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Teaching Applied Design, Skills and Technology

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Listed below are selected teacher resources for teaching Applied Design, Skills and Technology.

Engaging eager and reluctant learners: STEM learning in action

by Dennis Adams and Mary Hamm

Grades: K-7.

A research based approach to fostering an environment that helps all students excel in STEM and in the classroom more broadly. Focuses on collaborative learning, differentiation, and diversity in STEM instruction and the real world applicability of STEM today.

The really useful primary design and technology book

by Elizabeth Flinn and Sarah Patel

Grades: K-6

Offers practical tools, strategies, lesson plans, and how-to guides for teaching various aspects of design and technology, including cooking and nutrition, textiles and design, IT control and monitoring, electronic systems, and more. eBook only. For more in The really useful series, click here.

Teaching design and technology creatively

Clare Benson and Suzanne Lawson

Grades: K-7

Through practical ideas, real-life scenarios, and creative lesson plan ideas, this book stresses the importance of design and technology education (D&T) in the elementary classroom. Covers topics such as understanding and utilizing the link between D&T and creativity, developing a D&T skillset early, embedding D&T in the curriculum, making cross curricular connections, D&T outside the classroom, and more. eBook only.

STEM and ICT Education in Intelligent Environments

by Hideyuki Kanematsu and Dana M. Barry

Grades: K-7

This book explores the intersection of STEM and ICT and how to integrate the two seamlessly. Includes simple hands on activity outlines and their relevance to each subject area, as well as digital activity ideas. eBook only.

Primary design and technology for the future: Creativity, culture and citizenship

by Alan Howe, Dan Davies, and Ron Ritchie

Grades: K-7

This book explores the cross-curricular nature of ADST and its connection to creativity, culture, and citizenship in the classroom. Includes examples of best practices in the book that have been successfully implemented. eBook only.

Invent to learn: Making, tinkering, and engineering in the classroom

by Sylvia Libow Martinez and Gary Stager

Grades: K-12

Children are natural tinkerers, and the maker movement overlaps with both their natural inclinations and the power of learning by doing. This book helps educators bring the opportunities of the maker movement to every classroom. Even without expensive hardware, the classroom can become a makerspace where students and teachers learn together through direct experience with an assortment of high and low-tech materials.

100 ideas for teaching design and technology

by David Spendlove

Grades: K-12

This book provides practical ideas to implement, but also encourages teachers to consider the place of design and technology education in schools and society today. Each idea has been tried and tested by practicing teachers. For more in the Continuum one hundreds series, click here.

The new shop class: Getting started with 3D printing, Arduino, and wearable tech

by Joan Horvath and Rich Cameron

Grades: K-12

This book explores the connection between making, hacking, science, and engineering, and the benefits of hands-on technology instruction. Covers topics such as 3D printing, drones, cosplay, female makers and scientists, circuits and programming, open source, makerspaces, and more. eBook only.

A practical guide to teaching design and technology in the secondary school

by Gwyneth Owen-Jackson

Grades: 8-12

This book covers various areas of Design and Technology education, including culinary arts, textiles, and ICT. Also includes ideas for cross-curricular learning, planning D&T lessons, assessment, and professional development. eBook only.

Learning to teach design and technology in the secondary school

by Gwyneth Owen-Jackson

Grades: 8-12

After providing a history of design and technology education, this book delves into the specifics of teaching food, textiles, materials, graphics, and design technologies, including the planning, delivery, assessment, and reflection of these subjects. It culminates with a discussion of cross curricular connections, values, and professional development. eBook only.

Debates in design and technology education

by Gwyneth Owen-Jackson

Grades: 8-12

What is the purpose of design and technology? Is it a vocational or academic subject? What knowledge and skills do teachers really need? What is the future for design and technology? These questions and more are explored throughout this text, which challenges teachers to critically reflect on design and technology education and its future.

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Use specific search terms to narrow your results, such as “Technology–Study and teaching”, “Design–Study and teaching”, “Information technology–Study and teaching”
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Arts Education

Teaching Arts Disciplines

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Listed below are selected teacher resources for teaching in Arts disciplines.

Teacher Resources

ArtBreak: A creative guide to joyful and productive classrooms

by Katherine Ziff

Grades: K-5

Integrating theory and practice from art therapy, counseling, and child-centered education, ArtBreak offers a guide to choice-based, guided play experience based on the developmental and restorative possibilities of art making.

Integrating the arts across the elementary school curriculum

by R. Phyllis Gelineau

Grades: K-7

This book’s concise chapters focus on the practical application and integration of arts in the elementary curriculum. Each chapter explores a different discipline in arts education, including drama, music, dance, and art, and provides easy to implement activities that can be adapted to different subjects, classrooms, and ages.

The arts go to school: Classroom-based activities that focus on music, painting, drama, movement, media, and more

edited by David Booth and Masayuki Hachiya

Grades: K-8

This book offers activities, lessons, and exemplar classrooms which will help teachers incorporate the fundamentals of music, painting, drama, movement, and more in a creative and easy to understand way.

Art teaching: Elementary through middle school

by George Szekely and Julie Alsip Bucknam

Grades: K-8

Presents fundamental theories, principles, creative approaches, and resources for art teaching in elementary through middle-school. Key sections focus on how children make art, why they make art, the unique qualities of children’s art, and how artistic development can be encouraged in school and at home. eBook only

Culturally relevant arts education for social justice: a way out of no way

edited by Mary Stone Hanley, George W. Noblit, Gilda L. Sheppard & Tom Barone

Grades: K-12

A groundswell of interest has led to significant advances in understanding and using Culturally Responsive Arts Education to promote social justice and education. This landmark volume provides a theoretical orientation to these endeavors. Examining a range of efforts across different forms of art, various educational settings, and diverse contexts, it foregrounds the assets of imagination, creativity, resilience, critique and cultural knowledge, working against prevailing understandings of marginalized groups as having deficits of knowledge, skills, or culture.

Preparing educators for arts integration: Placing creativity at the center of learning

edited by Gene Diaz and Martha Barry McKenna

Grades: K-12

This resource examines professional development approaches from across the United States to help schools and allied arts groups integrate the arts into the K–12 curriculum. Emphasizes the value of collaboration among teachers, artists, educational leaders, and community partners. Readers will find strong, empirically tested models of arts integration to inform curriculum development and teacher professional learning.

Arts integration: Teaching subject matter through the arts in multicultural settings

by Merryl Goldberg

Grades: K-12

Explains how teachers may integrate the arts—literary, media, visual, and performing—throughout subject area curriculum and provides a multitude of strategies and examples. This text is ideal as a primer on arts integration and a foundational support for teaching, learning, and assessment, especially within the context of multicultural and multilingual classrooms. eBook only

Teaching and learning in art education: Cultivating students’ potential from pre-K to through high school

by Debrah C. Sickler-Voigt

Grades: K-12

Teaching and Learning in Art Education explores essential and emerging topics such as: managing the classroom in art education; artistic development from early childhood through adolescence; catering towards learners with a diversity of abilities; integrating technology into the art field; and understanding drawing, painting, paper arts, sculpture, and textiles in context. eBook only.

The art and design teacher’s handbook

by Susie Hodge

Grades: 6-12

This comprehensive handbook provides art teachers with practical advice on planning effective lessons, developing imaginative ideas for teaching art across the age ranges, developing students’ creative, technical and critical skills, and preparing students for coursework and exams.

The art teacher’s survival guide for secondary schools: Grades 7-12

by Helen D. Hume

Grades: 7-12

Ten chapters designed specifically for the unique needs of middle and high school art teachers. Includes lesson plans, practical tools, and reproducible handouts for 75 art projects. Covers drawing, painting, fine art, sculpture, computer graphics, printmaking, careers in art, and more.

