Digital technologies collapse distance and accelerate the speed at which information travels. This has made it easier for children to encounter violent clashes from across the globe. Thus, the digital era has raised new questions for educators about how to teach current events in an increasingly globalized world. When children have easy access to…

The purpose of this lesson is to engage young students in thinking about the complexity of socio-historical symbols in the present day. After careful preparation, the authors decided to teach about the decision by the state legislature in July 2015 to remove the Confederate flag from the South Carolina statehouse grounds. Presenting the…

This document contains issues of "The Educational Record of the Province of Quebec" from January 1893 through December 1893. Among the topics covered in this volume are: current events, country school and graded school, Convention of 1893, Directory of Superior Schools, financial outlook of the women teachers in Montreal, teaching,…

Conflict is a very real part of relationships that occur on global, national, and local scales, as well as in daily interpersonal relationships. This article details the relevance of peace studies for children in the primary grades, both in terms of current events and in classroom applications. Suggestions are presented for addressing this topic…

This document contains issues of "The Educational Record of the Province of Quebec" from January 1900 through December 1900. Among the topics covered in this volume are: Annual Convention of Protestant Teachers, co-operation of parent and teacher, future of kindergarten, the neglected child, the rights of children, status of education at…