Resources and Best Practices

For Teaching About Canada

Tina Storer, Education & Curriculum SpecialistCenter for Canadian-American Studies

Western Washington University

Presentation given at the 2010 STUDY CANADA Summer Institute for K-12

EducatorsWhistler, B.C. - June 23, 2009

Overview of Resources

National Organizations

Media Libraries & Teacher Loan-Kits

Print Publications

Multimedia Materials (Videos, CD-ROMs, CDs)

Internet Websites

National Resource Centers

The U.S. Department of Education provides, through

Title VI Grants, support to many universities with expertise in

specific area studies, including two

National Resource Centers on Canada

1.) Pacific Northwest NRC (U Washington-WWU) 2.) East Coast NRC (U Maine-SUNY Plattsburgh)

Additional outreach and program grants are awarded annually by the Embassy of Canada.

Western NRC on Canada

Western Washington University Center for Canadian-American Studies

University of WashingtonCanadian Studies CenterHenry M. Jackson School of International Studies

Website: www.k12studycanada.org

Contacts: tina.storer@wwu.edu (Tina Storer) nfabbi@uw.edu (Nadine Fabbi) and/or ahilton@uw.edu (Anne Hilton)

Western NRC on Canada

Joint K-12 Outreach and Shared Resources

including:

• www.k12studycanada.org• Canada Northern Neighbor (2nd Edition)• K-12 STUDY CANADA e-Resource Notices (Sept-June)• K-12 STUDY CANADA Resource Flyers (biannual)• K-12 STUDY CANADA Loan-Kits:

Resource Valise Student Novel Collection

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K-12 STUDY CANADA Resources

Eastern NRC on Canada

University of Maine Canadian Studies Center

SUNY – Plattsburgh Center for the Study of Canada

Websites: www.umaine.edu/canam

http://canada-acsus.plattsburgh.edu/cesca.htm

Contacts: barntzen@umit.maine.edu (Betsy Arntzen) sotheral@plattsburgh.edu (Amy Sotherden)

Eastern NRC for Canada Resources

• O Canada Textbook• Teaching Canada Annual Magazine• Canada Valise• Canadian Film Distribution Center (PSUNY)

Bilingual - English and French publications and Internet sites

Primary Website: www.gc.ca

Government of Canada Resources

Examples of Useful GC Materials

ACSUS (Association for Canadian Studies in the US) Website: www.acsus.org

Canadian Embassy & Consulates Websites: www.canadianembassy.org

http://geo.international.gc.ca/can-am/washington/offices/default-en.asp

Canadian Educators and Education Resources (OISE) Website: www.oise.utoronto.ca/~mpress/eduweb.html

ICCS (International Council for Canadian Studies) Website: www.iccs-ciec.ca

Other National Organizations

Media Libraries & Loan-Kits Notable Film Libraries and Resources

University of WashingtonWebsite:

http://pokey.css.washington.edu/css/emc/titles.php?topicid=33

SUNY-Plattsburgh Website: http://canadaacsus.plattsburgh.edu/video.htm

National Film Board of CanadaWebsite: www.nfb.ca/e

Canadian Broadcasting CorporationWebsite: http://cbc.ca

K-12 STUDY CANADA Loan-Kits at WWU

K-12 STUDY CANADA Resource Valise (2) (9 multimedia resource-based units for teaching)

K-12 STUDY CANADA Student Novel Collection (36 regional novels for young adults - Grades 4-9)

University of Maine

The Canada Valise (Les Buell’s Curriculum and Artifacts )

Teacher Loan-Kits

K-12 STUDY CANADA Resource Valise

9 Units of Study • Artifacts • Teacher Resources• Internet Lists• Multimedia Resources

• 8 CD-ROMs• 8 Music CDs• 7 Videos/DVDs

Multimedia

Resources

Canadian Geographic Explorer Canada: Confederation to Present Cross Country Canada Totem Poles Adventure Canada Land of the Inuit Nunavut Territory Canadian Treasures

8 CD-ROMS

Multimedia Resources

8 Music CDs

Sing a Song of Canada + Songbook (Kim Soleski-Ward) Stompin’ Tom Sings Canada’s History (Stompin’ Tom Connors) Canada is for Kids – Vol. 1 & 2 (Michael Mitchell) Un Pays Qui Se Chante (Various Québec Artists) For the Times (Schooner Fare) This Child (Susan Aglukark) Gord’s Gold (Gordon Lightfoot) Sing a Song of Canada: A Musical Journey

Across Canada (Kim Soleski-Ward CD & Songbook)

Multimedia

Resources 7 Videotapes/DVDs

The Canadian History Series (1939-2000) Postcards from Canada Paddle to the Sea The Group of Seven The Sweater CBC Life & Times: L.M. Montgomery Breaking the Ice: The Story of Mary Ann Shadd

Unit 1: O Canada!