Learning to teach art and design in the secondary school: A companion to school experience

edited by Nicholas Addison and Lesley Burgess

Grades: 8-12

Explores a range of approaches to teaching and learning and provides a conceptual and practical framework for understanding the diverse nature of art and design in the secondary school curriculum. Provides support and guidance for learning and teaching in art and design, suggesting strategies to motivate and engage pupils in making, discussing and evaluating visual and material culture. eBook only

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Use specific search terms to narrow your results, such as “Arts–Study and teaching (Elementary)”, “Arts–Study and teaching (Secondary)”, “Arts–Study and teaching”
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Mathematics

Teaching Mathematics

Listed below are selected resources related to teaching mathematics.

Challenging mathematical tasks: Unlocking the potential of all students

by Peter Sullivan

Sullivan’s research shows that many students do not fear challenges in mathematics, but welcome them, and rather than having teachers instruct them, prefer to work out solutions for themselves. This book includes activities that allow for sustained thinking, decision-making and risk-taking by the students, and features a ‘Learning Focus’, ‘Key Mathematical Language’, ‘Pedagogical Considerations’, and ‘Enabling and Extending Prompts’ for each task.

Teaching student-centered mathematics: Developmentally appropriate instruction for grades pre-K – 2

by John A. Van de Walle, LouAnn H. Lovin, Karen S. Karp, and Jennifer M. Bay-Williams

Grades: K-2

Part of the Student-Centered Mathematics Series, this book is designed to illustrate what it means to teach student-centered, problem-based mathematics, to serve as a reference for the mathematics content and research-based instructional strategies suggested for the specific grade levels, and to present a large collection of high quality tasks and activities that can engage students in the mathematics that is important for them to learn.

Teaching student-centered mathematics: Developmentally appropriate instruction for grades 3-5

by John A. Van de Walle, Karen S. Karp, LouAnn H. Lovin, and Jennifer M. Bay-Williams.

Grades: 3-5

The math teacher’s toolbox: Hundreds of practical ideas to support your students

by Bobson Wong & Larisa Bukalov

Grades: K-12

The Math Teacher’s Toolbox contains hundreds of student-friendly classroom lessons and teaching strategies….Topics range from the planning of units, lessons, tests, and homework to conducting formative assessments, differentiating instruction, motivating students, dealing with “math anxiety,” and culturally responsive teaching.

Every math learner: A doable approach to teaching with learning differences in mind, grades K-5

by Nanci N. Smith

Grades: K-5

Smith debunks the myths around what math differentiation is and is not, and offers a practical approach to teaching mathematics for real learning differences.

Good questions: Great ways to differentiate mathematics instruction in the standards-based classroom

by Marian Small

Grades: K-8

This resource helps experienced and novice teachers to effectively and efficiently differentiate mathematics instruction in grades K-8 using two strategies: Open Questions and Parallel Tasks.

Visible learning for mathematics, grades K-12: What works best to optimize student learning

by John Hattie, Douglas Fisher, and Nancy Frey

Grades: K-12

The authors discuss three important phases of learning mathematics: the surface learning phase, where students explore new concepts and make connections to procedural skills; the deep learning phase, where students make connections among conceptual ideas and form generalizations; and the transfer phase, when they can independently approach more complex concepts and situations.

Using formative assessment to drive mathematics instruction in grades preK-2

by Christine Oberdorf and Jennifer Taylor-Cox

Grades: K-2

The authors illustrate the distinction between a “traditional” assessment and an “enhanced” assessment; describe specific differentiated activities; provide “Questions to Assess” to determine what each child understands about the math concept; show how to move students to higher-level mathematics thinking and to apply math concepts; and share extension activities to offer challenging work for children who have achieved skill mastery level.

Using formative assessment to drive mathematics instruction in grades 3-5

by Christine Oberdorf and Jennifer Taylor-Cox

Grades: 3-5

Yes, but why? Teaching for understanding in mathematics

by Ed Southall

Grades: K-12

Getting the right answers in math is only half the problem; understanding why the processes work is the part that often stumps students and teachers alike. This book answers a range of questions about why mathematics works, and sheds light on the hidden connections between everything in mathematics at school.

Math for real life: Teaching practical uses for algebra, geometry and trigonometry

by Jim Libby

Grades: 7-12

This book presents hundreds of practical applications for mathematics—from baseball statistics to the theory of relativity—that can be understood by anyone with a knowledge of high school algebra, geometry and trigonometry. It will help teachers to answer the inevitable question “When are we ever going to use this?”

We reason & we prove for ALL mathematics: Building students’ critical thinking, grades 6-12

by Fran Arbaugh et al.

Grades: 6-12

This book spans all mathematical content areas to provide teachers with strategies to help build students’ reasoning and proving skills. Activities include solving and discussing high-level mathematical tasks; analyzing narrative cases that make the relationship between teaching and learning salient; examining and interpreting student work; and modifying curriculum materials and evaluating learning environments to better support students.

Math wise! Over 100 hands-on activities that promote real math understanding, grades K-8

by Jim Overholt and Laurie Kincheloe

Grades: K-8

This activity book is a resource teachers can use to give students a firm grounding to work with more advanced math concepts. Contains over 100 activities that address topics like number sense, geometry, computation, problem-solving, and logical thinking. Activities are presented in order of difficulty and address different learning styles

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Use specific search terms, such as “mathematics – study and teaching” or “mathematical ability – testing”.
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Social Studies

Teaching History and Social Studies

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Post date March 20, 2019
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Listed below are selected teacher resources for teaching History and Social Studies.

Engagement in teaching history: Theory and practice for middle and secondary teachers

by Frederick D. Drake and Lynn R. Nelson

Grades: 7-12

This book presents key elements of history instruction, including the use of primary sources and narratives, involving students in the historical inquiry through classroom discussions, teaching toward chronological thinking, and the use of historical documents.

Stirring up justice: Writing and reading to change the world

by Jessica Singer

Grades: 7-12

This book introduces a range of tools and strategies to improve students’ critical awareness, helping them to understand their world and become educated, engaged citizens.

Tools for teaching social studies: A how-to book of useful ideas and practical solutions

by Jim Parsons with Mariah Schroder

Grades: K-12

The authors present a number of teaching principles for use in social studies classes, including discovering one’s unique teaching style, connecting with one’s students, setting and achieving realistic goals, facilitating effective group work, and more.

Keywords in the social studies: Concepts and conversations

edited by Daniel G. Krutka, Annie McMahon Whitlock, and Mark Helmsing

Grades: K-12

Over fifty authors discuss complex and contested components of keywords in social studies – such as “indigenous”, “home”, “race”, and “community” – by way of offering diverse accounts that range from autobiographical narratives to historical genealogies, from critical implications of specific curriculum texts to offering vignettes of classroom teaching that deploy a keyword concept in practice.

Secondary starters and plenaries: History

by Mike Gershon

Grades: 9-12

The 25 starter ideas in this book will help to ensure that the first five minutes of any History class are motivating and energizing, while the 25 plenaries will students to reflect on and embed their learning at the end of the lesson.

The big six: Historical thinking concepts

by Peter Seixas and Tom Morton

Grades: K-12

The authors discuss six historical thinking concepts which students should become familiar with: historical significance, evidence, continuity and change, cause and consequence, historical perspectives, and the ethical dimension.

Teaching history creatively (2nd ed,)

edited by Hilary Cooper

Grades: K-12

This book introduces teachers to a range of available approaches to historical inquiry which involve creative, active and effective learning. Topics include the link between history education and creativity, investigating sources, using archives, using drama to explore events, and more. (E-book only.)

(Re)imagining elementary social studies: a controversial issues reader

edited by Sarah B. Shear, Christina M. Tschida, Elizabeth Bellows, Lisa Brown Buchanan, Elizabeth E. Saylor

Grades: Elementary

This reader stands out as a collection of approaches aimed specifically at teaching controversial issues in elementary social studies. This reader challenges social studies education (i.e., classrooms, teacher education programs, and research) to engage controversial issues–those topics that are politically, religiously, or are otherwise ideologically charged and make people, especially teachers, uncomfortable–in profound ways at the elementary level.

