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James McCowan Memorial Social History Society

• Teacher's Mission Statement
  • Information Processing
    • A Methodology for Teaching Information Processing
    • Inputs: Primary Sources
      • Devil's Advocate
      • Web Resources
    • Thinking Skills for Rich Tasks
      • Rich Tasks
        • Learning Units
          • Visual - Overview
        • World History Context
          • Lesson Plans
            • Change In History
              • Class Discussion
              • Change -- 1700-1920
            • Scarboro's First Burns Supper
          • Exercises
          • Flyer
          • Eligibility
          • Entry Form
    • Introduction to Problem Solving
      • Types of Problems
    • Link Tech Design and History
      • Thinking Like Telford
      • Thinking Like Murdoch
      • Thinking Like Cowan
    • Output Better Information
    • Self-Evaluation
  • Educational Resources
    • Potential Inputs
      • James McCowan Bibliography
        • The Successful Teacher
      • Oral History
        • George McCowan
          • Shara Weaver
      • Latest Issue
        • Toronto A Place of Meeting
      • Lowland Scotland
      • Canadian History
      • Upper Canada
    • Reviews
• Table Of Contents
  • Search
  • Illustrations and Photos
• Heritage Collaboration / Artifact Donations
• Scarboro Heights Record
  • Community, Toronto, Ontario
    • Public Service
      • Public Health
        • Public Health Oral Histories
          • On the Farm in the '20s
        • Scarlet Fever
        • Cholera
        • Food Poisoning
        • Fire Safety
        • Learning Unit: Public Health
      • Politics
        • Public Proclamations
          • Scarboro Fare Fair 1994
          • Scottish Heritage Days
          • Tartan Day
        • Political Leaders
        • Burrows Hall
          • Integrated Learning
        • Fighting for Democracy
          • Great Reform Bill
          • Discontent, Loyalty and the Economy
      • Social Institutions
        • Partnership with Business
        • Agincourt Community Services
        • Full Partnership in Society
          • Temperance Movement
        • Friends of Scarborough
        • Heritage Groups
        • Poverty and the Poor
      • Volunteerism
        • Teaching
      • War
        • Wartime Relationships
        • Air
        • Fenian Raids
      • Philanthropy
      • Law and Order
      • Learning Unit: Public Service
    • Natural Features
      • Flora and Fauna
        • Tree Hunt
      • Scarborough Bluffs
        • Sojourns on the Bluffs
      • The Storm of '35
      • Farm and the Environment
      • Environment
        • Learning_Unit_Environment
    • People
      • James McCowan, Coalmaster
        • Robert McCowan, Reeve
          • Hannah Ashbridge McCowan
          • William Harold McCowan
            • Jennie (Purdie) McCowan
            • Marion (Thomson) McCowan
              • Janet McCowan
            • Bill and Nancy McCowan
            • James Alexander McCowan
      • Robert James Stobo
      • William Ewart Young
      • Jeremiah Annis
        • Fanny Annis' Scrapbook
        • More Annis News
        • Annis Photographs
      • Learning Unit: Character and Faith
    • Culture
      • Recreation
        • Curling - Canada Life
          • Toronto Bay
        • Outdoor Hockey 5 : Stair Climbing 0
          • Gold Medal Hockey
        • The Fifties: Growing Up
        • Drinking
        • Learning Unit: Recreation
      • History
        • Historic Sites
          • Walking Tour
          • Toronto's Lost Sites Project
            • Springbank
            • 8000 BC
            • Cornell Farm
            • Gates Gully
            • Scarboro Heights
        • Notable Events
        • Miles Map 1878
        • Prehistoric
          • Lesson - Prehistory
        • Folklore
        • Importance of History
        • Museum
        • Antiques
          • Living Room
            • Bookcases
            • Sofas
          • Kitchen
          • Bedroom
            • Dressers
          • Dining Room