Artifacts: Set of Provincial & Canada

Flags Deck of “Cards Eh!” Fold-Out & Laminated 3-D

Maps 12 Laminated Placemats Canada-at-Glance Binder Insert

Teaching Resources: Canada Northern Neighbor The Spirit of Canada Canada’s Maple Leaf: The

Story of Our Flag The Kids Book of Canada Sing a Song of Canada O Canada! NIE Supplement

Internet List: 20 websites

Unit 2: BC - Totems & Emily Carr

Artifacts: Totem Pole

Teaching Resources: Emily Carr: An Introduction to her Life and

Art The Art Room Bentwood Box; Button Blanket;

Cedar Plank Mask; Spindle Whorl

BC: Land and People

Internet List: 12 websites

Unit 3: Images of Ontario — From City to Shield

Artifacts: CN Tower Model & Brochure Art Pin (A.J. Casson’s “White

Pine”)

Teaching Resources: Looking at Landscape Resource Package Images of Nature: Canadian

Poets and the Group of Seven Meet the Group of Seven

Internet List: 12 websites

Artifacts: Montreal Canadians

“Away” Hockey Jersey

Teaching Resources: Québec: Land and People The Sweater (book) The Rise and Fall: 1700-1775 New France

Internet List: 12 websites

Unit 4: Québec – les Habitants & “the Habs!”

Unit 5: The Maritimes & the Land of Anne

Artifacts: P.E.I. License Plate w/ Anne

Teaching Resources:

Lucy Maud Montgomery: A Writer’s Life Duncan’s Way

Internet List: 14 websites

Unit 6: Canada’s North & the Inuit

Artifacts: Inuksuk Kit

Teaching Resources:

Artists in the Arctic Resource Package The Kids Book of the Far

North The Inuksuk Book Arctic Stories

Internet List: 12 websites

Unit 7: Canadian Dreams - The Railroad, RCMP & Yukon Gold

Artifacts: CN Model Railway Car or

RCMP Postcards/Poster

Teaching Resources: The Cremation of Sam

McGee The Kids Book of Canada’s

Railway Boldly Canadian: RCMP The Mounties For Kids

Activity Book Life in the Old West Series: The Railroad and The Gold

Rush

Internet List: 12 websites

Artifacts: Child’s Game

Teaching Resources: Contemporary Art By

First Nations Artists Resource Package

Canada History: Prehistoric Canada (Ancient Canada–Aboriginal People)

Paddle to the Sea From Time Immemorial Maple Moon

Internet List: 12 websites

Unit 8: Canada’s First Nations

Unit 9: Black Canadians and the Underground Railroad

Artifacts: 2 Posters

Teaching Resources: In Our Time: An

Introductory Learning Guide The Spirit of Africville The Story of Mary Ann

Shadd The Kids Book of Black

Canadian History

Internet List: 11 websites

K-12 STUDY CANADAStudent Novel Collection

Unit 1: O Canada!

• Tunnels of Time (M. Harelkin Bishop) Saskatchewan

• Rebellion (J. Scanlon) Manitoba

• Who Has Seen the Wind? (W.O. Mitchell) Saskatchewan

• Jake and the Kid (W.O. Mitchell) Saskatchewan

• Ticket to Curlew (C.B. Lottridge) Alberta

Unit 2: BC: Totems and Emily Carr

• Will’s Garden (L. Maracle) also suitable for use with

Unit 8

• The West Coast Murders (R. MacGregor)• Raven’s Flight (D. Silvey) • Lambs of Hell’s Gate (M.L. Bright)• Cariboo Runaway (D. Davis)

Unit 3: Images of Ontario — From City to

Shield• The Lost Sketch (Adventure.Net Series – A. and D. Spalding)

• A Bushel of Light (T. Harrison)

• The Ghost of the Stanley Cup (R. MacGregor)

• Horror on River Road (R. MacGregor)

  Unit 4: Québec: les Habitants & “the Habs!”

