Educators can use these support materials and tools as they orient themselves to the curriculum or in their instructional planning.
Last updated: October 5, 2020
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Website tools
Curriculum comparison guide
The B.C. Curriculum Comparison Guide compares the old curriculum to the new curriculum, for Grades 10-12. The guide is intended to support school counsellors, school administrators, teachers and district staff as the Ministry prepares to implement the new curriculum. The guide is also intended to help post-secondary institutions understand the changes to curriculum.
Webinars
We has partnered with the B.C. Principals’ and Vice Principals’ Association to produce a webinar series focused on B.C.’s new curriculum and assessment.
Planning
Curriculum background
- B.C.'s Redesigned Curriculum, An Orientation Guide (PDF)
- B.C.'s Know-Do-Understand Curriculum Model (PDF)
Curriculum model and its components
- The Curriculum Model: a video explaining how the different components of B.C.'s redesigned curriculum work together to form a conceptual model that is competency-driven.
- Big Ideas: a video explaining what big ideas are and the role they play in the conceptual model of B.C.'s redesigned curriculum.
- Curricular Competencies and Content: a video explaining what curricular competencies and content are and how they work together to form the learning standards.
- Core Competencies: a video explaining what core competencies are and the role they play in the conceptual model of B.C.'s redesigned curriculum.
Subject resources
Resources and links
- First Peoples Principles of Learning (PDF)
- Aboriginal Worldviews and Perspectives in the Classroom (PDF)
A resource guide to help support teachers bring Aboriginal content and perspectives into the classroom. - Bamboo Shoots: Chinese Canadian Legacies in B.C.
Bamboo Shoots is an educational resource for teachers of Grades 5 and 10. This initiative acknowledges the contributions of Chinese Canadians and the historical injustices they faced using a rich gallery of historical photographs, and a wealth of archival documents and personal stories that accompany five lessons at each grade level. - BCTF's Teach BC website
- CodeBC Coding and Computational Thinking resources connected to the B.C. curriculum
- One Teacher's Comparison of the Science IRP (2006) with the B.C. Transformed Curriculum
This video is designed to help teachers understand some of the differences between the previous and redesigned curriculum. -