      • The Arts
        • Public Art Policy
          • Sculpture
            • People
            • Place
              • Fool's Paradise
          • Mural Routes
            • Highland Creek Village Mural
        • Stage
          • Stage Door Theatre
          • Like Magic Productions
            • A Scarboro Tale
        • Scarborough Arts Council
        • Literature
          • Age of Enlightenment
            • James McCowan's Library
          • Alexander Muir
            • The Maple Leaf Forever
          • Robbie Burns
            • Burns Supper Stories
            • Scarboro's First Burns Supper
          • Libraries
      • Worship
        • Catholic
        • United Church
          • Washington
          • Preaching Place Since 1803
        • Presbyterian
          • Melville
          • St. Andrew's
          • Moral Standards
          • Community Work
        • Anglican
      • Celebrations
        • Scarboro Centennial
        • Scarborough BiCentennial
          • Commemorative Curling Matches
          • Scottish Heritage Days
            • Scottish Cultural Groups
            • With I Hope A New Face
        • Toronto's BiCentennial
          • Fairs and Frolics
      • Family
        • Four Brothers Club
        • Personal Development
          • Overcoming Handicap
        • Preparing for Death
          • James Weir's Legacy
        • Weddings
        • Funerals
      • Culture Miscellany
        • Memories on the Farm
      • Immigration
        • Guyanese
        • Immigration
        • Generation of Emigrants and Their Values
          • Longing for Home
        • Canadian Identity
        • ESL Essays
          • Afghanistan
          • Sri Lanka
          • Colombia
          • Greece
          • Hong Kong
          • China
        • Germany
        • Learning Unit: Immigrants and Land
    • Economics
      • Food Supply
        • Scarboro Fare Fair
          • Program: Scarboro Fare Fair
          • Food Security Quiz
          • Participating Groups
          • Prize Winners
          • Field, Food and Family
        • Agriculture
          • Ploughing Matches
            • James M.T. Weir
          • Scarborough Fair
          • Machinery
            • A Pioneer with Tractors
            • Norbrae
          • Women and the Family Farm
          • Barns
            • Jim Weir's Barn
          • Land Availability
            • Prairies
          • Agri-Marketing
            • Milk Producers
          • Learning Unit: Agriculture
            • Dairy Cattle
            • Horses
        • Feeding the Family in a Local Economy
          • Subsistence in Lowland Scotland (To 1700)
            • Interdependence of the Stakeholders in the Land
            • Dependence on the Land
            • Meagre Diet
            • Regional Trade and a Varied Diet
            • The Old Boys' Club
            • Protectionism
          • A Century of Transition
            • Regulating Supply and Price
            • Food Banks
          • Subsistence in Canada
          • Fruit
          • School Programs
          • Church Programs
            • Easter Bunny Keeps to Budget
            • Rhubarb Pie
            • Churches By the Bluffs
          • Family Farm: The Fruits of Labour
        • Heroes
      • Housing
        • Planning Process (Sewell Commission)
        • Landlords
        • Valuable Building Materials
        • Life in a New Subdivision
          • Community Solidarity
        • Building Communities
        • Furnishings
        • Learning Unit: Housing
      • Transportation
        • Kingston Road
        • Auto Era
        • Learning Unit: Transportation
      • Work
        • Entrepreneurism
          • Rise of a Coalmaster
          • Risk Managers
          • Making of an Architect
          • Manufacturing
        • Slavery
        • Hiring Fairs
        • Community Effort
      • Inventions
        • McCowan's Phototeria
        • Aviation
        • Science and Discovery
      • Depression
      • Economic Theory
        • Protectionism
        • Feudalism
        • Capitalism
          • Competition and Reward
