Attention: News Directors, Education Editors, Technology Editors
Toronto Public Library Announces Updated Learning Resource
Ontario History Quest offers new user interface and content
TORONTO (Monday, March 1, 2010) The award-winning learning resource Ontario History Quest (OHQ) has now been updated and improved. Designed for both teachers and students, OHQ supports the Grade 7, 8, 10 and 12 history curricula through classroom-ready teaching activities and digitized primary sources. OHQ covers content from the 1780s to the 1970s.
Some of the new and improved features of Ontario History Quest include:
• New user interface
• Updates to reflect the latest Ontario curricula
• An additional grade 7 module covering 1780s -1820
• More than 1,200 new images.
All Ontario History Quest content is classroom-ready. The webquests (educational learning activities which encourage learners to read, analyze and synthesize information using the web) are supplemented by teacher packages. OHQ also offers:
• Two new interactive learning features – The Loyalist Adventure Online and Curator’s Showcase
• New discussion forum for teachers
• New French website with two Grade 7 modules and The Loyalist Adventure Online in French.
OHQ was created by Toronto Public Library in partnership with the Archives of Ontario, the City of Toronto Archives and Library and Archives Canada, with funding provided in part by the Ontario Ministry of Culture Library Strategic Development Fund and the Department of Canadian Heritage, Canadian Culture Online Program.
To experience Ontario History Quest visit ohq.torontopubliclibrary.ca/.
Teachers: email your feedback to ohq@torontopubliclibrary.ca before September 1, 2010 and win a map for your classroom!
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Media Contact:
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