History Bits

Catch up on the latest episodes of the popular animated web series.

Teaching Canada's History

15 Questions about Canada

Have you got Canadian facts at your fingertips? Test your historical knowledge with our Canada Day quiz and you could win a prize!

2025 Summer Reading Guide

Before you zip up that travel bag, you might want to pack a few of these books to keep you company while you’re on the road or at a weekend getaway.

2025 Heritage Fair National Showcase

The Heritage Fair National Showcase is a celebration of student curiosity, creativity, and commitment to exploring Canada’s history, heritage, and culture. This year’s participants represent a new generation of historians passionate about understanding the past to make sense of the present.

Indigenous Law

This special publication will introduce students to new ideas about how people can live together, and enhance their understanding of the long-standing laws governing First Nations, Inuit and Métis life.

DISCOVER HERITAGE FAIRS

Through the Heritage Fair program, students learn and share the stories that matter to them in an immersive, hands-on environment.

Founded in 1993, Heritage Fairs are now held in every province and territory of Canada. Each year, approximately 50,000 students carry out research projects in the classroom.

Learn how you can bring Heritage Fairs into your classroom and inspire the next generation of learners, thinkers, and leaders. Learn more

What's the Story?

Helping Students Identify Inquiry Topics

This activity is designed to encourage students to make observations about the world around them.

Crafting Big Questions

This lesson supports students in designing their own inquiry question.

Finding and Assessing Sources

This lesson will encourage students to brainstorm different types of sources they can use to answer their Big Question.

Reflecting on Historical Inquiry

This lesson will help students reflect on what they have learned throughout their inquiry project.

Know a teacher who made a difference?

Nominations for the Governor General's History Award for Excellence in Teaching are accepted all year round.

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From the Canada's History Forum

Braiding Knowledges Together

Tanya McCallum shares her passion for teaching young people the value of environmental stewardship — while also finding common ground between Indigenous and Western perspectives.

Looking Beneath the Surface

SSHEAN founder Heather E. McGregor encourages thoughtful engagement with the environment through her research and experience — and offers words of wisdom about living in the Anthropocene.

Mon devoir de mémoire

Historian and photographer Pierre Lahoud presents his award-winning photographs and explains what can be learned by looking at the land from a "bird's-eye view."

The Power of Place

With decades of teaching experience, Glen Thielmann reflects on the storytelling potential of place-based learning and posits ways for students to explore these connections first-hand.