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Social Studies Literature K-12

The inspiration for this guide is the excellent work completed by Calgary Board of Education and their partners on the Social Studies Literature Connections (K-12) project (2008). We have drawn from their work and will continue to add relevant titles.

General Outcome 1: Students will explore the impacts of globalization on their lives.

Brother Eagle, Sister Sky by Susan Jeffers (Illustrator)
Call Number: 811.3 Sea

Publication Date: 2002-07-22
Composition by Antonio Skármeta; Alfonso Ruano (Illustrator); Elisa Amado (Translator)
Call Number: Pic Ska

Publication Date: 2000-03-17
Daruma Days by Terry Watada
Call Number: F Wat

Publication Date: 1997-03-01
Dinosaur Provincial Park by Galadriel Watson
Call Number: 971.23 Wat

Publication Date: 2008
Gleam and Glow by Eve Bunting; Peter Sylvada (Illustrator); Alfredo Schifini; Deborah J. Short; Josefina Villamil Tinajero
Call Number: Pic Bun

Publication Date: 2003-07-16
The Island by Armin Greder (Illustrator)
Call Number: Pic Gre

Publication Date: 2008-04-01
The Lost Island by E. Pauline Johnson; Atanas Matsoureff (Illustrator)
Call Number: Pic Joh

Publication Date: 2004-12-09
The Lotus Seed by Sherry Garland; Tatsuro Kiuchi (Illustrator)
Call Number: Pic Gar

Publication Date: 1993-04-30
Making global connections by Susan Watson
Call Number: 303.48 Wat

ISBN: 9781895058994

Publication Date: 2008
Old Turtle and the Broken Truth by Douglas Wood; Jon J. Muth (Illustrator)
Call Number: Pic Woo

Publication Date: 2003-10-01
Planting the Trees of Kenya by Claire A. Nivola (Illustrator)
Call Number: 333.72092 Niv

Publication Date: 2008-04-01
Shi-Shi-Etko by Nicola Campbell; Kim LaFave (Illustrator)
Call Number: Pic Cam

Publication Date: 2005-08-09
Why War Is Never a Good Idea by Alice Walker; Stefano Vitale (Illustrator)
Call Number: 811.54 Wal

Publication Date: 2007-09-18

The Arrival by Shaun Tan (Illustrator)
Call Number: PIc Tan

Publication Date: 2007-10-01
Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
Call Number: PN 6747 S245 P4713 2003

Publication Date: 2004-06-01
The Wall by Peter Sís (Illustrator)
Call Number: 943.704 Sis

Publication Date: 2007-08-21

Acadians by Heather C Hudak
Call Number: 971.601 Aca

Publication Date: 2007
Amnesty International by Ann Parry
Call Number: 323.06 Par

Publication Date: 2005-06-01
Canada in the global age by Rennay Craats
Call Number: 971.06 Cra

Publication Date: 2004
Canada Votes by Linda Granfield; Craig Terlson (Illustrator)
Call Number: 324.971 Gra

Publication Date: 2001-06-30
Coming to Canada by Susan Hughes
Call Number: 971.004 Hug

Publication Date: 2005-09-01
Educating Citizens for Global Awareness by Nel Noddings
Call Number: LC 1090 E225 2005

Publication Date: 2005
The Elephant and the Dragon: The Rise of India and China and What It Means for All of Us by Robyn Meredith
Publication Date: 2007
If the World Were a Village by David J. Smith; Shelagh Armstrong (Illustrator)
Call Number: 304.6 Smi

Publication Date: 2002-03-01
The Impact of Big Business by Melanie Jarman
Call Number: 338.644 Jar Gr.10

Publication Date: 2006-09-01
The Little Book of Cool Tools for Hot Topics by Evelyn Wright; Ron Kraybill
Call Number: 303.69 Kra

Publication Date: 2007-01-01
The no-nonsense guide to global media by Peter Steven
Call Number: 302.23 Ste Gr.10

Publication Date: 2004
The no-nonsense guide to international development by Maggie Black
Call Number: HD 82 B53 2002

Publication Date: 2002
Only in Canada, You Say by Katherine Barber
Call Number: 427.971 Bar

Publication Date: 2008-10-17
Redefining Canada by Sheila Nelson
Call Number: 971.06 Nel

Publication Date: 2007-09-01
Talking about Difference by Carl E. James (Editor); Adrienne Shadd (Editor)
Call Number: FC 105 M8 T35 1994

Publication Date: 1994-11-01
Terrorism by Stanley Weitzman
Call Number: 303.625 Wei

Publication Date: 2010-01-01
Three Wishes by Deborah Ellis
Call Number: 956.04 Ell

Publication Date: 2004-05-20

Monkey Beach by Eden Robinson
Call Number: PS 8585 O3244 M66 2000

Publication Date: 2001-01-09
This Land Is My Land by George Littlechild (Illustrator)
Call Number: 970.4 Lit

Publication Date: 1997-06-11

Chanda's Secrets by Allan Stratton
Call Number: YA Str

Publication Date: 2004-02-01
Dead Man's Gold and Other Stories by Paul Yee; Harvey Chan (Illustrator)
Call Number: YA Yee

Publication Date: 2002-07-19
The garbage king by Elizabeth Laird, Yosef Kebede
Call Number: Juv Lai

Publication Date: 2004
Good for Nothing by Michel Noël; Shelley Tanaka (Translator)
Call Number: YA Noe

Publication Date: 2004-07-22
I Am a Taxi by Deborah Ellis
Call Number: YA Ell

Publication Date: 2006-08-31
Initiation by Virginia Frances Schwartz; Paul Morin (Cover Design by)
Call Number: Juv Sch

Publication Date: 2003-08-13
Iqbal by Francesco D'Adamo; Ann Leonori (Translator)
Call Number: Juv DAd

Publication Date: 2003-11-01
Keeper'n Me by Richard Wagamese
Call Number: PS 8595 A35 K4 1994

Publication Date: 1994-02-01
The lizard cage by Karen Connelly
Call Number: F Con

Publication Date: 2007
My Name Is Seepeetza by Shirley Sterling
Call Number: Juv Ste

Publication Date: 1998-06-11
Ryan and Jimmy by Herb Shoveller
Call Number: 361.74 Sho

Publication Date: 2006-09-01
Sold by Patricia McCormick
Call Number: YA McC

Publication Date: 2006-09-15
Tangled Threads by Pegi Deitz Shea
Call Number: YA She

Publication Date: 2003-09-22
Tasting the Sky by Ibtisam Barakat
Call Number: 956.046 Bar

Publication Date: 2007-02-20

The Elders Are Watching by David Bouchard
Call Number: 759.11 Bou

Publication Date: 2002-06-04

Capitalism by James Fulcher
Call Number: HB501 .F769 2004eb

Publication Date: 2004-07-29

Afghan Chronicles by National Film Board of Canada
Publication Date: 2007
Broken promises by Brian LeBold, Marleen Trotter
Call Number: 325.71 Bro

Publication Date: 2005

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