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In recent years there have been numerous contentious debates about commemorations of historical events and people in countries around the world, including Canada. In this article I argue that commemoration controversies should be an essential part of teaching and learning history in K–12 schools because they have the potential to be meaningful and relevant for students, they address civic education competencies central to history and social studies curricula in Canada, and they provide rich opportunities for advancing students’historical consciousness and historical thinking. In the final section of the article I describe how six second-order historical thinking concepts can be used to invite students to think historically about commemorations.  \nCanadian Journal of Education / Revue canadienne de l’éducation 44:2 (2021)©2021 Canadian Society for the Study of Education/ Société canadienne pour l’étude de l’éducation  \n[www.cje-rce.ca](www.cje-rce.ca)  \nKeywords: historical commemorations, public history, history teaching and learning, citizenship education, history education, historical consciousness, historical thinking, social studies education  \nRésumé  \nLes commémorations sont des événements ou des actions qui honorent et célèbrent des événements, des personnes et des groupes importants du passé . Ces dernières années, de nombreuses controverses et débats ont eu lieu concernant la commémoration d’événements et de personnes historiques dans de nombreux pays, dont le Canada. Dans cet article, je suggère que les controverses portant sur les commémorations devraient constituer une partie essentielle de l’enseignement et de l’apprentissage de l’histoire dans les écoles de la maternelle à la 12e année. Celles-ci ont le potentiel d’être révélatrices et pertinentes pour les élèves, elles abordent les compétences d’éducation citoyenne qui sontau cœur des programmes d’histoire et de sciences sociales au Canada et offrent de riches possibilités pour faire progresser la conscience et la réflexion historiques des élèves. Dans la dernière partie de l’article, je décris comment les six concepts de la pensée historique peuvent être utilisés pour inviter les élèves à réfléchir à l’histoire des commémorations.  \nMots-clés : commémorations historiques, histoire publique, enseignement et apprentissage de l’histoire, éducation à la citoyenneté, cours d’histoire, conscientisation historique, réflexion sur l’histoire, enseignement des études sociales  \nCanadian Journal of Education / Revue canadienne de l’éducation 44:2 (2021) [www.cje-rce.ca](www.cje-rce.ca)  \nIntroduction  \nIn the last five years there have been frequent heated debates about commemorations of historical events and people in many countries around the world, including the United States, Australia, the United Kingdom, and Canada. These clashes can be viewed as another chapter in the “history wars,” divisive and partisan contests over national memory, political values, and historical perspectives that often focus on history textbooks and curriculum, museum exhibits, and public commemorations (Clark & Grever, 2018) . Commemorations are events or actions that honour and memorialize significant events, people, and groups from the past. There are many types of commemorations, including public celebrations and holidays; statues, plaques, and monuments; historical sites; flags; public art; names of public institutions, buildings, towns, roads, bridges, and geographic phenomena; images and symbols on money; names of awards and prizes; and sports team names and mascots. In Canada, controversies about commemorations have focused on anniversaries of historical events like Canada 150, the sesquicentennial anniversary of Canadian Confederatio","cbCaie8koDFykwJs","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaie8koDFykwJs","pdf",239177,32,"English","# Introduction\n## Key debates in commemorations (history wars)\n## Types of commemorations and Canadian examples\n## Case study: Cornwallis statue controversy","[{\"question\":\"Why should commemoration controversies be included in Canadian K–12 history education?\",\"answer\":\"Because they can be meaningful and relevant for students, support civic education competencies in Canadian curricula, and create opportunities to develop students’ historical consciousness and historical thinking.\"},{\"question\":\"What does the article say about what commemorations are?\",\"answer\":\"Commemorations are events or actions that honor and memorialize significant past events, people, and groups.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the article propose students can learn to think historically about commemorations?\",\"answer\":\"It describes using six second-order historical thinking concepts to invite students to think historically about commemorations.\"}]","The Case for Commemoration Controversies in Canadian History Education - Essential Scholarly Argument | PDF",1792082573,81]