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Best Practices and ResourcesFor Teaching About Canada
Tina Storer, Education & Curriculum SpecialistCenter for Canadian-American Studies
Western Washington University
STUDY CANADA Summer Institute for K-12 EducatorsA Capital View of Canada: Nations within a Nation
Ottawa, ON – July 6, 2012
The Best Practice is to Teach Canada
1. It is important to teach Canada
Shared geography and borders Strong historical connections Shared cultural roots and multicultural population Stewardship of N. America (environment / energy / defense) Canada and the USA represent the world’s largest trade relationship Multi-layered political relationship and impacts Global competency and citizenship Best comparative lens regarding all core social studies topics
2. Canada sometimes falls in an curriculum “gap” that educators
aren’t aware of.
The Best Practice is to Teach Canada
Key Question: So why aren’t there more resources for teaching Canada?
Canada only appears intermittently in social studies standards and, sometimes, is not addressed at all in K-12 classrooms.*
Standards (esp. California and Texas) drive the textbook industry and, without standards that specifically mention Canada, Canada is often minimized and/or left out of textbooks even in key areas like economics.
NCSS continues to support increased inclusion of Canada in curricula.
* To learn more, see SUNY Plattsburgh Study: The Country Left Behind by Dr. Joseph-André Senécal, Professor Emeritus, University of Vermont, on homepage of www.k12studycanada.org.
Resources for Teaching Canada
Overview:
National Resource Centers
Government Publications
Teacher Loan-Kits and Media Libraries
Recommended Print Publications
Recommended Multimedia Materials (Videos, CD-ROMs, CDs)
Recommended Internet Websites
The US DOE Title VI Program
The launching of Sputnik I in 1957 led to the federal government’s most significantparticipation in modern foreign language and area studies research and training inhistory—The National Defense Education Act (NDEA) of 1958.
The federal Office of Education began administering the National ResourceCenters (NRC) Program under Title VI of the NDEA, and the U.S.D.O.E. continuesto administer it under the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended.
The centers supported under the NRC Program conduct a broad range of activities that include instruction, outreach, scholarly research, maintenance of libraryresources, and teacher training. Collectively, these activities represent aprogrammatic effort that focuses on particular regions of the world and the relevantissues connected to those regions; and, they constitute a national capacity inmodern foreign languages and area and international studies.
From: http://www2.ed.gov/programs/iegpsnrc/index.html
National Resource Centers on Canada
U.S. Department of Education Title VI Grants
support two National Resource Centers on Canada in the US:
1) Pacific Northwest NRC (U Washington and WWU)
2) Northeast NRC (U Maine and SUNY Plattsburgh)
Additional outreach and program grant support is awarded annually by the Embassy of Canada(Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada, Education Section).
Both NRCs on Canada offer:
Classroom Resources
Print Publications
Teachable Online Information
Online Curricula Multimedia Classroom Tools Instruction for Professional Development
National Resource Centers on Canada
...and partner with many organizations to serve K-12 educators:
Embassy & Consulates of Canada in the US Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies, UW Individual Teachers/Teacher-Librarians K-12 STUDY CANADA Teacher-Associates National Education Groups (eg: NCSS, NCHE, NCGE) State Councils of the above groups State and District-Level Social Studies Curriculum Directors/Coordinators Educational Collaboratives and Individual Schools Québec Government Offices in the US (and in Canada) State Government Offices (and Provincial Government Offices in Canada) US and State Departments of Education Canada-America Society (Seattle, WA) International Studies Schools Association
National Resource Centers on Canada
Pacific Northwest NRC on Canada
Western Washington University Center for Canadian-American Studies
University of WashingtonHenry M. Jackson School of International StudiesCanadian Studies Center
Website: www.k12studycanada.org
