Executive Summary

  • Three Pillars of Implementation
  • Key Challenges & Lessons Learned
  • Historical Scan

Key Questions to Guide Implementation

Report on Alberta Education Grant Deliverables

  • ERLC/Zone 3 Social Studies Advisory Committee
  • Regional Coordinator/Consultant
  • Social Studies Regional Implementation Plan:  Programming
  • Financial

What Difference Did Support For Implementation Make?

  • Artifact 1 Project
  • Artifact 2 Newspaper articles
  • Artifact 3 Teacher and Student Voices
  • Artifact 4
  • Artifact 5
  • Artifact 6

Implementation of Social Studies 2004-2011:  ERLC Survey Results

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Artifact 3

Artifact #3: 

Authentic Voices from St. Thomas Aquinas Roman Catholic Schools
In the spring of 2010 Mr. Michael Marien, Faith Life and Curriculum Coordinator, visited schools in the jurisdiction and interviewed both teachers and students at all grade levels.  Teachers were asked to respond to questions such as, After five years of social studies implementation, what would you say have been the biggest changes in student learning?  Where have you seen the biggest successes?  Students were asked to describe what they were learning and what they liked best about social studies. 

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Edmonton Regional Learning Consortium - 2011