View this series of six video capsules, designed to help Social Science teachers acquire a deeper understanding of the Intellectual Operations. 

Thanks to Andrew D'Anna, Consultant at English Montreal School Board, and his team. These capsules were inspired by the research of Dr. Catherine Duquette (UQAC), Dr. Nicole Monney (UQAC), Dr. Sylvie Fontaine (UQO), and Laurie Pageau (PhD candidate, ULaval).

1.  An Introduction to the Intellectual Operations

2.  Situate in Time and Space

3.  Identify Similarities & Differences

4.  Determine Causes & Consequences

5.  Determine Changes & Continuities

6.  Establish Connections Between Facts

7.  Establish Causal Connections

Intellectual Operations Icons by LEARN

Also, available are various "Summary Pages" and Related Graphic Organizers 

Below you will now find our icons, which were originally used for summary pages created by LEARN and LBPSB consultants, and which now include the latest versions specific to the History of Quebec and Canada program.  Older IO documents for courses being changed or discontinued may also be available.  

A note about these icons from Paul R @ LEARN! 
These icons have a story:  They were quickly created when I was putting together various LESs and document packages, and when I was teaching the course myself online.  The intention was to have identifiable iconography so that I could label activities easily and so students could readily see which operation they were performing.  I created poster-sized versions to put on my wall as well.  They quickly became very popular amongst teachers and students, and are now often used in the creation of materials by various boards and even on some exams!  However, please note that they are not official documents, but are reflections on the official documents available on the MEES sites and on their training documents. 

Summary documents of the frameworks and I.O.s
for various subjects within the Social Sciences:

Secondary History (HCE): Cycle 1 and 2  Download
Secondary Geography  Download
Contemporary World:  Download
Histoire et éducation à la citoyenneté (1 et 2)   Download
Géographie Download
Monde contemporain   Download 

Icon collections for the I.O.'s for older HCE:

Tabloid-sized for posters,  in English Download en français Download  

Secondary 3 and 4 History of Quebec program icons: 

Tabloid and small jpeg versions together Download
Card-sized versions for activities Go to site
Tabloid et petit jpgs en français Download

GRAPHIC ORGANIZER COLLECTIONS

Visit our central store-house for various graphic organizers, many of which were developed for the myriad learning scenarios and document packages on LEARN.  For convenience, we have gathered them together, and to loosely organize them around various Historical Thinking concepts, their guideposts document, and our own program's Intellectual Operations.  Go to page  

Earning your Intellectual Operations Badges by RECITUS

Below are a series of badges for the I.O.s in history and geography that you can hand over to students as they practice the operations, and as they become proficient in using them in different situations. They were originally prepared by the RECITUS team.  Their French versions are now available via Go to site 
 
Notes about these guides and in particular the use of badges.  While they do allow the teacher or student to illustrate concretely an abstract intellectual operation, they are not instruments of evaluation. Rather, they might help students assess where they are in their appropriation of one or other of the intellectual operations. Finally, they could also be used as tools to inspire and motivate students,  in gaming strategies in class, a playful learning tool, or as just one teaching medium among many others. It is up to teachers to define an appropriate distribution system.  

Also note that the separate English badge images used in the guides are available here: Download

New for 2021:  Elementary-level badge guides with additional sample worksheets are now available on the Societies and Territories web site. Go to site  

Establish Facts
The student must identify an actor, a group, an action, a measure, a role, a territory, an economic activity, a phenomenon.

Download English secondary version of the guide, several worksheets, as Google Slides: Go to site  

Establish connections between facts
The student must associate demonstrations or descriptions with facts that are related to them.

Access current English version Go to site

Establish Causal Connections
The student must demonstrate the causal link between the specified elements.

Access current English version  Go to site

Determine causes & consequences
The student should indicate a fact, for example, the contexts, interests, objectives, influences, actions, which explains a historical reality. The student should indicate a fact that springs from a historical reality.

Access current English versions:  
Causes Go to site    Consequences Go to site

Situate in Time
The student must chronologically order facts taking into account time markers. It must situate a fact or set of facts on a timeline. It must classify facts according to whether they are earlier or later than a time marker.

Download English Google Doc secondary example  Go to site
 

Situate in Space
The student must situate geographical elements, facts or territories in space.
Guide to come.

Download English Google Doc example  Go to site

Identify differences & similarities
Students should identify differences and similarities or points of convergence or divergence.

Access current English versions:
Convergence & divergence Go to site 
Similarities & Differences Go to site

Determine changes & continuities
The student must identify a fact that shows that a historical reality is being transformed or maintained.

Access current English version: Changes and continuities Go to site

RECITUS Questions and Evaluations in English 

Occasionally we translate RECITUS document collections, tasks and most recently some of their evaluations.   They are then stored on the Secondary 3/4 Communauté Histoire du Québec et du Canada. (Go to site)   Direct links to these resources are below.
 