Contacts: [email protected] (Tina Storer) [email protected] (Nadine Fabbi)
Learning portal website at www.k12studycanada.org
Canada Northern Neighbor (2nd Edition)
O Canada! Newspapers in Education Supplement
e-Resource Notices (Sept.-June)
Loan-Kits (Beginning Fall 2011, this outreach may be unavailable)
Student Novel Collection (1) Resource Valise (2)
K-12 STUDY CANADA Resources
Eastern NRC on Canada
University of Maine Canadian Studies Center
State University of New York College at Plattsburgh Center for the Study of Canada and Institute on Québec Studies
Websites: www.umaine.edu/canam http://canada-acsus.plattsburgh.edu/cesca.htm
Contacts: [email protected] (Betsy Arntzen) [email protected] (Amy Sotherden)
Eastern NRC Resources
“Canada Valise” Loan-Kit
O Canada textbook
Teaching Canada Annual Magazine
Understanding Canada: A Primer for Americans
Champlain and the Meeting of Two Worlds
Maps for Teaching Canada, Champlain
Bilingual (English and French) publications and Internet sites
Primary Gateway: www.gc.ca
Government of Canada Resources
ACSUS (Association for Canadian Studies in the US) Website: www.acsus.org
Canadian Embassy & Consulates Websites: www.canadianembassy.org
www.canadainternational.gc.ca/can-am/offices-bureaux/index.aspx
ICCS (International Council for Canadian Studies) Website: www.iccs-ciec.ca
Canadian Educators and Education Resources (Dr JL Bencze - UT/OISE) Website: http://webspace.oise.utoronto.ca/~benczela/Educational_Resources.html
Other National Organizations
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 (1) (36 regional novels for young adults - Grades 4-9)
Loan-Kit at University of Maine:
The Canada Valise (Teacher-Developed Curriculum & Artifacts)
Loan-Kits and Media Libraries
Loan-Kits and Media Libraries
Notable Film Libraries and Resources:
University of WashingtonWebsite: http://pokey.css.washington.edu/css/emc/titles.php?topicid=33
SUNY-Plattsburgh Website: http://canadaacsus.plattsburgh.edu/video.htm
National Film Board of CanadaWebsite: www.nfb.ca/e
Canadian Broadcasting CorporationWebsite: http://cbc.ca
Recommended Print Publications
Recommended Print Publications
Recommended Print Publications
Recommended Print Publications (K-3)
Recommended Print Publications (K-6)
Recommended Print Publications (4-8)
Recommended Print Publications (4-8)
Recommended Print Publications (5-10)
Recommended Print Publications (K-8)
Recommended Print Publications (4-10)
Atlases & Classroom Maps of Canada
Fun Picture Books
Picture books that teach about people and history…
…about Canada’s Aboriginal Peoples
… about the Arctic
Students are never too young to read literature by Canadian authors…
Historical fiction engages students and teaches about interesting time periods…
Youth fiction creates a sense of place…
…for students of all reading levels.
Pacific Edge Publishing www.classroomresources.com
Chapters Bookstore www.chapters.ca
Kidsbooks Vancouver www.kidsbooks.ca
Powell’s Books (Victoria) www.powells.com
JK Publications www.cardseh.ca
Publishing & Purchasing Sources
Canada via the Internet: Top 10 Websites
1 Government of Canada http://canada.gc.caClick "About Canada", "About Government" or "Provinces/Territories“…so much to learn that you may never visit another site!
2 Statistics Canada www.statcan.gc.caExplore many lesson plans and data for K-12 and post-secondary students and educators.
3 PBS' Online Extra Teacher Resources www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/teachersType "Canada" and discover 4521 matches! 3084 just for Québec.
4 Great Unsolved Mysteries in Canadian History http://canadianmysteries.ca/en/index.phpStudents will be drawn into Canadian history and archival research through the enticement of solving real "cold crimes"! Sound pedagogy behind material and teacher resources.
5 U Alberta Canadian Studies WebCentre www.canadianstudies.caMiddle/H.S. students can easily navigate the many useful graphics and information bites.
Top 10 Websites (Cont’d.)
6 Canada Eh? http://www3.sympatico.ca/taniah/CanadaA personal page that offers downloadable Canada graphics useful for the classroom as well as a variety of information for students about Canada.
7 Historica Dominion Institute Professional Development Page www.histori.ca/prodev/default.do?page=.lp_index Middle/HS-level lesson plans covering different periods and events in Canadian history.
