Social Studies & History. There is also an activity for students to try to break down words that are commonly used by Social Studies grade 9. From personal experience, I have noticed that an activity exploring the roots of words helps student

This is a board game that attempts to gamify a relatively boring topic in Social Studies classrooms. The game is meant to simulate the different tax systems of Canada & the United States. Overall it is meant to facilitate a discussion that, although taxes are higher in Canada the average citizen benefits from the social systems that they provide. The prices of the game are averaged after some basic research about the cost of living in both countries. The prices are ballpark figures, especially

This is a board game that attempts to gamify a relatively boring topic in Social Studies classrooms. The game is meant to simulate the different tax systems of Canada & the United States. Overall it is meant to facilitate a discussion that, although taxes are higher in Canada the average citizen benefits from the social systems that they provide. The prices of the game are averaged after some basic research about the cost of living in both countries. The prices are ballpark figures, especiall

A quick & simple elections activity based in Canada that illustrates how the First-Past-The-Post system operates.

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