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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.

2.2: A Community in the Past

Indigenous Perspectives: Picture Books

Northern Lights by Michael Arvaarluk Kusugak; Vladyana Krykora (Illustrator)
Call Number: Pic Kus

Publication Date: 1993-05-01

Outcomes: 2.2.1 (Keywords: Inuit: geography, heritage; Story, Identity, Aboriginal)

Indigenous Perspectives: Informational

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)

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)
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)
My Great-Great-Great-Great-Great-Grandfather-- Was a Warrior! by Riccardo Francaviglia (Illustrator); Margherita Sgarlata
Call Number: Pic Fra

Publication Date: 2004-02-01

Outcomes: 2.2.1 (Keywords: Stories of the past)
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 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)
The Prairie Fire by Marilynn Reynolds; Don Kilby (Illustrator)
Call Number: Pic Rey

Publication Date: 2001-01-01

Outcomes: 2.2.1 (Keywords: Prairie: Stories of the past)
Tommy's New Block Skates by Garth Vaughan; David Preston Smith (Illustrator)
Call Number: Pic Vau

Publication Date: 2004-01-01

Outcomes: 2.2.7 (Keywords: Community, Change)

Biography

Canadian Inventors by Maxine Trottier
Call Number: 609 Tro

Publication Date: 2004

Outcomes: 2.2.6 (Keyword: Contributions)

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