8 Parks Canada www.pc.gc.ca
9 Unofficial Canadiana www2.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs.cmu.edu/user/clamen/misc/Canadiana/Travelogue.html
10 The Canadian Social Studies Super Site www.ualberta.ca/~jkirmanCarefully screened connections to quality websites about Canada are offered that also give a glimpse into how Canadians teach about themselves.
Kids Canada www.infocan.gc.ca/kclinks_e.html
Indian & Northern Affairs www.inac.gc.ca/index_e.html
“How Canadians Govern Themselves” teaching material www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/process/library/forsey/how-e.htm
Canadian Info by Subject - National Library of Canada www.nlc-bnc.ca/caninfo/ecaninfo.htm
Canadian Heritage Information Network www.chin.gc.ca
Key “GC” Gateways to Learning
War of 1812 and Other Special / New Resources
• 2012 marks the 200th anniversary of the War of 1812. Many exciting new resources have been developed to commemorate the war. Visit our site to access them all easily:
http://www.k12studycanada.org/links_resource_links.html#History
• The NRCs on Canada, NCSS, and Canadian provincial SSTAs have also supported development of an interactive digital iBook suitable for Grade 7-12 classrooms called 1812: Who Won the War? It’s the first in a series to be produced by Epoch Multimedia Inc.
• The WWU Center for Canadian-American Studies, in partnership with faculty from Utoronto and UMoncton, has applied for an “Our Shared Past” grant to produce a suite of Grade 7-12 curricula and resources for teaching about The Acadian Experience in North America in classrooms on both sides of the border.
… Now it’s time to share the fun of exploring more materials at the Resource Fair, develop curricula based on your learning and to teach about Canada and Canada-US relations to your students!
This end is really your beginning…
A PowerPoint walk-through of…The K-12 STUDY CANADA Resource Valise
9 Units of Study
• Artifacts
• Teacher Resources• Internet Lists• Multimedia Resources
• 8 CD-ROMs• 8 Music CDs• 7 Videos/DVDs
Multimedia Resources
Canadian Geographic Explorer Canada: Confederation to Present Cross Country Canada Totem Poles Adventure Canada Land of the Inuit Nunavut Territory Canadian Treasures
8 CD-ROMS
Multimedia Resources
8 Music CDs
Sing a Song of Canada + Songbook (Kim Soleski-Ward)
Stompin’ Tom Sings Canada’s History (Stompin’ Tom Connors) Canada is for Kids – Vol. 1 & 2 (Michael Mitchell) Un Pays Qui Se Chante (Various Québec Artists) For the Times (Schooner Fare) This Child (Susan Aglukark) Gord’s Gold (Gordon Lightfoot) Sing a Song of Canada: A Musical Journey
Across Canada (Kim Soleski-Ward CD & Songbook)
Multimedia Resources
7 Videotapes/DVDs
The Canadian History Series (1939-2000) Postcards from Canada Paddle to the Sea The Group of Seven The Sweater CBC Life & Times: L.M. Montgomery Breaking the Ice: The Story of Mary Ann Shadd
Unit 1: O Canada!
Artifacts: Set of Provincial & Canada Flags Deck of “Cards Eh!” Fold-Out & Laminated 3-D Maps 12 Laminated Placemats Canada-at-Glance Binder Insert
Teaching Resources: Canada Northern Neighbor The Spirit of Canada Canada’s Maple Leaf: The Story
of Our Flag The Kids Book of Canada Sing a Song of Canada O Canada! NIE Supplement
Internet List: 20 websites
Unit 2: BC – Totems & Emily Carr
Artifacts: Totem Pole
Teaching Resources: Emily Carr: An Introduction to her Life and Art The Art Room Bentwood Box; Button Blanket;
Cedar Plank Mask; Spindle Whorl BC: Land and People
Internet List: 12 websites
Unit 3: Images of Ontario – From City to Shield
Artifacts: CN Tower Model & Brochure Art Pin (A.J. Casson’s “White Pine”)
Teaching Resources: Looking at Landscape Resource Package Images of Nature: Canadian Poets
and the Group of Seven Meet the Group of Seven
Internet List: 12 websites
Artifacts: Montreal Canadians “Away”
Hockey Jersey
Teaching Resources: Québec: Land and People The Sweater (book) The Rise and Fall: 1700-1775 New France
Internet List: 12 websites
Unit 4: Québec – les Habitants & “the Habs!”
