In conversation with Neil Orford {Pandemic Pedagogy convo 1} Imagining a New 'We'

A conversation with retired history teacher Neil Orford about how Defining Moments Canada resources on the Spanish Flu can be a way to historicize this pandemic moment.

Learn about the Pandemic Pedagogy series on the Imagining a New 'We' video series, here: https://www.imagininganewwe.com/videos/pandemic-pedagogy

Watch our conversation on YouTube.https://youtu.be/u2VVlfDyDl8

Check out some useful resources featured or related to this conversation: A digital story map that takes students through the diffusion of the Spanish Flu in Canada by story:  http://westernu.maps.arcgis.com/apps/MapSeries/index.html?appid=fd1d334235fa491eaf54bac4e9acd984

See the themes the Defining Moments Canada project uses to understand the Spanish Flu. Notice Mary Ellen Kelm’s work on First Peoples struggle to survive: https://definingmomentscanada.ca/the-spanish-flu/themes/ and this a great piece by Linda Quiney on the role of the 'volunteer' women: https://definingmomentscanada.ca/the-spanish-flu/research/

Defining Moments 'Premium Resources' for Teachers, designed with the 'Recovering Canada' contest in mind, can take students through creating, curating, and building rich digital commemoration. https://definingmomentscanada.ca/in-the-classroom/spanish-flu/premium/

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