    • Schools
      • Education
        • School Architecture
        • Teaching
        • New Math
          • Mathematicians
          • Exercises: Math
        • Technology
          • Design and Re-Use
        • Celtic Studies
        • Learning Unit: Education
          • Curriculum -- 1890
          • The 1920s at SS#3
      • H. A. Halbert Public School Reunion
        • Discipline
          • Discipline at Home
          • The School Fence
        • Literary
          • Grade 5 Compositions
        • Music
          • The Fifties
        • Science
        • Photographs
          • Sports
            • Road Hockey 60s Reunion
          • Music
            • Choirs
          • 50s Classes
          • 60s Classes
            • Primary
          • 70s Classes
          • Clubs
        • The Sixties
      • Robert McCowan Scholarship
      • Bullies
      • Religious Holidays
      • Fairmount 50th Anniversary
        • Convent Barn Burns
        • Marlow and Pollocks' Horses
      • The Convent
        • The Fifties
  • Land Ownership
    • Surveying
    • On the Land
      • Tenant Takes a Mortgage
      • Greener Pastures
      • Farm Possession
    • Landscaping
      • Horticulture
    • The Lowland Clearances
      • New Mode of Management
        • Bankruptcy of a Farmer
        • Emigration
      • Estate Hierarchy
    • Economic Cycles
      • Lakefront Estate
  • Links
    • Put Your Web Site Here
      • McCowan Socio-Technical Services
        • David Bruce McCowan, P.Eng.
        • The Sixth Dimension
        • Papers and Publications
          • Engineering Principles and The Object Oriented Methodology
        • Testimonials
        • Community and Classroom
        • Technological Design for a Sustainable Society
          • Rubrics
            • Design Process Rubrics
      • Susan Woodburn
      • Deborah J Reed
      • Bill McCowan
• Patrons and Benefactors
  • McCowan's Ltd.
  • Real Estate in Toronto, Ontario
    • Recent Solds
    • Just Listed
• Publications of the James McCowan Memorial Social History Society
  • When The Ground Fails: An Economic Revolution
  • To Sustene The Personis: The Agricultural Revolution
  • Neigh The Front: A Scarboro Heights Anthology
  • Fairs and Frolics: Scottish Communities at Work and Play
  • Bill and Nancy McCowan Fortieth Anniversary Album
  • Curling - A Scottish Sport in Scarborough
  • St. Andrew's 150 Years Ago
  • Catching Up With The Market Economy
  • Related Books
  • We're Not Here to Put in Time
  • Well Taught the Value
  • Hog-Score Book 2
  • Hog-Score Book 1
• McCowan Society Projects
  • Glossary
  • Milk Challenge
    • Petition
      • Dairy Farmers of Ontario
  • Stage
    • Sample Dialogue
  • 10,000 Years of Toronto History
  • From Croft to Clearing
  • McCowans' Who's Who
    • Ayrshire McCowans
      • The Industrial Age
      • Coalminers
      • Capitalists, Entrepreneurs and Professionals
      • Back to the Land
        • Three Beautiful Women
        • Danforth Farms
      • British Guiana McCowans
    • Argyleshire McCowans
    • Perthshire McCowans
    • External Links
    • Characters and Crusaders
  • The Lowland Clearances
    • Agricultural Revolution
      • Progressive Tenants
      • Improvement
        • Coal and the Land
        • Livestock
      • Men Of Capital
    • Lesmahagow, Lanarkshire
      • Tenant Structure
        • Bonnet Lairds
    • Industry
      • Coal Mining
        • Accidents
      • Weaving
    • Depopulation
      • Your Lease Is Up
    • Winners and Losers?
      • Scots Around the World
        • DNA Studies
      • Emigration To Canada
    • Before the Sheep
    • Scots of Scarborough
      • James McCowan Memorial Social History Society
      • Scottish Diaspora Tapestry
• Media / Outreach
  • Community Events
    • 2001
    • 2002
    • 2003
• Contact
  • Bea McCowan
    • Testimonials

The James McCowan Memorial Social History Initiative is dedicated to making occasional contributions to a body of work celebrating the endeavours and achievements of Scots and Scots' descendants in Canada.