This file contains a leatherbound diary that Petrone wrote in while she was travelling in Europe. Entries are mostly point form about places and big events.
This file contains a spiral bound notebook of notes taken about and during a trip that Petrone took in 1975 to Italy. Notes are primarily calculations and itineraries.
This file contains a spiral bound notebook of notes taken about and during a trip that Petrone took in 1976 to the United Kingdom, with specific mention of London and Inverness. In between some of the pages are pressed leaves. In the front cover is a record of American Express Travelers Cheques and a calendar.
This file contains a spiral bound notebook of notes taken about and during a trip that Petrone took in 1984 to Rome, Italy. Many of the pages are marked with post-it notes.
Petrone began her career working as a teacher, and continued to teach future teachers at the Faculty of Education. As well as teaching in Canada, she also worked in Europe in the 1950s, and in Uganda.
Records include information about education and the history of education; material on teacher education and teachers' colleges including Lakehead Teachers' College. Some assignments and papers from Petrone's teaching at Lakehead's Faculty of Education: where these relate to named students, the files are restricted.
This file contains a newspaper clipping: "Highschool Confidential: A day in the life of the kids at Bramalea Secondary" (The Globe and Mail, Sept. 22 1984), a copy of "Dimensions in Education" bulletin (April 1968), and notes entitled "The Evolution of the Secondary School: from an institution for the few to a school for the people."
This file contains newspaper clippings: "Supreme Court Hearings: RC legislation discriminatory" (The Chronicle Journal, Jan. 30 1987) and "Protestants have rights to separate schools, too." There is also "A Brief to The Honourable J. Keiller MacKay, Chairman, Special Committee on Religious Education on the Public Schools of Ontario by Ontario Teachers' College Association" (1967).
This file contains the envelope and booklet entitled "Right or Privilege? 1800-1867: A Documentary History of Separate Schools in Ontario - Part One" and "Survival...? 1867-1949: A Documentary History of Separate Schools in Ontario - Part Two".
This file contains photocopied pages from "Memoir of the R.R. J. Strachan, First Bishop of Toronto" by A.N. Bethune in 1870.
This file contains the book "Intermediate Division: Outlines of Courses for Experimental Use" published by the Ontario Department of Education in 1951.
This file contains a copy of the newspaper "The Royal Bank Reporter" The Class of '86 story (Fall 1986).
This file contains several newspaper clippings about Penny Petrone's thoughts on education, her achievements, and other articles about education. Also contains an invitation for Petrone to work at the Lakehead Teachers' College, as well as an invitation to and programme for the opening of the Lakehead Teachers' College in 1961. Also includes letters to Petrone from students, friends, the Fort William Kinsmen Club, and the University of Lethbridge (alongside a programme for a conference called "The Native in Literature").
This file contains a foreword and acknowledgements for a paper concerning the use of teaching aids in the classroom, as well as a study outline for teaching about newspapers. Also contains several newspaper clippings from The Ottawa Journal (1965) and The Chronicle-Journal (1963) about newspapers in class.
This file contains the itinerary from the APENWO conferences in 1973, a Position Paper on the Intermediate Division (1974), as well as various papers that outline the planning process for the conferences (choosing dates, topics, final jobs, etc.) from 1972-1975.
This file contains the book Children Classrooms Curriculum and Change by Ontario Curriculum Institute (1966), Curriculum Design '73: A Resource Booklet, a draft copy of A Curriculum Review, Development, and Implementation Cycle. There is a newspaper clipping "Students poor in math, no one cares: expert (The Chronicle Journal, April 10 1986) and "Radical education changes proposed", as well as the essay "An Ideal Curriculum for the 1990s" by Gordon Louie.
This file contains a small book entitled "Christian Education of Youth: Encyclical Letter of Pope Pius XI," which offers insight on how to educate youth through the Christian faith in the eyes of Pope Pius XI.
This file contains a newspaper clipping entitled "HMCS Griffon has long history" by P. Vervoort from the Thunder Bay Historical Museum Society. The article discusses the history of the house that is connected to the HMCS Griffon.
This file contains multiple issues of The Royal Bank of Canada Monthly Letter: March 1949, vol. 39 no. 7 July 1958, vol. 52 no. 12 Dec. 1971, vol. 54 no. 8 August 1973, vol. 57 no. 12 Dec. 1976, vol. 58 no. 2 Feb. 1977, vol. 60 no. 3 March 1979, vol. 60 no. 4 April 1979. There is also a sheet titled "Poetry and Methods" discussing teaching poetry in classrooms.
This file contains multiple articles from FORUM (June 1 1981) that concern the evaluation of teachers, as well as a book "A Guide to Teaching Evaluation" with a label that reads "S P Petrone, Faculty of Education" on the cover (1973).
This file contains various articles from magazines and newspapers on the subject of teaching, including a copy of Time Magazine (vol. 115 no. 24 June 16, 1980) with the cover story "HELP! Teacher Can't Teach" and copies of Monday Morning (vol. 4 no. 1 Sept. 1969, vol. 6 no. 3 Nov. 1971).
This file contains information, lectures, study questions and notes used to teach students on the book "The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz" by Mordecai Richler, as well as information about a musical based on the novel (MacLean's, April 9, 1984) the movie (Saturday Night, March 1974), and Mordecai Richler (Canadian Forum, Sept. 1975). There is also some work by students of Petrone's on the novel.
This file contains articles and essays on the topic of teaching Canadian Literature when it became mandatory in Secondary Schools in 1973, as well as a copy of the booklet "Course Countdown: A quantitative study of Canadian literature in the nation's secondary schools" (1974). There is also a document from the Ministry of Education on Canadian Studies explaining the change in courses and describing some of the options secondary students will have, as well as some student essays on the topic from Petrone's students.
This file contains notes on teaching WIlliam Shakespeare's play "Julius Caesar," including a small book of the play with a damaged cover and general notes on the plot, characters, etc. There are also some notes/articles on the movie version with Marlon Brando (Life, April 20, 1953)
This file contains a test/exam from the University of Ottawa in May 1966 from the class/topic Practical Literary Criticism.
This file contains the poem "The Modern Highwayman".