• Terra Incognita (A. Metikosh)

• The Hollow Tree (J. Lunn)

• The Quebec City Crisis (R. MacGregor)

• The King’s Daughter (S. Martel)

Unit 5: The Maritimes & the Land of Anne• The Girl on Evangeline Beach (A. Carter)

• Anne of Green Gables (L.M. Montgomery)

• Anne of Avonlea (L.M. Montgomery)

• Anne of the Island (L.M. Montgomery)

• Lucy Maud and Me (M.F. Coady)

Unit 6: Canada’s North and the Inuit

• Napachee (R. Feagan)• The Screech Owls’ Northern Adventure (R. MacGregor)• Lost in the Barrens (F. Mowat)• Call of the Wild (J. London) Not a Canadian author 

 Unit 7: Canadian Dreams: The Railroad, RCMP & Yukon Gold

• Jason’s Gold (W. Hobbs) Not a Canadian author

• Ambush in the Foothills (B. Freeman)• Gold Fever Trail (Monica Hughes)• Steel Across the Shield (P. Berton)

 Unit 8: Canada’s First Nations

• Maybe Tomorrow (J. Weir)• My Name is Sepeetza (S. Sterling)• Will’s Garden (L. Maracle)

Unit 9: Black Canadians and the Underground Railroad

• Underground to Canada (B. Smucker)• If I Just Had Two Wings (V.F. Schwartz)• The Last Safe House (B. Greenwood)

Overview of Print Publications

Textbooks

Reference Materials

Classroom Resources

Classroom Workbooks

Atlases & Classroom Maps of Canada

Picture Books

Student Literature

Publishing & Purchasing Sources

Textbooks

Reference Materials

Reference Materials

PreK-3 Classroom Resources

K-8 Classroom Resources

Grade 4-8 Classroom Resources

Grade 4-8 Classroom Resources

Grade 4-10 Classroom Resources

K-8 Student Workbooks

Grade 4-10 Student Workbooks

Atlases & Classroom Maps of Canada

Fun Picture Books

Picture books can teach about people and

history…

…about Canada’s Aboriginal Peoples

… about the Arctic

Students are never too young to read literature by Canadian authors…

Historical fiction engages students and teaches about interesting time periods…

Youth fiction creates a sense of place…

…for students of all reading levels.

Pacific Edge Publishing Website: www.classroomresources.com

Chapters Bookstore Website: www.chapters.ca

Kidsbooks Vancouver Website: www.kidsbooks.ca

Powell’s Books (Victoria) Website: www.powells.com

JK Publications Website: www.cardseh.ca

Publishing & Purchasing Sources

Top Ten K-12 STUDY CANADA Teacher Sites

Government of Canada Gateways

Other Well-Connected Websites

Canada via the Internet

Top Ten Websites

#1 Government of Canada http://canada.gc.caClick "About Canada", "About Government" or "Provinces/Territories“…so much to learn that you may never visit another site!

#2 Statistics Canada http://www.statcan.gc.caExplore many lesson plans and data for K-12 and post-secondary students and educators.

#3 PBS' Online Extra Teacher Resources www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/teachersType "Canada" and discover 4521 matches! 3084 just for Québec.

#4 - Great Unsolved Mysteries in Canadian History http://canadianmysteries.ca/en/index.phpStudents will be drawn into Canadian history and archival research through the enticement of solving real "cold crimes"! Sound pedagogy behind material and teacher resources.

Top Ten Websites

#5 U Alberta Canadian Studies WebCentre www.canadianstudies.caMiddle/high school students can easily navigate the many useful graphics and information bites.

#6 Canada Eh? http://www3.sympatico.ca/taniah/CanadaA personal page that offers downloadable Canada graphics useful for the classroom as well as a variety of information for students about Canada.

#7 Historica Dominion Institute Professional Development Page www.histori.ca/prodev/default.do?page=.lp_index Intermediate/secondary level lesson plans covering different periods and events in Canadian history.

#8 Parks Canada www.pc.gc.ca

#9 Unofficial Canadiana www-2.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs.cmu.edu/user/clamen/misc/Canadiana/Travelogue.html

#10 The Canadian Social Studies Super Site www.ualberta.ca/~jkirmanCarefully screened connections to quality websites about Canada are offered that also give a glimpse into how Canadians teach about themselves.

www.infocan.gc.ca/kclinks_e.html Kids Canada

www.inac.gc.ca/index_e.html Indian & Northern Affairs

www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/process/library/forsey/how-e.htm “How Canadians Govern Themselves” teaching material

www.nlc-bnc.ca/caninfo/ecaninfo.htm Canadian Info by Subject - National Library of Canada

www.chin.gc.ca Canadian Heritage Information Network

Key GC Gateways to Learning

Now it’s time to share the fun of exploring Canada and Canada-US relations with

students!

The End is really the beginning…