SECONDARY 3:
Review with BANQ Short Answer Questions - Origins to 1840   Go to site
Review Slides (Synthesis for Origins to 1840)  Go to site 

 
Question developing of a coherent representation of a period C1 - Origins -1608  Go to site 
Question demonstrating rigour of interpretation C2 -  Origins to 1608  Go to site

Question demonstrating rigour of interpretation C2 - 1608-1760 Go to site
Question developing a coherent representation of a period C1 - 1608 to1663  Go to site

Question developing a coherent representation of period C1 - 1763-1774   Go to siteQuestion demonstrating rigour of interpretation C2 1760-1791  Go to site

Question developing a coherent representation of a period C1 - 1791-1840 Go to site 
Question demonstrating rigour of interpretation C2 - 1791-1840 Go to site 

SECONDARY 4:
Short-answer review questions - period 1840 to the present Go to site
Short Answer Questions -- 1945-1980  Go to site
Short questions - Period of 1980 to our times  Go to site

 
Question developing a coherent representation of a period C1 - 1840 to 1896   Go to site
Question developing a coherent representation of a period C1 - 1896 to 1945   Go to site
Question developing a coherent representation of a period C1 - 1945 to 1980   Go to site
Question developing a coherent representation of a period C1 - 1980 to today  Go to site

Question demonstrating rigour of interpretation C2 - 1840 to 1896    Go to site
Question demonstrating rigour of interpretation C2 - 1896 à 1945   Go to site
Question demonstrating rigour of interpretation C2 - 1945 to 1980   Go to site
Question demonstrating rigour of interpretation C2 - 1980 to today  Go to site

CSMV (Robillard & Quirion):    Duplessis- modernism ou conservatism ? C2 - Question demonstrating rigour of interpretation   Go to site

SWLSB database of exam questions

Recently shared on the community by Daniel Hedges, a consultant at SWLSB, is a large project whereby recycled and recently created MEES-style exam questions have been organized according to course time periods.  The links below lead directly to the questions posted to the Secondary 3/4 Communauté Histoire du Québec et du Canada. 

Secondary 3 
Question Database: Origins to 1608   
Question Database: 1608-1760 

Secondary 4 
Question Database: 1840-1896. 
Question Database: 1896-1945

Note:  These are links midway to sections in rather long documents.  Scan all the way to the bottom for extra exams and resources.  ;-)

Newly created Dec. 2019 - Quick links to questions!
With these quick links, you have access to Document Based Questions by topic. Since the topics are laid out for each time period, this resource works well for practicing Document Base Questions with students thoughout the year, on a ongoing basis, and as a routine. This helps students get better at Document Based Questions, and ultimately to be better prepared for the exam too!!  (D. Hedges)

Click to access the new SEC. 3 and SEC. 4 Quick Links document

Evaluation Grids: Assessment of Intellectual Operations

Elementary
Visit the Societies and Territories site here to find various I.O. guides and now also English versions of the RECITUS Elementary Grilles d’évaluation (here in French).  

Secondary
New: Secondary versions of thos same RECITUS Grilles d’évaluation are now available in English too!  Visit the Translated Evaluation Grids for IO's shared by LBPSB!

Below you will find various Ministry of Education program and evaluation documents for the Secondary Social Sciences domain.  (Contact Paul R. if you find broken links!)

Quebec Secondary Programs in Social Sciences
The QEP program documents describe course aims, competencies to develop, and course content.

Cycle 1 History and Citizenship Education  Download

Cycle 1 Geography Program Go to site    Download
 

Cycle 2 History of Quebec and Canada Sec. 3 & 4 program Download

Cycle 2 History of the 20th Century    Download

Cycle 2 Cultural Geography Download

Cycle 2 Financial Education Program Download

Cycle 2 Contemporary World  Go to site   (Or view PDFs for Four credits  Two credits

Note that the Ministry (MEES) Programs of Study page, where you will find these "General Education" Secondary School Programs and older programs too, is now online here:  Go to site  

Progression/Precision of Learning documents

Cycle 1 History & Citizenship   Go to site

Cycle 1 Geography  Go to site 

Cycle 2 Contemporary world  Go to site   (Or view PDF's for Four credits or Two credits)

History of Quebec & Canada.   (See instead "knowledge" within the program Download)
 

Evaluation Frameworks

Below are links to the individual evaluation frameworks.  You can also visit the main MEES site and browse by subject to review them  Go to site

Cycle 1 and 2 - History & Citizenship Education  Download

Cycle 2 (New) History of Québec and Canada program  Download

(Older) History & Citizenship Education framework  Download

Cycle 1 Geography framework  Go to site   (Or Download) 

Contemporary World online version Go to site   (Or Download) 

Financial Education  Go to site   (Or Download) 

BAMD:  MEES approved books site
Bureau d'approbation du matériel didactique

Go to site

MEES sample "Document files" from training sessions

1608 and 1760 - Document File: Cities in Canada

1840-1896 - Document File: Socio-cultural expression  

1896 to 1945 - Document File: Education and technical training

1896-present - Document File: Challenging capitalism

1945-present - Document file: Language issue

1980-present - Document File: Information Era

Origins to present - Document File: Inuit nation