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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.

2.1: Canada's Dynamic Communities

Indigenous Perspectives: Picture Books

Arctic Stories by Michael Arvaarluk Kusugak; Vladyana Langer Krykorka (Illustrator)
Call Number: Pic Kus

Publication Date: 1998-09-01

Outcomes: 2.1.1, 2.1.2 (Keywords: Inuit: geography, culture, daily life; Story, Community, Identity)
Baseball Bats for Christmas by Michael Kusugak; Vladyana Langer Krykorka (Illustrator); Michael Arvaarluk Kusugak; Vladyana Krykorka (Illustrator)
Call Number: Pic Kus

Publication Date: 1990-05-01

Outcomes: 2.1.1, 2.1.2, 2.1.3 (Keywords: Inuit: geography, culture, daily life, heritage; Story)
Eagle Feather - An Honour by Ferguson Plain (Illustrator)
Call Number: Pic Pla

Publication Date: 2015-08-24

Outcomes: 2.1.3 (Keywords: Celebrations, Traditions, Aboriginal)
Hide and Sneak by Michael Arvaarluk Kusugak; Vladyana Krykora (Illustrator)
Call Number: Pic Kus

Publication Date: 1992-03-01

Outcomes: 2.1.3 (Keywords: Inuit: culture; Story: stories of the past; Symbols and Landmarks)
Morning on the Lake by Karen Reczuch (Illustrator); Jan Bourdeau Waboose
Call Number: Pic Wab

Publication Date: 1999-02-01

Outcomes: 2.1.1 (Keywords: Physical Geography, Identity)
My Kokum Called Today by Iris Loewen; Gloria Miller (Illustrator)
Call Number: Pic Loe

Publication Date: 2015-08-24

Outcomes: 2.1.3 (Keywords: Traditions, Aboriginal)
Orphans in the Sky by Jeanne Bushey; Vladyana Krykorka (Illustrator)
Call Number: Pic Bus

Publication Date: 2004-10-07

Outcomes: 2.1.1 (Keywords: Story, Physical Geography)
The Polar Bear's Gift by Jeanne Bushey; Vladyana Langer Krykorka (Illustrator)
Call Number: Pic Bus

Publication Date: 2002-12-17

Outcomes: 2.1.1 (Keywords: Inuit: geography, Story)
A Promise Is a Promise by Robert Munsch; Michael Arvaarluk Kusugak; Vladyana Krykorka (Illustrator)
Call Number: Pic Mun

Publication Date: 1988-05-01

Outcomes: 2.1.1 (Keywords: Inuit: geography; Story)
SkySisters by Brian Deines (Illustrator); Jan Bourdeau Waboose
Call Number: Pic Wab

Publication Date: 2002-09-01

Outcomes: 2.1.1 (Keywords: Inuit: geography; Story (oral history to learn about the land)
The Song Within My Heart by David Bouchard; Allen Sapp (Illustrator)
Call Number: Pic Bou

Publication Date: 2003-03-07

Outcomes: 2.1.3 (Keywords: Prairie: culture, heritage, Celebrations, Aboriginal)
Wild Bog Tea by Annette LeBox; Harvey Chan (Illustrator); Groundwood Books Staff
Call Number: Pic Leb

Publication Date: 2001-07-10

Outcomes: 2.1.1, 2.2.1 (Keywords: Environment: demonstrate care; Story: stories of the past)

Indigenous Perspectives: Informational

The Fish Skin by Jamie Oliviero; Brent Morrisseau (Illustrator)
Call Number: 398.2089 Oli

Publication Date: 1993-03-01

Outcomes: 2.1.1 (Keywords: Story, Physical Geography)
The Inuit by Allison Lassieur
Call Number: 971.9 Las

Publication Date: 2000-01-01

Outcomes: 2.1 (Keywords: Inuit: geography, culture, language, heritage, economics, resources, daily life)
The Inuksuk Book by Mary Wallace (Illustrator)
Call Number: 305.8971

Publication Date: 1999-03-01

Outcomes: 2.1.1, 2.1.3 (Keywords: Inuit: Story; Symbols and Landmarks)
The Kids Book of the Far North by Ann Love; Jocelyne Bouchard (Illustrator); Jane Drake
Call Number: 909.0911 Lov

Publication Date: 2000-08-01

Outcomes: 2.1, 2.1.1, 2.1.2, 2.1.3, 2.1.4, 2.2.3, 2.2.4, 2.2.7 (Keywords: Inuit: geography, heritage; Occupations, Resources, Community, Community Change, Collaboration)
Little Water and the Gift of the Animals by C. J. Taylor (Illustrator)
Call Number: 398.2089 Tay

Publication Date: 1992-09-01

Outcomes: 2.1.1 (Keywords: Story, Physical Geography)
My Arctic 1, 2, 3 by Michael Arvaarluk Kusugak; Vladyana Krykora (Illustrator)
Call Number: 513.211 Kus

Publication Date: 1996-05-01

Outcomes: 2.1.2, 2.1.4 (Keywords: Inuit: geography; Natural Resources)
The Polar Bear Son by Lydia Dabcovich (Illustrator)
Call Number: 398.2089 Dab

Publication Date: 1997-04-14

Outcomes: 2.1.1 (Keywords: Inuit: geography, Story)

Indigenous Perspectives: Novels

Angelique : Buffalo Hunt by Cora Taylor
Call Number: Juv Tay

Publication Date: 2005

(Skills and Processes: Historical Thinking (Métis, Prairie, Buffalo themes, Fiction)
Angelique : The Long Way Home by Cora Taylor
Call Number: Juv Tay