Powerful social studies for elementary students

by Jere Brophy, Janet Alleman, and Anne-Lise Halvorsen

Grades: K-6

This book combines theory and research with examples from classroom practice, and outlines ways to select content and teach history, geography, and social sciences meaningfully in the elementary classroom.

Social studies: Innovative approaches for teachers

by Nancy A. Maynes and Jennifer M. Straub

Grades: K-6

The authors focus on two important approaches to teaching social studies: the value and flexibility of social studies as a broad medium for teaching a range of skills and concepts, including literacy and numeracy; and the human aspect of social studies, in its relation to people and their activities, challenges, and choices.

Dynamic social studies

by George W. Maxim

Grades: K-6

This book presents a range of effective ways to teach social studies to elementary school students, with the hope of inspiring them to become informed, rational, and culturally responsive citizens. It focuses on motivation, creativity, and the examples of experienced teachers to help readers breathe life into their social studies teaching.

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Use specific search terms to narrow your results, such as “social studies”, “social sciences – study and teaching”, etc.
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Arts Education

Cross-Disciplinary and Interdisciplinary Arts

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Listed below are selected teacher resources related to cross-disciplinary and interdisciplinary arts.

Teacher Resources

Exploring the science of sounds: 100 musical activities for young children

by Abigail Flesch Connors

Grades: K-2

Explores the connection between music and science through the use of everyday objects. Includes creative ideas and lessons on how we can use our bodies to make sounds, making and using instruments, what sounds occur in nature, and more.

Using the visual arts for cross-curricular teaching and learning: Imaginative ideas for the primary school

by Karen Hosack

Grades: K-4

Provides practical guidance and ideas on using the visual arts as a starting point for imaginative, effective learning across a wide range of curriculum subjects. Underpinned by established and current educational thinking, it uses real-life examples to explore how this approach has been used successfully by individual class teachers and as whole-school projects. eBook only

Object lessons: Teaching math through the visual arts, K-5

by Caren Holtzman and Lynn Susholtz

Grades: K-5

Provides ideas on how to utilize visuals, including everyday objects, works of art, food, and more, to teach math in order to reach a variety of learners. Includes lessons with clear instructions and photographs, as well as guiding questions, and curriculum connections.

Artful teaching: Integrating the arts for understanding across the curriculum, K-8

edited by David M. Donahue and Jennifer Stuart

Grades: K-8

This book explains why and how art can be used across the curriculum in order to deepen student learning. Includes lively examples of examples of public school teachers integrating visual arts, music, drama, and dance with subject matter, including English, social studies, science, and mathematics.

Art & science: A curriculum for K-12 teachers from the J. Paul Getty Museum

by the J. Paul Getty Museum

Grades: K-12

Using the Getty Museum’s collection, including their sculptures, drawings, antiquities, photographs, paintings, and more, this book encourages teachers to utilize art in science instruction. Includes lesson plans, handouts, a glossary of terms, questions, and links to additional resources.

The more we look, the deeper it gets: Transforming the curriculum through art

Nicola Giardina

Grades: K-12

Provides inspiration and practical guidance for teaching with works of art across the curriculum in order to deepen engagement and improve student learning. The book introduces the Pyramid of Inquiry, a flexible framework that teachers of all subject areas can use to support connections between students’ lives, academic curriculum, and works of art from across time and place.

Education, arts and sustainability: Emerging practice for a changing world,

by Marry Ann Hunter, et al.

Grades: K-12

This book uses a series of case studies to showcase that five principles of Education for Sustainability – critical thinking, systems thinking, community partnership, participation, and envisioning better futures – are found at the heart of much arts practice in schools. The joining of arts and sustainability education is suggested as a viable way of deepening understanding, engaging students, and thinking creatively about the cross-disciplinary connections between art and sustainability.

Using art to teach reading comprehension strategies: Lesson plans for teachers

by Jennifer Klein and Elizabeth Stuart

Grades: K-12

Provides an overview of six different reading strategies and integrated reading and art lessons that can be implemented in the classroom. Emphasizes the value art as a way of improving reading comprehension without text for both art and classroom teachers.

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Use specific search terms to narrow your results, such as “Interdisciplinary approach in education”, “Art in education”
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Seasons and Celebrations

Community Celebrations

Listed below are selected teacher resources, picture books, and non-fiction related to different community celebrations throughout the year.

Teacher Resources

Guide to Celebrations and Holidays Around the World

by Kathryn I. Matthew and Joy L. Lowe

Grades: K-6

This handbook contains materials, insights and suggestions for teaching children about holidays celebrated around the world, including Ramadan, Rosh Hashanah, Diwali, and more.

Multicultural projects index: Things to make and do to celebrate festivals, cultures, and holidays around the world

by Mary Anne Pilger

Grades: K-12

Created by a librarian, this guide lists a variety of books related to the world’s festivals, cultures, and holidays. Searchable by subject or by author.

The holiday handbook: 700+ storytime activities from Arbor Day to Yom Kippur…from Diwali to Kwanzaa to Ramadan

by Barbara A. Scott

Grades: K-3

Includes activities and information for over 30 holidays, including historical context, lists of relevant materials, finger plays, songs, and crafts.

Picture Books

Bringing in the New Year

written and illustrated by Grace Lin

Grades: K-2

Bringing in the New Year tells the tale of a Chinese American family as they prepare for the Lunar New Year. Each family member lends a hand as they sweep out the dust of the old year, hang decorations, and make dumplings. Then it’s time to celebrate!

Powwow dancing with family

written and illustrated by Perry Smith

Grades: 1-3

Drumming, singing, and dancing are all part of being at a Powwow. Perry and his family travel all over North America to participate in these family and community gatherings. Join Perry’s two boys as they share their treasured memories of being at Powwows with their family and learning how to dance. Includes a section on what is a Powwow? Powwow Regalia and Powwow Dances.

The dead family Diaz

written by P.J. Bracegirdle, pictures by Poly Bernatene

Grades: 1-4

Angelito Diaz is afraid of walking among the Living on the Day of the Dead, especially with his older sister, Estrellita, teasing him, but once in the Land of the Living, he quickly makes a new friend.

Kwanzaa

written by A.P. Porter, pictures by Janice Lee Porter

Grades: K-2

Filled with colorful illustrations, this book describes the African-American holiday of Kwanzaa, including its creation in 1966, its seven principles, and its symbolism.

Our eight nights of Hanukkah

written by Michael J. Rosen, illustrated by DyAnne DiSalvo-Ryan

Grades: K-3

A child describes how one family celebrates Hanukkah, including polishing the silver menorah, lighting the candles, having a special family dinner, and sharing gifts.

Non-Fiction

Canadian celebrations

by Susan Hughes

Grades: 1-3

It’s clear that Canada has a lot to celebrate: from First Nations powwows and potlatches, through the traditional festivities of the early settlers, up to the way we now mark birthdays and public holidays. Five brightly illustrated chapters cover National Aboriginal Day, Thanksgiving, Celebrate Canada (including Canada Day, Saint Jean-Baptiste Day, and Canadian Muticulturalism Day), the Calgary Stampede, and the Quebec Carnival. Part of the Canada close up series.

The autumn equinox: Celebrating the harvest

written by Ellen Jackson, illustrated by Jan Davey Elli

Grades: 3-5

Discusses the significance of some of the harvest festivals around the world and describes how they are celebrated.

New Year celebrations in different places

by Robin Jonson

Grades: K-3

Introduces readers to New Year celebrations around the world including Songkran, Chinese New Year, Rosh Hashanah, and Diwali. Part of the Learning about our global community series.

Orca Origins series

by various authors

Grades: 3-6

A nonfiction series for young readers exploring cultural celebrations throughout the world. Includes books on Diwali, Ramadan, Chinese New Year, Passover, Birthdays, and Christmas. A Teacher Guide for the series is also available.

