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".
This file contains a copy of the magazine "Books in Canada: A National Review of Books" (vol. 12 no. 8, Oct. 1983).
This file contains multiple examinations from 1955-1967 from Teacher's College in Stratford, Lakeshore, North Bay, London, and Ottawa.
This file contains pages torn from a February 1967 edition of The Star Weekly concerning the introduction of TVs into the classroom. Also contains a photocopy of an article called "Mainstreaming Media: 101 Ways to Use Media in the English Classroom" as published in English Journal, and several photocopies of articles about Petrone's thoughts on teaching aids.
This file contains the booklet "English: A Resource Booklet" published by OSSTF in 1965. (Frederick) Brent Scollie's name is written on the front and inside cover.
This file contains the booklet "English '70 Resource Booklet" published by OSSTF in 1970, with Petrone's name on the inside cover.
This file contains articles on language and its importance in society. There are also some poems and many handwritten notes on the topics of language and English, as well as some handouts from Petrone's classes.
This file contains correspondence concerning Penny Petrone's attempt to produce a Canadian Literature anthology with Margaret (Maggie) Kortes titled "Canadian Concerns", to be used by senior high school students. This includes her letters and feedback from various professors on the manuscript of the anthology, as well as pieces of that manuscript.
This file includes a page of handwritten notes, guidelines on teaching and learning about grammar, several photocopies of advertisements and articles, a newspaper clipping about English grammar, an unidentified poem, and a course outline for "English Composition" as taught by Penny Petrone.
This file contains work by Petrone's English 4280 class on making lesson plans to teach different elements of grammar. There are also handouts/notes on the subject of grammar.
This file contains many handwritten notes and some typed handouts on the poem "The Tiger" and guides for teaching about it. There are also magazine articles concerning the economy (1964) as well as magazine clippings of large advertisements.
This file contains handwritten notes by Petrone on a variety of topics, mainly English literature, prose analysis, etc., as well as lists of works, songs, and articles she hoped to combine into an anthology, and potential authors to research for the anthology. There are also letters that concern the creation of the anthology.