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Resources and Best Practices For Teaching About Canada

Resources and Best Practices For Teaching About Canada. Tina Storer, Education & Curriculum Specialist Center for Canadian-American Studies Western Washington University Presentation given at the 2010 STUDY CANADA Summer Institute for K-12 Educators Whistler, B.C. - June 23, 2009 .

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Resources and Best Practices For Teaching About Canada

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  1. Resources and Best Practices For Teaching About Canada Tina Storer, Education & Curriculum Specialist Center for Canadian-American Studies Western Washington University Presentation given at the 2010 STUDY CANADA Summer Institute for K-12 Educators Whistler, B.C. - June 23, 2009

  2. Overview of Resources • National Organizations • Media Libraries & Teacher Loan-Kits • Print Publications • Multimedia Materials (Videos, CD-ROMs, CDs) • Internet Websites

  3. 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.

  4. Western NRC on Canada Western Washington University Center for Canadian-American Studies University of Washington Canadian Studies Center Henry 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)

  5. Western NRC on Canada Joint K-12 Outreach and Shared Resources

  6. K-12 STUDY CANADA 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

  7. 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)

  8. Eastern NRC for Canada Resources • O Canada Textbook • Teaching Canada Annual Magazine • Canada Valise • Canadian Film Distribution Center (PSUNY)

  9. Bilingual - English and French publications and Internet sites Government of Canada Resources Primary Website:www.gc.ca

  10. Examples of Useful GC Materials

  11. Other National Organizations • 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

  12. Media Libraries & Loan-Kits Notable Film Libraries and Resources University of Washington Website:http://pokey.css.washington.edu/css/emc/titles.php?topicid=33 SUNY-Plattsburgh Website:http://canadaacsus.plattsburgh.edu/video.htm National Film Board of Canada Website: www.nfb.ca/e Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Website:http://cbc.ca

  13. Teacher Loan-Kits 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 )

  14. K-12 STUDY CANADA Resource Valise

  15. 9 Units of Study • Artifacts • Teacher Resources • Internet Lists • Multimedia Resources • 8 CD-ROMs • 8 Music CDs • 7 Videos/DVDs

  16. Canadian Geographic Explorer Canada: Confederation to Present Cross Country Canada Totem Poles Adventure Canada Land of the Inuit Nunavut Territory Canadian Treasures Multimedia Resources 8 CD-ROMS

  17. 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)

  18. 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

  19. 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 1: O Canada!

  20. 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 2: BC - Totems & Emily Carr

  21. 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 Unit 3: Images of Ontario — From City to Shield

  22. 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!”

  23. 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 5: The Maritimes & the Land of Anne

  24. 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

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

  26. 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

  27. 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 Unit 9: Black Canadians and the Underground Railroad

  28. K-12 STUDY CANADAStudent Novel Collection

  29. 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

  30. 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)

  31. 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)

  32. 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)

  33. 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)

  34. 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

  35. 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)

  36. Unit 8: Canada’s First Nations • Maybe Tomorrow (J. Weir) • My Name is Sepeetza (S. Sterling) • Will’s Garden (L. Maracle)

  37. 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)

  38. Overview of Print Publications • Textbooks • Reference Materials • Classroom Resources • Classroom Workbooks • Atlases & Classroom Maps of Canada • Picture Books • Student Literature • Publishing & Purchasing Sources

  39. Textbooks

  40. Reference Materials

  41. Reference Materials

  42. PreK-3 Classroom Resources

  43. K-8 Classroom Resources

  44. Grade 4-8 Classroom Resources

  45. Grade 4-8 Classroom Resources

  46. Grade 4-10 Classroom Resources

  47. K-8 Student Workbooks

  48. Grade 4-10 Student Workbooks

  49. Atlases & Classroom Maps of Canada

  50. Fun Picture Books

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