Lighting our world: A year of celebrations

written by Catherine Rondina, illustrated by Jacqui Oakley

Grades: 2-5

Throughout the year and around the globe, people use light — candles, bonfires, lanterns and fireworks — to celebrate special occasions. This richly illustrated book is an illuminating tour of the world’s brightest and warmest festivities.

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Use specific search terms to narrow your results, such as “Holidays–Juvenile literature”, “Festivals–Juvenile literature”. Can also insert specific holidays or celebrations, such as “Chinese New Year–Juvenile fiction”.
To find lesson plans, include “lesson plans”, “lesson planning”, or “activity programs” in your search terms.

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Indigenous Literature and Education

Truth and Reconciliation in Education

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Post date March 20, 2019
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Listed below are selected teacher resources and non-fiction related to incorporating principles of truth and reconciliation with Indigenous peoples into the classroom.

Vous trouverez ci-dessous une sélection de ressources pour enseignants et d’ouvrages non romanesques relatifs à l’intégration des principes de vérité et de réconciliation avec les peuples autochtones dans la salle de classe.

Teacher Resources (Ressources pour les enseignants)

Truth and reconciliation in Canadian schools,

by Pamela Rose Toulouse

Niveau scolaire (Grade level): Kindergarten – 12 (K-12)

This book provides current information, personal insights, authentic resources, interactive strategies and lesson plans that support Indigenous and non-Indigenous learners in the classroom. Toulouse presents a culturally relevant and holistic approach that facilitates relationship building and promotes ways to engage in reconciliation activities.

Ensouling our schools: A universally designed framework for mental health, well-being, and reconciliation,

by Jennifer Katz, Kevin Lamoureux & Ry Moran

Niveau scolaire (Grade level): Kindergarten – 12 (K-12)

The authors share methods of creating schools that engender mental, spiritual, and emotional health while developing intellectual thought and critical analysis, as well as Indigenous approaches to mental and spiritual health that benefit all students and address the Truth and Reconciliation Commission Calls to Action.

This benevolent experiment: indigenous boarding schools, genocide, and redress in Canada and the United States,

by Andrew Woolford

Niveau scolaire (Grade level): Kindergarten – 12 (K-12)

This Benevolent Experiment offers a multilayered, comparative analysis of Indigenous boarding schools in the United States and Canada. Because of differing historical, political, and structural influences, the two countries have arrived at two very different responses to the harms caused by assimilative education.

Truth and reconciliation through education: stories of decolonizing practices,

by Yvonne Poitras Pratt and Sulyn Bodnaresko

Niveau scolaire (Grade level): Kindergarten – 12 (K-12)

Educators have a special role in furthering truth and reconciliation in education, but many struggle to understand exactly what that means and how to accomplish it. There is no step-by-step guide to getting it right. Educators can only meaningfully accomplish truth and reconciliation in education by seeking out truth and reconciliation through education: an ongoing process of amplifying Indigenous voices and experiences, allowing oneself to be changed by them, and being guided by this learning both personally and professionally.

Ministry of Education report on actions taken to support Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada’s calls to action,

by the BC Ministry of Education

Niveau scolaire (Grade level): Préscolaire – Kindergarten (PreK-K)

A brief report on the BC Ministry of Education’s efforts to implement several calls to action regarding truth and reconciliation in education. (Online only)

The residential school system in Canada: Understanding the past, seeking reconciliation, building hope for tomorrow,

by Government of Northwest Territories, Government of Nunavut, and the Legacy of Hope Foundation

Niveau scolaire (Grade level): 10

A teacher guide with twelve activities, each of which helps students examine and develop an understanding of aspects of the history and legacy of the residential school system and participate in the journey towards reconciliation.

Beyond 94,

by the CBC Indigenous Unit

Niveau scolaire (Grade level): 9 – 12

CBC’s Beyond 94 is an immersive, interactive and comprehensive website that monitors the progress of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s 94 Calls to Action. Beyond 94 highlights concrete suggestions, resources and examples of what reconciliation is, and how Indigenous and non‐Indigenous Canadians can work together on the path of reconciliation. Includes short documentaries available through Curio and a comprehensive teacher’s guide.

Non-Fiction

Speaking our truth: A journey of reconciliation,

by Monique Gray Smith

Niveau scolaire (Grade level): 4 – 8

Guided by acclaimed Indigenous author Monique Gray Smith, readers will learn about the lives of residential school survivors and listen to allies who are putting the findings of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission into action. (Teacher’s guide also available.)

I lost my talk,

by Rita Joe; art by Pauline Young

Niveau scolaire (Grade level): PreK-12

An often quoted piece in this era of truth and reconciliation, Joe’s powerful words explore and celebrate the survival of Mi’kmaw culture and language despite its attempted eradication. A companion book to the simultaneously published I’m Finding My Talk by Rebecca Thomas, I Lost My Talk is a necessary reminder of a dark chapter in Canada’s history, a powerful reading experience, and an effective teaching tool for young readers of all cultures and backgrounds.

Truth and reconciliation,

by Simon Rose

Niveau scolaire (Grade level): 4 – 6

Explores the impact of residential schools on the Indigenous people of Canada as well as efforts by the Canadian government to mend the damaged relationships caused by these schools. Part of the Indigenous Life in Canada series.

A knock on the door: The essential history of residential schools from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada,

by the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation

Niveau scolaire (Grade level): 9 – 12

Explores a range of areas studied by the TRC, including the history of residential schools, the students’ experiences, the schools’ legacy, and reconciliation and calls to action. (E-book only)

The Witness Blanket: truth, art and reconciliation,

by Carey Newman and Kirstie Hudson

Niveau scolaire (Grade level): 8 – 12

The Blanket is a living work of art–a collection of hundreds of objects from those schools. It includes everything from photos, bricks, hockey skates, graduation certificates, dolls and piano keys to braids of hair. Behind every piece is a story. And behind every story is a residential school Survivor, including Carey’s father. This book is a collection of truths about what happened at those schools, but it’s also a beacon of hope and a step on the journey toward reconciliation.

Truth and indignation: Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission on Indian residential schools,

by Ronald Niezen

Niveau scolaire (Grade level): 10 – 12

Using interviews with survivors and oblate priests and nuns, as well as testimonies, texts, and visual materials produced by the Commission, Niezen raises some very important questions: What makes Canada’s TRC different than others around the world? What kinds of narratives are emerging and what do they mean for reconciliation, justice, and conceptions of traumatic memory? And what happens to the ultimate goal of reconciliation when a large part of the testimony–that of nuns, priests, and government officials–is scarcely evident?

In this together: Fifteen stories of truth & reconciliation,

edited by Danielle Metcalfe-Chenail

Niveau scolaire (Grade level): 10 – 12

Reflective and personal pieces from both Indigenous and non-Indigenous journalists, writers, academics, visual artists, filmmakers, city planners, and lawyers, all of whom share their personal light-bulb moments regarding when and how they grappled with the harsh reality of colonization in Canada, and its harmful legacy. This book acts as a call for all Canadians to make reconciliation and decolonization a priority. (eBook edition)

Moving Forward: A collection about truth and reconciliation,

by Tracey MacDonald

Niveau scolaire (Grade level): 10 – 12

This collection includes short stories, poems, essays, and art created by First Nations, Inuit, and Métis authors and artists on the topics of truth and reconciliation as they relate to residential schools. Each selection includes before, during, and after questions and activities that support English Language Arts grades 10 to 12 curricula from across the country. (Teacher’s Resource also available)

Original reports from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada

Honouring the truth, reconciling for the future: Summary of the final report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada,

Niveau scolaire (Grade level): 10 – 12

A summary of the final report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) of Canada. Includes a summary of the commission’s activities, a detailed account of the history and legacy of residential schools, the challenges of reconciliation, and 94 calls to action.

