Exemplars in Historical Thinking: 20th Century Canada. A collection of nine critical challenges to engage students in thinking historically about a wide range of events and people in 20th century Canada.

This curriculum resource models for teachers how to frame critical questions that engage students in thinking deeply about 20th century Canadian history. The challenges are built around various featured topics in 20th century Canadian history, but teachers can adapt the lessons to engage students in thinking about a wide range of historical events and people. Published as part of The Critical Thinking Consortium (TC2)’s Critical Challenges Across the Curriculum series, the resources in this collection build on a conception of historical thinking articulated by Peter Seixas of the University of British Columbia. This conception, which is developed in detail in the TC2 publication Teaching About Historical Thinking, is built around six concepts: 1) historical significance; 2) cause and consequence; 3) continuity and change; 4) evidence and interpretation; 5) historical perspective-taking; and 6) moral judgment.