Unit 5: The Maritimes & the Land of Anne
Artifacts: P.E.I. License Plate w/ Anne
Teaching Resources: Lucy Maud Montgomery: A Writer’s
Life Duncan’s Way
Internet List: 14 websites
Unit 6: Canada’s North & the Inuit
Artifacts: Inuksuk Kit
Teaching Resources: Artists in the Arctic Resource
Package The Kids Book of the Far North The Inuksuk Book Arctic Stories
Internet List: 12 websites
Unit 7: Canadian Dreams – The Railroad, RCMP & Yukon Gold
Artifacts: CN Model Railway Car or RCMP
Postcards/Poster
Teaching Resources: The Cremation of Sam McGee The Kids Book of Canada’s
Railway Boldly Canadian: RCMP The Mounties For Kids Activity
Book Life in the Old West Series: The Railroad and The Gold Rush
Internet List: 12 websites
Artifacts: Child’s Game
Teaching Resources: Contemporary Art By First
Nations Artists Resource Package
Canada History: Prehistoric Canada (Ancient Canada–Aboriginal People)
Paddle to the Sea From Time Immemorial Maple Moon
Internet List: 12 websites
Unit 8: Canada’s First Nations
Unit 9: Black Canadians & the Underground Railroad
Artifacts: 2 Posters
Teaching Resources: In Our Time: An Introductory
Learning Guide The Spirit of Africville The Story of Mary Ann Shadd The Kids Book of Black
Canadian History
Internet List: 11 websites
A PowerPoint walk-through of…The K-12 STUDY CANADA Student Novel Collection
Unit 1: O Canada!
• Tunnels of Time (M. Harelkin Bishop) Saskatchewan
• Rebellion (J. Scanlon) Manitoba
• Who Has Seen the Wind? (W.O. Mitchell) Saskatchewan
• Jake and the Kid (W.O. Mitchell) Saskatchewan
• Ticket to Curlew (C.B. Lottridge) Alberta
Unit 2: BC: Totems and Emily Carr
• Will’s Garden (L. Maracle) also suitable for use with Unit 8
• The West Coast Murders (R. MacGregor)• Raven’s Flight (D. Silvey) • Lambs of Hell’s Gate (M.L. Bright)• Cariboo Runaway (D. Davis)
Unit 3: Images of Ontario — From City to
Shield
• The Lost Sketch (Adventure.Net Series – A. and D. Spalding)
• A Bushel of Light (T. Harrison)
• The Ghost of the Stanley Cup (R. MacGregor)
• Horror on River Road (R. MacGregor)
Unit 4: Québec: les Habitants & “the Habs!”
• Terra Incognita (A. Metikosh)
• The Hollow Tree (J. Lunn)
• The Quebec City Crisis (R. MacGregor)
• The King’s Daughter (S. Martel)
Unit 5: The Maritimes & the Land of Anne
• The Girl on Evangeline Beach (A. Carter)
• Anne of Green Gables (L.M. Montgomery)
• Anne of Avonlea (L.M. Montgomery)
• Anne of the Island (L.M. Montgomery)
• Lucy Maud and Me (M.F. Coady)
Unit 6: Canada’s North and the Inuit
• Napachee (R. Feagan)• The Screech Owls’ Northern Adventure (R. MacGregor)• Lost in the Barrens (F. Mowat)• Call of the Wild (J. London) Not a Canadian author
Unit 7: Canadian Dreams: The Railroad, RCMP & Yukon Gold
• Jason’s Gold (W. Hobbs) Not a Canadian author
• Ambush in the Foothills (B. Freeman)• Gold Fever Trail (Monica Hughes)• Steel Across the Shield (P. Berton)
Unit 8: Canada’s First Nations
• Maybe Tomorrow (J. Weir)• My Name is Sepeetza (S. Sterling)• Will’s Garden (L. Maracle)
Unit 9: Black Canadians and the Underground Railroad
• Underground to Canada (B. Smucker)• If I Just Had Two Wings (V.F. Schwartz)• The Last Safe House (B. Greenwood)