Survivors speak: A report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada,

de Cecilia John

Niveau scolaire (Grade level): 10 – 12

As part of its work, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada provided former students—the Survivors of residential schools—with an opportunity to provide a statement on their experience of residential schooling. This is a volume of excerpts from those statements that was published as part of the Commission’s final report.

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Indigenous Literature and Education

Storytelling and Oral Traditions

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Post date March 20, 2019
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Listed below are selected teacher resources, picture books, fiction, and non-fiction related to storytelling and oral traditions in Indigenous literature and education.

Vous trouverez ci-dessous une sélection de ressources pour enseignants, de livres d’images, d’ouvrages de fiction et d’ouvrages non romanesques liés aux contes et aux traditions orales dans la littérature et l’éducation indigènes.

Teacher Resources (Ressources pour les enseignants)

Braiding sweetgrass for young adults : indigenous wisdom, scientific knowledge, and the teachings of plants,

by Robin Wall Kimmerer; adapted by Monique Gray Smith; illustrations by Nicole Neidhardt

Niveau scolaire (Grade level): 7 – 12

Drawing from her experiences as an Indigenous scientist, botanist Robin Wall Kimmerer demonstrates how all living things—from strawberries and witch hazel to water lilies and lichen—provide us with gifts and lessons every day in her best-selling book Braiding Sweetgrass. Adapted for young adults by Monique Gray Smith, this new edition reinforces how wider ecological understanding stems from listening to the earth’s oldest teachers: the plants around us. Bringining Indigenous wisdom, scientific knowledge, and the lessons of plant life to a new generation.

Indigenous community: rekindling the teachings of the seventh fire,

by Gregory A. Cajete, Ph.D.; foreword by James Sa’ke’j Youngblood Henderson

Niveau scolaire (Grade level): 9 – 12

Indigenous Community explores how community is the foundation and lifeblood of Indigenous education as well as the path to sustainable ways of life. In the words of Greg Cajete, the author, What I want Indigenous readers to get is that, along with our efforts to revitalize culture and language, we must also revitalize and sustain our sense for community, because it is the context in which culture and language flourish.

Learning and teaching together : weaving indigenous ways of knowing into education,

by Michele T.D. Tanaka

Niveau scolaire (Grade level): Kindergarten – 12 (K-12)

Across Canada, teachers unfamiliar with Aboriginal approaches to learning are seeking ways to respectfully weave Aboriginal content into their lessons. It recounts how pre-service teachers immersed in a cross-cultural course in British Columbia began to practise Indigenous ways of knowing. Working alongside Indigenous wisdom keepers, they transformed earth fibres into a mural and, in the process, their own ideas about learning and teaching.

Indigenous storywork: Educating the heart, mind, body, and spirit,

by Jo-Ann Archibald

Niveau scolaire (Grade level): Kindergarten – 12 (K-12)

Builds on the seven principles of respect, responsibility, reciprocity, reverence, holism, interrelatedness, and synergy that form a framework for understanding the characteristics of stories, appreciating the process of storytelling, establishing a receptive learning context, and engaging in holistic meaning-making. Archibald worked closely with Elders and storytellers in order to develop ways of bringing storytelling into educational contexts. (eBook)

Culturally Relevant Aboriginal Education,

by Nicole Bell and Terrylynn Brant

Niveau scolaire (Grade level): Kindergarten – 12 (K-12)

Provides teacher candidates and in-service teachers with relevant information to help them integrate Aboriginal, First Nations, Métis, and Inuit content, customs, and traditions into the classroom, providing students with a broader perspective of Canada and its population. Includes a chapter on storytelling and Aboriginal pedagogy.

Braiding histories: Learning from Aboriginal peoples’ experiences and perspectives,

by Susan D. Dion

Niveau scolaire (Grade level): 10 – 12

Reflecting on the process of writing a series of stories, Dion takes up questions of (re)presenting the lived experiences of Aboriginal people in the service of pedagogy. Investigating what happened when the stories were taken up in history classrooms, she illustrates how our investments in particular identities structure how we hear and what we are “willing to know”. Will appeal to readers seeking a better understanding of colonialism and Aboriginal–non-Aboriginal relations. (eBook)

Indigenous peoples and climate change,

by Marla Tomlinson

Niveau scolaire (Grade level): Kindergarten – 12 (K-12)

Indigenous Peoples and Climate Change is part of the series on Canada’s Changing Climate: Problems and Solutions. This series investigates the impact of climate change on Canada’s peoples, place and lifestyle.

Picturebooks

How the robin got its red breast: A legend of the Sechelt People,

by The Sechelt Nation and Donna Joe, illustrated by Charlie Craigan

Niveau scolaire (Grade level): Préscolaire – 3 (PreK-3)

These traditional teaching legends come straight from the oral traditions of the Sechelt Nation. Simple and beautifully presented cautionary tales which include some Shishalh language. See also Mayuk the grizzly bear: A legend of the Sechelt People

Dipnetting with dad,

by Willie Sellars; illustrated by Kevin Easthope

Niveau scolaire (Grade level): 1 – 3

Set in the beautiful landscape of the Cariboo Chilcotin region, Dipnetting with dad is a delightful and colourful story of a father teaching his son the Secwepemc method of fishing known as dipnetting. Together they visit the sweat lodge, mend the nets, select the best fishing spot and catch and pack their fish through rugged bush back to the family home for traditional preparation.

Taiksumanialuk / titiraqtat Niil Kuristavumut ; titiraujaqtat Jirmai Arnattaujurmut = Way back then,

by Neil Christopher; illustrated by Germaine Arnaktauyok

Niveau scolaire (Grade level): Préscolaire – Kindergarten

Kamik finally has his first sled, and he and Jake can finally begin exploring the tundra together. But Jake and Kamik are still inexperienced, and when a blizzard starts blowing in across the tundra, Jake has to rely on his knowledge to get home.

The qalupalik,

by Elisha Kilabuk, illustrated by Joy Ang

Niveau scolaire (Grade level): 1 – 3

All Inuit know about Qallupilluit, strange creatures that live under the sea ice and carry away unsuspecting children on their backs. But when one bright young orphan strays too close to the ice, he soon learns that while Qallupilluit may be very scary, they are also easily tricked. The Qalupalik is the first installment in The Unikkaakuluit Series a new, beautifully illustrated children’s series based on the work of celebrated contemporary Inuit storytellers.

On the trapline,

by David A. Robertson ; illustrated by Julie Flett

Niveau scolaire (Grade level): Préscolaire – 3 (PreK-3)

A boy and Moshom, his grandpa, take a trip together to visit a place of great meaning to Moshom. A trapline is where people hunt and live off the land, and it was where Moshom grew up. As they embark on their northern journey, the child repeatedly asks his grandfather, “Is this your trapline?” Along the way, the boy finds himself imagining what life was like two generations ago — a life that appears to be both different from and similar to his life now.

Ekwǫ̀ dǫzhìa wegondi (The legend of the Caribou Boy),

by John Blondin in 1993, as told by father, George Blondin, illustrated by Ray McSwain, translated by Mary Rose Sundberg

Niveau scolaire (Grade level): 2 – 4

A young boy is having trouble sleeping at night. He is being called to fulfill his destiny, a destiny which lives on today in the traditions and culture of the Dene people and their relationship to the caribou and the land on which they live. Although Dogrib Elder George Blondin is being acknowledged as the author and storyteller, this legend originated in Dene oral tradition several generations ago.

Fiction

Coyote tales,

by Thomas King; illustrations by Byron Eggenschwiler

Niveau scolaire (Grade level): Kindergarten – 4

Two tales, set in a time “when animals and human beings still talked to each other,” display Thomas King’s cheeky humor and master storytelling skills. Freshly illustrated and reissued as an early chapter book, these stories are perfect for newly independent readers.