Publication Date: 2005

(Skills and Processes: Historical Thinking (Métis, Prairie, Buffalo themes, Fiction)
Tiktala by Margaret Shaw-MacKinnon; Laszlo Gal (Illustrator)
Call Number: Pic Sha

Publication Date: 1996-01-01

Outcomes: 2.1.1, 2.1.3, 2.1.4 (Keywords: Inuit: geography, culture; Story, Rural, Occupation)

Picture Books

Belle's Journey by Marilynn Reynolds
Call Number: Pic Rey

Publication Date: 1993

Outcomes: 2.1.1, 2.1.2, 2.2.7 (Keywords: Prairie: geography, heritage, Community: change)
Bibi and the Bull by Carol Vaage; Georgia Graham
Call Number: Pic Vaa

Publication Date: 1995

Outcomes: 2.1.1, 2.1.2 (Keywords: Prairie: daily life; Identity)
The Flying Canoe by Roch Carrier; Sheldon Oberman (Illustrator); Sheila Fischman (Translator); Sheldon Cohen (Illustrator)
Call Number: Pic Car

Publication Date: 2004-11-23

Outcomes: 2.1.3 (Keywords: Francophone, story, traditions)
A Prairie Boy's Summer by William Kurelek
Call Number: Pic Kur

Publication Date: 1975-06-01

Outcomes: 2.1.2, 2.2.1 (Keywords: Community; Rural; Prairie: geography, culture, resources)
A Song for Acadia by Mary Alice Downie; George Rawlyk; Ron Berg (Illustrator)
Call Number: Pic Dow

Publication Date: 2004-01-01

(Skills and Processes: Historical Thinking (Acadian), Fiction)
The Sugaring-off Party by Jonathan London
Call Number: Pic Lon

Publication Date: 1995

Outcomes: 2.1.3 (Keywords: Celebrations, Culture, Francophone, Identity, Rural, Traditions)
The Magic Rug of Grand-Pre by Rejean Aucoin
Call Number: Juv Auc

Publication Date: 1990

Outcomes: 2.1.2, 2.1.3, 2.2.1, 2.2.4 (Keywords: Acadian: Heritage, Community)
Country Kid, City Kid by Julie Cummins; Ted Rand (Illustrator)
Call Number: Pic Cum

Publication Date: 2002-11-01

Outcomes: 2.1.2 (Keywords: Urban, Rural)
A Prairie Boy's Winter by William Kurelek
Call Number: Pic Kur

Publication Date: 1973-09-01

Outcomes: 2.1.2, 2.2.1 (Keywords: Community; Rural; Prairie: geography, culture, resources)
Wow! City! by Robert Neubecker (Illustrator)
Call Number: Pic Neu

Publication Date: 2004-08-30

Outcomes: 2.1.2 (Keywords: Community, Urban)

Informational

Acadian Legends, Folktales and Songs from Prince Edward Island by Georges Arsenault; Sally Ross (Translator)
Call Number: 398.20971

Publication Date: 2002-01-01

Outcomes: Teacher Resource: historical background information on Acadia- Grade 2
Canada at Work - Mining by Ann Love; Jane Drake; Pat Cupples (Illustrator)
Call Number: 622 Min

Publication Date: 2001-02-01

Outcomes: 2.1.4 (Keywords: Occupations, Industry)
Forestry by Jane Drake; Ann Love; Pat Cupples (Illustrator)
Call Number: 634.9 Dra

Publication Date: 2000-01-15

Outcomes: 2.1.4 (Keywords: Occupations, Industry)
Going Lobstering by Jerry Pallotta; Rob Bolster (Illustrator)
Call Number: 639.541 Pal

Publication Date: 1990-02-01

Outcomes: 2.1.4 (Keywords: Acadian: resources; Occupations)
Grand-Pré : Heart of Acadie by A. J. B. Johnston; W. P. Kerr
Call Number: 971.601 Joh

Publication Date: 2004-04-01

Outcomes: Teacher Resource: historical background information on Acadia- Grade 2.
Happy Centennial Saskatchewan by Bouchard, David
Call Number: 821.6 Bou

Publication Date: 2004

Outcomes: 2.1.1 (Keywords: Prairie Community: stories, heritage)
Heartland by Jo Bannatyne-Cugnet; Yvette Moore (Illustrator)
Call Number: 971.2 Ban

Publication Date: 2002-09-06

Outcomes: 2.1.2 (Keywords: Prairie: geography, culture, heritage, economics and resources)
A Prairie Alphabet by Jo Bannatyne-Cugnet; Yvette Moore (Illustrator)
Call Number: 421.1 Ban

Publication Date: 1994-03-04

Outcomes: 2.1, 2.1.1 (Keywords: Prairie: geography, daily life, Symbols and Landmarks)
Recycle! by Gail Gibbons
Call Number: 628.4 Gib

Publication Date: 1996-04-01

Outcomes: 2.1.1 (Keywords: Environment: demonstrate care)
A Walk in the Prairie by Rebecca L. Johnson; Gary Braasch (Photographer); Phyllis V. Saroff (Illustrator)
Call Number: 577.44 Joh

Publication Date: 2000-08-01

Outcomes: 2.1.1, 2.1.2 (Keywords: Prairie: geography)
Why Should I Protect Nature? by Jen Green; Mike Gordon (Illustrator)
Call Number: 333.72 Gre

Publication Date: 2005-02-01

Outcomes: 2.1.1 (Keywords: Environment: demonstrate care)
Why Should I Save Energy? by Jen Green; Mike Gordon (Illustrator)
Call Number: 333.7916 Gre

Publication Date: 2005-02-01

Outcomes: 2.1.1 (Keywords: Environment: demonstrate care)

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