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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 2008 STUDY CANADA Summer Institute for K-12 Educators Whistler, B.C. - June 25, 2008.

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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 2008 STUDY CANADA Summer Institute for K-12 Educators Whistler, B.C. - June 25, 2008

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

  3. National Organizations Two National Resource Centers for Canada Funded by U.S. Department of Education Title VI Grants Additional Outreach and Program Grants Awarded annually by the Government of Canada

  4. Western NRC for Canada NationalOrganizations Western Washington University Center for Canadian-American Studies University of Washington Canadian Studies Center Website: www.k12studycanada.org Contacts: tina.storer@wwu.edu (Tina Storer) nfabbi@u.washington.edu (Nadine Fabbi)

  5. National Organizations Western NRC for Canada - Resources

  6. National Organizations • Western NRC for Canada – Resources • www.k12studycanada.org • Canada Northern Neighbor (2nd Edition) • K-12 STUDY CANADA Resource Valise • K-12 STUDY CANADA Student Novel Collection • K-12 STUDY CANADA Resource Flyer • K-12 STUDY CANADA Monthly • Resource Notices (Sept-June)

  7. Eastern NRC for Canada National Organizations University of MaineCanadian Studies Center SUNY – PlattsburghCenter for the Study of Canada Websites: http://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 National Organizations • O Canada Textbook • Teaching Canada Annual Magazine • Canada Valise • Canadian Film Distribution Center (PSUNY)

  9. Government of Canada National Organizations Website: www.gc.ca

  10. Government of Canada National Organizations

  11. 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 • University of Washington Website: http://pokey.css.washington.edu/css/emc/titles.php?topicid=33 • SUNY-Plattsburgh Website: http://canadaacsus.plattsburgh.edu/video.htm

  13. Media Libraries & Loan-Kits Notable Film Resources • National Film Board of Canada Website: www.nfb.ca/e • Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Website: http://cbc.ca

  14. Media Libraries & Loan-Kits Teacher Loan-Kits • K-12 STUDY CANADA 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 (Artifacts & Curriculum)

  15. K-12 STUDY CANADA Resource Valise

  16. K-12 STUDY CANADA Resource Valise

  17. 9 Units of Study • Artifacts • Teacher Resources • Internet Lists • Multimedia Resources • 8 CD-ROMS • 7 Music CDs • 6 Videos

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

  19. Multimedia Resources 7 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)

  20. Multimedia Resources • 6 Videotapes • 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

  21. 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 O Canada! NIE Supplement Internet List(20 websites) Unit 1: O Canada!.

  22. 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.

  23. 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

  24. 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!”

  25. 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.

  26. Unit 6: Canada’s North & the Inuit • Artifacts: • Inuksuk • Teaching Resources: • Artists in the Arctic Resource Package • The Kids Book of the Far North • The Inuksuk Book • Arctic Stories • Internet List(12 websites)

  27. 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; The Gold Rush; Boomtowns Internet List(12 websites) Unit 7: Canadian Dreams: TheRailroad, RCMP & Yukon Gold

  28. Artifacts: Canoe 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

  29. Artifacts: 2 Posters Teaching Resources: African Canadians Achievement: In Our Time An Enduring Heritage: Black Contributions to Early Ontario The Story of Mary Ann Shadd The Kids Book of Black Canadian History Internet List(11 websites) Unit 9: Black Canadians & theUnderground Railroad

  30. K-12STUDY CANADAStudent Novel Collection

  31. 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

  32. 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)

  33. 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)

  34. 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)

  35. 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)

  36. 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

  37. 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)

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

  39. Unit 9: Black Canadians & • the Underground Railroad • Underground to Canada (B. Smucker) • If I Just Had Two Wings (V.F. Schwartz) • The Last Safe House (B. Greenwood)

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

  41. Print Publications Textbooks

  42. Print Publications Reference Materials

  43. Print Publications Reference Materials

  44. Print Publications Classroom Resources

  45. Print Publications Classroom Resources

  46. Print Publications Classroom Resources

  47. Print Publications Classroom Resources

  48. Print Publications Classroom Resources

  49. Print Publications Classroom Workbooks

  50. Print Publications Classroom Workbooks

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