Red: A Haida manga,

by Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas

Niveau scolaire (Grade level): 7 – 12

Referencing a classic Haida oral narrative, this stunning full-colour graphic novel documents the powerful story of Red, a leader so blinded by revenge that he leads his community to the brink of war and destruction. Red blends traditional Haida imagery into a Japanese manga-styled story. Tragic and timeless, it is reminiscent of such classic stories as Oedipus Rex, Macbeth and King Lear. Also available as an eBook.

Strangers: The Reckoner trilogoy, book 1,

by David A. Robertson

Niveau scolaire (Grade level): 9 – 12

With the aid of an unhelpful spirit, a disfigured ghost, and his two oldest friends, Cole tries to figure out his purpose, and unravel the mysteries he left behind a decade ago. Will he find the answers in time to save his community?This mystery-suspense novel incorporates elements of Indigenous storytelling using a modern lens. Coyote features prominently in this series, taking up the role of trickster.

Non-Fiction

Sky Wolf’s call: the gift of Indigenous knowledge,

by Eldon Yellowhorn & Kathy Lowinger

Niveau scolaire (Grade level): 6 – 8

In Sky Wolf’s Call, award-winning author team of Eldon Yellowhorn and Kathy Lowinger reveal how Indigenous knowledge comes from centuries of practices, experiences, and ideas gathered by people who have a long history with the natural world. Indigenous knowledge is explored through the use of fire and water, the acquisition of food, the study of astronomy, and healing practices.

Original instructions: indigenous teachings for a sustainable future,

by Melissa K. Nelson

Niveau scolaire (Grade level): 11 – 12

For millennia the world’s indigenous peoples have acted as guardians of the web of life for the next seven generations. They’ve successfully managed complex reciprocal relationships between biological and cultural diversity. Awareness of indigenous knowledge is reemerging at the eleventh hour to help avert global ecological and social collapse. Indigenous cultural wisdom shows us how to live in peace–with the earth and one another.

Tlingit storytellers,

by Bill Helin

Niveau scolaire (Grade level): 2 – 4

In this book, Bill Helin explains the importance of stories and storytellers to the culture and history of the Tlingit people. Often using animals of the forest and ocean as characters, the storytellers wove teachings of survival, respect, and family life into the fabric of their stories.

Oral traditions and storytelling,

by Anita Yasuda

Niveau scolaire (Grade level): 4 – 6

Explores the role of storytelling in Indigenous culture and how they are keeping their oral traditions alive for future generations. Part of the Indigenous Life in Canada series.

Living stories = godı weghàà ets’ eèda,

by Therese Zoe, Philip Zoe, and Mindy Willett, photographs by Tessa Macintosh

Niveau scolaire (Grade level): 4 – 7

In Living Stories, Therese Zoe translates the stories and traditional wisdom of Tlicho Elders Philip Zoe and Elizabeth Chocolate. Join Tlicho young people, Shelinda, Forest, and Bradley, as they learn about making dry-fish, bows and arrows, and birch-bark baskets; the practices of old-time healers; as well as the sacred stories that tell the history of the Tlicho people. Part of The Land is Our Storybook series.

People of the land: Legends of the four host First Nations,

by Johnny Abraham and other contributors

Niveau scolaire (Grade level): 4 – 9

An anthology of the sacred legends of the four host First Nations, the Lil’wat, Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh which have been passed down from generation to generation through the Elders and are integral to the teachings and oral traditions of First Nations people. These stories link people to the land and to each other and pass on traditional knowledge and history.

One story, one song,

by Richard Wagamese

Niveau scolaire (Grade level): 10 – 12

Focuses on stories: how they shape us, how they empower us, how they change our lives. Ancient and contemporary, cultural and spiritual, funny, and sad, the tales are grouped according to the four Ojibway storytelling principles: balance, harmony, knowledge, and intuition. (eBook)

The truth about stories: A Native narrative,

by Thomas King

Niveau scolaire (Grade level): 10 – 12

Beginning with Native oral stories, King weaves his way through literature and history, religion and politics, popular culture and social protest, in an effort to make sense of North America’s relationship with its Aboriginal peoples.

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Indigenous Literature and Education

Residential School History and Impact

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Post date March 20, 2019
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Listed below are selected teacher resources, picture books, fiction, and non-fiction related to the history and impact of residential schools.

Vous trouverez ci-dessous une sélection de ressources pour les enseignants, de livres d’images, d’ouvrages de fiction et d’ouvrages non romanesques liés à l’histoire et à l’impact des pensionnats.

Teacher Resources (Ressources pour les enseignants)

Untold history: understanding the impact of Indian residential school on Canada’s aboriginal peoples,

by Ilona Weiss; edited by Sharon Campbell

Niveau scolaire (Grade level): 7

Presented as a series of lessons created for students to better understand how residential schools impacted Indigenous peoples across Canada. Looking towards gaining compassion and empathy for experiences of the past as well as those that continue to affect Indigenous communities today.

Shingwauk’s vision : history of Native residential schools,

by J.R. Miller

Niveau scolaire (Grade level): K – 12

Starting with the foundations of residential schooling in seventeenth-century New France, Miller traces the modern version of the institution that was created in the 1880s, and, finally, describes the phasing-out of the schools in the 1960s. He looks at instruction, work and recreation, care and abuse, and the growing resistance to the system on the part of students and their families. Based on extensive interviews as well as archival research, Miller’s history is particularly rich in Native accounts of the school system.

Teacher guide for Sugar Falls: learning about the history and legacy of residential schools,

by Christine M’Lot.

Niveau scolaire (Grade level): 9 – 12

Sugar Falls: A Residential School Story includes sensitive topics (e.g., abuse, trauma); therefore, it is most appropriate for grades 9–12. The activities in this guide are most appropriate for courses such as English Language Arts, Social Studies, History, Global or Contemporary Issues, as well as Current Topics in First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Studies. They could be adapted for use at the university or college level.

Righting Canada’s Wrongs (Resource Guide),

by Lindsay Gibson, Llan Danjoux, and Roland Case

Niveau scolaire (Grade level): 9 – 12

Seven lessons that will engage students while they learn about some of the important events in Canada’s history that helped shape our current multicultural society. Includes support for teaching about Canada’s past treatment of ethnic minorities and how to approach the topic of racism.

The residential school system in Canada: Understanding the past, seeking reconciliation, building hope for tomorrow (Teacher’s guide),

from Northwest Territories. Department of Education, Culture and Employment, Legacy of Hope Foundation, & Nunavut. Department of Education.

Niveau scolaire (Grade level): 10

Indian Residential Schools & Reconciliation,

by First Nations Educational Steering Committee (FNESC)

Niveau scolaire (Grade level): 5 & 10 – 12

Teacher resources which are meant to help students attain an understanding of the history of the relationship between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people over Canada’s history. The primary learning resources are published literature, enabling a cross-curricular approach employing both Language Arts and Social Studies learning standards.

FNESC Additional Resources: Indian Residential Schools and Reconciliation,

by First Nations Educational Steering Committee (FNESC)

Niveau scolaire (Grade level): Préscolaire – 12 (PreK-12)

A comprehensive list of resources related to “Indian Residential Schools and Reconciliation” prepared by the First Nations Education Steering Committee.

Aboriginal history and realities in Canada (Teacher Resource),

by Beverly Papove and the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario

Niveau scolaire (Grade level): 1 – 8

A teachers’ resource for elementary teachers across Ontario to help them present a more accurate representation of both the traditional and the contemporary historical realities that have defined the relationship between First Nations and the dominant cultures of Canada.

Picturebooks

I am not a number,

by Jenny Kay Dupuis & Kathy Kacer; illustrated by Gillian Newland

Niveau scolaire (Grade level): 2 – 6

When eight-year-old Irene is removed from her First Nations family to live in a residential school she is confused, frightened, and terribly homesick. She tries to remember who she is and where she came from, despite the efforts of the nuns in charge at the school who tell her that she is not to use her own name but instead use the number they have assigned to her.

