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The Teaching Librarian volume 18, no. 3 29 Grade 7: British North America, Conflict and Change • A search on War of 1812 returns over 3400 results, from objects of the time like uniforms and weapons as well as cooking utensils, samplers and other items, to pamphlets, letters, books and more. • In addition, digitized Ontario newspapers such as the Kingston Gazette are key primary sources of the time period that are also accessible through the portal. • For more details on effectively using the portal resources in teaching the War of 1812, see the lesson plan in "Knowledge Ontario's Digital Delights" in Teaching Librarian vol 17 #1. • See more lesson plans at the website 1812history.com. Anytime, Anywhere Make it easy for your students to access the portal by inserting an OurOntario. ca search widget in their information flow. Here's a link to instructions: http://www. ourontario.ca/demo/searchwidget.html. Be sure to check out our Features page for a complete list of applications and how to get the most out of using the OurOntario.ca portal. z Grades 9-10: Canadian History since World War 1 There are numerous resources that can be accessed and used to illustrate this topic, including: • • Video interviews with WWII veterans (some include transcripts) provide powerful testimony of what it is like to be young and heading off to war. • • Numerous newspaper articles, photographs, postcards, and other materials on Agnes Macphail, our first female Member of Parliament. • • Over 3000 speeches from the Empire Club of Canada. • • Over 20,000 records related to farming. • • New content is regularly being added. Take us with you: Install an OurOntario.ca search widget on any website. In the Information Flow It's just a click away to share search results with friends, classmates and colleagues by using the social bookmarking tools accessible from all site pages. Post your search results to Facebook, Twitter or your own personal favourite app.