When we were alone,

by David Robertson, illustrated by Julie Flett

Niveau scolaire (Grade level): 1 – 12

When a young girl helps tend to her grandmother’s garden, she begins to notice things that make her curious. Why does her grandmother have long, braided hair and beautifully coloured clothing? Why does she speak another language and spend so much time with her family? As she asks her grandmother about these things, she is told about life in a residential school a long time ago, where all of these things were taken away.

Shi-shi-etko,

by Nicola I. Campbell, illustrated by Kim LaFave

Niveau scolaire (Grade level): 1 – 10

Shi-shi-etko just has four days until she will have to leave her family and everything she knows to attend residential school. She spends her last precious days at home treasuring and appreciating the beauty of her world: the dancing sunlight, the tall grass, each shiny rock, the tadpoles in the creek, her grandfather’s paddle song. Her mother, father, and grandmother, each in turn, share valuable teachings that they want her to remember.

Shin-chi’s canoe,

by Nicola I. Campbell, illustrated by Kim LaFave

Niveau scolaire (Grade level): 1 – 10

A sequel to Shi-shi-etko. Forced to use only people’s English names and not speak to his siblings at school, Shin-chi holds fast to the canoe given to him by his father, hopeful that things will then improve for his family and the people he loves. (Also available in French.)

Amik loves school: A story of wisdom,

by Katharina Vermette, illustrated by Irene Kuziw

Niveau scolaire (Grade level): Préscolaire – 3 (PreK-3)

Amik tells Moshoom about his wonderful school. Then his grandfather tells him about the residential school he went to, so different from Amik’s school, so Amik has an idea…

Stolen words,

by Melanie Florence, illustrated by Gabrielle Grimard

Niveau scolaire (Grade level): 1 – 4

When a little girl asks her grandfather how to say something in his language – Cree – he admits that his language was stolen from him when he was a boy. The little girl then sets out to help her grandfather find his language again. (Also available in French.)

Fiction

My name is Seepeetza,

by Shirley Sterling

Niveau scolaire (Grade level): 4 – 8

Her name was Seepeetza when she was at home with her family. But now that she’s living at the Indian residential school her name is Martha Stone, and everything else about her life has changed as well. Seepeetza finds bright spots, but most of all she looks forward to summers and holidays at home.

Secret path,

by Gord Downie & Jeff Lemire

Niveau scolaire (Grade level): 6 – 11

Secret Path is a ten song album by Gord Downie with a graphic novel by illustrator Jeff Lemire that tells the story of Chanie “Charlie” Wenjack, a twelve-year-old boy who died in flight from the Cecilia Jeffrey Indian Residential School fifty years ago.

These are my words: The residential school diary of Violet Pesheens,

by Ruby Slipperjack

Niveau scolaire (Grade level): 5 – 7

Violet is struggling to adjust to her new life at residential school. She misses her Grandma; she has run-ins with Cree girls; at her “white” school, everyone just stares; and everything she brought has been taken from her, including her name-she is now just a number. But worst of all, she has a fear. A fear of forgetting the things she treasures most, and a fear of forgetting who she was. Her notebook is the one place she can record all of her worries, and heartbreaks, and memories. (Also available in French.)

Sugar Falls: A residential school story,

by David Alexander Robertson, illustrated by Scott B. Henderson, original storyboards by Scott Keewatin Sanderson

Niveau scolaire (Grade level): 9 – 12

Abandoned as a young child, Betsy was soon adopted into a loving family. A few short years later, at the age of 8, everything changed. Betsy was taken away to a residential school. There she was forced to endure abuse and indignity, but Betsy recalled the words her father spoke to her at Sugar Falls — words that gave her the resilience, strength, and determination to survive.

Red wolf,

by Jennifer Dance

Niveau scolaire (Grade level): 9 – 12

Starving and lonely, an orphaned timber wolf is befriended by a boy named Red Wolf. But under the Indian Act, Red Wolf is forced to attend a residential school far from the life he knows, and the wolf is alone once more. Courage, love and fate reunite the pair, and they embark on a perilous journey home.

Non-Fiction

Residential schools: the devastating impact on Canada’s Indigenous Peoples and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s findings and calls for action,

by Melanie Florence

Niveau scolaire (Grade level): 4 – 6

Through historical photographs, documents, and first-person narratives from First Nations, Inuit, and Metis people who survived residential schools, this book offers an account of the injustice of this period in Canadian history, and documents how this official racism was confronted and finally acknowledged.

Reflections from them days: a residential school memoir from Nunatsiavut,

by Nellie Winters; transcribed and edited by Erica Oberndorfer; illustrated by Nellie Winters

Niveau scolaire (Grade level): 5 – 9

When Nellie Winters was 11 years old, she was sent to attend the Nain Boarding School, a residential school 400 kilometres from her home. In this memoir, she recalls life before residential school, her experiences at the school, and what it was like to come home.

A stranger at home: A true story,

by Christy Jordan-Fenton and Margaret Pokiak-Fenton, artwork by Liz Amini-Holmes

Niveau scolaire (Grade level): 4 – 7

Traveling to be reunited with her family in the Arctic, 10-year-old Margaret Pokiak can hardly contain her excitement. It’s been two years since her parents delivered her to the school run by the dark-cloaked nuns and brothers. Coming ashore, Margaret spots her family, but her mother barely recognizes her, screaming, “Not my girl.” Margaret realizes she is now marked as an outsider. (Also available in French.)

Fatty legs: A true story,

by Christy Jordan-Fenton and Margaret Pokiak-Fenton, artwork by Liz Amini-Holmes

Niveau scolaire (Grade level): 4 – 8

When she was very young, Margaret travelled with her father to Aklavik and was mesmerized by the vision of dark-cloaked nuns and pale-skinned priests. She begged her father to let her go to the outsiders’ school. But Margaret was unprepared for the oppression and pain she was to face during those difficult years.

A knock on the door: The essential history of residential schools from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada,

by the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation

Niveau scolaire (Grade level): 9 – 12

Explores a range of areas studied by the TRC, including the history of residential schools, the students’ experiences, the schools’ legacy, and reconciliation and calls to action. (E-book only)

Residential schools: With the words and images of survivors,

by Larry Loyie, with Wayne K. Spear and Constance Brissenden

Niveau scolaire (Grade level): 9 – 12

Loyie, a residential school survivor, gathers memories of residential schools from over 70 former students and family members, along with over 125 images, including some from the collections of survivors. Includes a map of residential school locations, a key dates poster, and a glossary of terms.

UNeducation,

by Jason EagleSpeaker

Niveau scolaire (Grade level): 8 – 10

A graphic novel chronicling of an Indigenous family’s government-sanctioned exploitation in the residential school system.

Original reports from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada

Honouring the truth, reconciling for the future: Summary of the final report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada,

Niveau scolaire (Grade level): 10 – 12

Survivors speak: A report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada,

de Cecilia John

Niveau scolaire (Grade level): 10 – 12

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Indigenous Literature and Education

Picture Books by Indigenous Canadians

Post author By Education Librarian
Post date March 20, 2019
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Listed below are selected picture books by Indigenous Canadians.

Vous trouverez ci-dessous une sélection de livres d’images écrits par des Canadiens autochtones.

Picturebooks

Dragonfly kites,

by Tomson Highway, illustrations by Julie Flett

Niveau scolaire (Grade level): 1 – 3

Dragonfly Kites refers to “kites” made by tying a string around the middles of dragonflies. Two Cree brothers in northern Manitoba fly these kites during the day, but at night fly themselves in their dreams.

The secret pocket,

by Peggy Janicki; illustrated by Carrielynn Victor

Niveau scolaire (Grade level): 1 – 3

Based on the author’s mother’s experience at residential school, The Secret Pocket is a story of survival and resilience in the face of genocide and cruelty. But it’s also a celebration of quiet resistance to the injustice of residential schools and how the sewing skills passed down through generations of Indigenous women gave these girls a future, stitch by stitch.

Be a good ancestor,

by Leona Prince & Gabrielle Prince; illustrated by Carla Joseph

Niveau scolaire (Grade level): Préscolaire – 1 (PreK-1)

Addressing environmental issues, animal welfare, self-esteem and self-respect, and the importance of community, the authors deliver a poignant and universal message in an accessible way: Be a good ancestor to the world around you.

Birdsong,

by Julie Flett

Niveau scolaire (Grade level): Préscolaire – 3 (PreK-3)

When a young girl moves from the country to a small town, she feels lonely and out of place. But soon she meets an elderly woman next door, who shares her love of arts and crafts. Can the girl navigate the changing seasons and failing health of her new friend?

I hope,

by Monique Gray Smith; illustrated by Gabrielle Grimard

Niveau scolaire (Grade level): Préscolaire – Kindergarten

The hopes we have for the children in our lives are endless. We want our young people to thrive and experience all that life has to offer, but we also feel protective of them.

We are water protectors,

by Carole Lindstrom; illustrated by Michaela Goade

Niveau scolaire (Grade level): Préscolaire – 1 (PreK-1)

Inspired by the many Indigenous-led movements across North America, Carole Lindstrom’s bold and lyrical picture book We Are Water Protectors issues an urgent rallying cry to safeguarding the Earth’s water from harm and corruption.

Spirit bear and children make history: Based on a true story,

by Cindy Blackstock and Eddy Robinson, illustrated by Amanda Strong

Niveau scolaire (Grade level): 1 – 6

When Spirit Bear’s mom tells him about an important human rights case happening in Ottawa, Ontario, he makes the long trip to go and watch, and to stand up for First Nations kids. And he isn’t the only one. Lots of children come too — to listen, and to show they care. Spirit Bear knows that children can change the world because he’s there to see it happen.

The sharing circle,

by Theresa “Corky” Larsen-Jonasson, illustrated by Jessika Von Innerebner

Niveau scolaire (Grade level): Préscolaire – 5 (PreK-5)

When two red foxes have an argument which breaks apart their community, a gentle buffalo decides to take a braid of sweetgrass to a local elder and asks her to help with a sharing circle for all the animals. Includes teacher’s guide.

Sixties scoop,

by Inez Cook

Niveau scolaire (Grade level): K – 12

For decades “scooping up” (taking) indigenous children from their families for placement in foster homes or adoption, was commonplace. This is a story of one of those 20,000 children.

Mwâkwa talks to the loon: a Cree story for children,

by Dale Auger

Niveau scolaire (Grade level): 1 – 4

The timeless story of Kayas, a young Cree man who is blessed with the ability to hunt well and provide for his People. With the help of the Elders and the Beings that inhabit the water, young Kayas is taught to respect his abilities and to realize that in order to live a life of success, fulfillment and peace, we must always remember to cherish and respect the talents and skills we have been given. Includes Cree words and phrases, along with a glossary and Cree pronunciation guide.

Kamik’s first sled,

by Matilda Sulurayok, illustrated by Qin Leng

Niveau scolaire (Grade level): K – 5

All Jake wants is to raise his puppy into a strong, fast sled dog, but Kamik is far from ready to pull a sled with a dog team. With some advice and a little help from his grandmother, Jake learns basic principles of how to begin training a dog to pull. Kamik finally has his first sled, and he and Jake can finally begin exploring the tundra together.

Missing Nimâmâ,

by Melanie Florence, illustrated by François Thisdale

Niveau scolaire (Grade level): 3 – 12

A young mother, one of the many missing Indigenous women, watches over her small daughter as she grows up without her nimama, experiencing important milestones – her first day of school, first dance, first date, wedding, first child – from afar. A free verse story of love, loss, and acceptance told in alternating voices. Missing Nimama shows the human side of a tragic set of circumstances.

When we were alone,

by David Robertson, illustrated by Julie Flett

Niveau scolaire (Grade level): 1 – 12

Shi-shi-etko,

by Nicola I. Campbell, illustrated by Kim LaFave

Niveau scolaire (Grade level): 1 – 10

Shin-chi’s canoe,

by Nicola I. Campbell, illustrated by Kim LaFave

Niveau scolaire (Grade level): 1 – 10

Amik loves school: A story of wisdom,

by Katharina Vermette, illustrated by Irene Kuziw

Niveau scolaire (Grade level): Préscolaire – 3 (PreK-3)

Amik tells Moshoom about his wonderful school. Then his grandfather tells him about the residential school he went to, so different from Amik’s school, so Amik has an idea…

Stolen words,

by Melanie Florence, illustrated by Gabrielle Grimard

Niveau scolaire (Grade level): 1 – 4

Powwow dancing with family,

by Perry Smith

Niveau scolaire (Grade level): K – 3

Akilak’s adventure,

by Deborah Kigjugalik Webster, illustrated by Charlene Chua

Niveau scolaire (Grade level): K – 2

When Akilak must travel a great distance to another camp to gather food, she’s not sure she will be able to make it. But with a little help from her grandmother’s spirit, and her own imagination to keep her entertained, Akilak manages to turn a long journey into an adventure.

How Raven stole the sun,

by Maria Williams, illustrated by Felix Vigil

Niveau scolaire (Grade level): 1 – 4

A long time ago, Raven was pure white, like fresh snow in winter. This was so long ago that the only light came from campfires, because a greedy chief kept the stars, moon, and sun locked up in elaborately carved boxes. This engaging Tlingit story is brought to life in painterly illustrations that convey a sense of the traditional life of the Northwest Coast peoples.

A day with Yayah,

by Nicola I. Campbell, illustrated by Julie Flett

Niveau scolaire (Grade level): Préscolaire – 2 (PreK-2)

On an outing in Nicola Valley, British Columbia, a Native American family forages for herbs and mushrooms while the grandmother passes down her language and knowledge to her young grandchildren.

Wild berries = Pikaci-Mīnisa,

by Julie Flett, translated by Earl N. Cook

Niveau scolaire (Grade level): K – 2

Clarence and his grandmother pick wild blueberries and meet ant, spider, and fox in a beautiful woodland landscape.

Trouver d’autres ressources

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Sur la page principale du site de la bibliothèque de l’UBC, utilisez la boîte de recherche générale pour rechercher des matériaux à travers toutes les succursales de la bibliothèque de l’UBC.
Pour limiter vos résultats aux matériels disponibles à la Bibliothèque de l’éducation, visitez le site web de la Bibliothèque de l’éducation et effectuez une recherche à l’aide de la case “Search Education Resources” située dans la bande à gauche de l’écran.
Remarque : les ressources étant principalement cataloguées en anglais, les termes ci-dessous donnent généralement plus de résultats que les recherches effectuées en français. Vous pouvez filtrer votre liste de résultats par langue dans la barre latérale de gauche.
Utilisez des termes de recherche spécifiques, tels que
- “First nations”, “Indigenous”, “Aboriginal”, “Indians of North America”, ou “Musqueam (or any nation)”
Pour trouver des plans de cours, incluez “lesson plans”, “lesson planning”, or “activity programs” dans vos termes de recherche.

Finding More Resources

To find more resources in this area, try the following:

Search using the General tab on the UBC Library website to look for material in all UBC Library branches.
Search using “Search Education Resources” box in the left hand bar on the Education Library website to limit your results to physical materials in the Education Library.
Use specific search terms, such as
- “First nations”, “Indigenous”, “Aboriginal”, “Indians of North America”, and “Musqueam (or any nation)”
To find lesson plans, include “lesson plans”, “lesson planning”, or “activity programs” in your search terms.

Tags Indigenous Canadians, Indigenous Education, Indigenous Literature, Language Arts, Picture Books