LibGuides: Social Studies Literature K-12: 4.3

4.3: Alberta: Celebrations and Challenges

Indigenous Perspectives: Picture Books

The Bone Talker by Shelley A. Leedahl; Bill Slavin (Illustrator)
Call Number: Pic Lee

Publication Date: 2000-06-01

Outcomes: 4.2; 4.3 (Keywords: Stories; Change; Communities; Belonging; Heritage; Oral Traditions)
The Song Within My Heart by David Bouchard; Allen Sapp (Illustrator)
Call Number: Pic Bou

Publication Date: 2003-03-07

Outcomes: 4.2.1; 4.2.2; 4.3.3 (Keywords: Aboriginal; First Nations; Culture; Identity; Stories)

Indigenous Perspectives: Novels

The Ghost Dance Caper by Monica Hughes
Call Number: YA Hug

Publication Date: 1993-10-01

Outcomes: 4.2.1; 4.3.1; 4.3.3 (Keywords: Aboriginal Peoples; First Nations; Belonging; Diversity; Multiple Perspectives)
A Very Small Rebellion by Jan Truss; Jack Chambers
Call Number: Hist. F Tru

Publication Date: 1977

Outcomes: 4.2; 4.3 (Keywords: Aboriginal Peoples; First Nations; Métis Nation; Métis Settlement; Change; Diversity; Historical Significance; Identity; Events)

Indigenous Perspectives: Informational

As Long As the Rivers Flow by Larry Loyie; Constance Brissenden; Heather D. Holmlund (Illustrator)
Call Number: 970.4123 Loy

Publication Date: 2003-02-18

Outcomes: 4.2.2; 4.3.1; 4.3.3 (Keywords: Aboriginal; First Nations; Sense of Belonging; Change; Diversity; Identity; Stories)
Brother Eagle, Sister Sky by Susan Jeffers
Call Number: 811.3 Sea

Publication Date: 2002-07-22

Outcomes: 4.2; 4.3 (Keywords: Aboriginal Peoples; First Nations; Environment; Change; Heritage; Landscapes; Multiple Perspectives)

Picture Books

Chinook Christmas by Rudy Wiebe; David More (Illustrator)
Call Number: YA Wie

Publication Date: 2002-09-10

Outcomes: 4.1; 4.2; 4.3 (Keywords: Alberta; Climate; Change; Activities—Seasonal; Diversity; Identity; Events)
The Dust Bowl by David Booth; Karen Reczuch (Illustrator)
Call Number: Pic Boo

Publication Date: 1996-06-30

Outcomes: 4.1.1; 4.1.4; 4.2.1; 4.2.2; 4.3.1; 4.3.2; 4.3.3 (Keywords: Change; History; Identity; Rural; Sense of Belonging; Stories)
Josepha by Jim McGugan; Murray Kimber (Illustrator)
Call Number: Pic McG

Publication Date: 2003-01-14

Outcomes: 4.1.1; 4.1.4; 4.2; 4.3.3 (Keywords: Immigrants; Stories; Rural; History; Land Use; Quality of Life)
Prairie Willow by Maxine Trottier; Laura Fernandez (Illustrator); Rick Jacobson (Illustrator)
Call Number: Pic Tro

Publication Date: 1998-09-01

Outcomes: 4.1.1; 4.2; 4.3.1 (Keywords: Stories; Land Use; Landscapes; History; Agriculture; Change)
A Prairie Year by Jo Bannatyne-Cugnet; Yvette Moore (Illustrator)
Call Number: Pic Ban

Publication Date: 1994-10-12

Outcomes: 4.1.2; 4.1.4; 4.2.1; 4.3.1 (Keywords: Communities; Sustainability; Land Use; Diversity; Stories; Identity; Regions)
Silver threads by Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch; Michael Martchenko
Call Number: Pic Skr

Publication Date: 1996

Outcomes: 4.1; 4.3.1; 4.3.3 (Keywords: Immigration; Immigrants; Belonging; European; Quality of Life; Stories; Rural)

Novels

The Adventures of Caraway Kim... Southpaw by Don Truckey; R P Macintyre (Editor)
Call Number: Juv Tru

Publication Date: 2006-10-23

Outcomes: 4.2.1; 4.3.3 (Keywords: Rural; Stories; Sense of Belonging; Quality of Life; Identity—Individual; Communities)
Alberta Alibi by Dayle Campbell Gaetz
Call Number: Juv Gae

Publication Date: 2005-09-01

Outcomes: 4.1.1; 4.1.4; 4.3.4 (Keywords: Alberta; Environment; Stories; Regions; Change; Land Use)
Davey's Choice by Jean Burgess
Call Number: Juv Bur

Publication Date: 2000

Outcomes: 4.1; 4.2, 4.3 (Keywords: Alberta; Communities; Diversity; Aboriginal Peoples; Regions; Land Use; Quality of Life; Multiple Perspectives)
The Mystery of the Frozen Brains by Marty Chan; R. P. MacIntyre (Editor)
Call Number: Juv Cha

Publication Date: 2004-04-21

Outcomes: 4.2.1; 4.2.2; 4.3.1 (Keywords: Immigrants; Alberta; Stories; Francophone; Belonging; Communities; Diversity; Identity--Individual)
Noreen and the Amazing No-Good Horse by Marion Brooker
Call Number: Juv Bro

Publication Date: 2003

Outcomes: 4.2.1; 4.3.4 (Keywords: Stories; Rural; Recreation; Communities)
Shadows of Disaster by Cathy Beveridge
Call Number: Juv Bev

Publication Date: 2005-03-01

Outcomes: 4.1.2; 4.1.4; 4.3.3 (Keywords: Stories; Landforms; Geographic Place Names; Historic Sites; Events)
Summer of the Mad Monk by Cora Taylor
Call Number: YA Tay

Publication Date: 1994

Outcomes: 4.2; 4.3 (Keywords: Alberta; Stories; History; Immigration; Identity; Landscapes)
Tangled in Time by Lynne Fairbridge
Call Number: Juv Fai

Publication Date: 1999-01-01

Outcomes: 4.2; 4.3 (Keywords: Immigrants; Land Use; Stories; Diversity; Physical Geography; Narrative)

Informational

Alberta by Gordon D. Laws; Lauren M. Laws
Call Number: 971.23 Law

Publication Date: 2004-09-10

Outcomes: 4.1.1; 4.1.2; 4.3.2; 4.3.3 (Keywords: Geography; Climate; Geology; Culture; Economy)
Boondoggles, Bonanzas, and Other Alberta Stories by Brian Brennan
Call Number: FC 3661.8 B73 2003

Publication Date: 2004-04-01

Outcomes: 4.1.4; 4.2; 4.3 (Keywords: Alberta; History; Identity; Culture; Stories; Historic Sights; Heritage)
Canadian Dinosaurs by Elin Kelsey
Call Number: 567.91 Kel

Publication Date: 2003-09-06

Outcomes: 4.1.1; 4.1.3; 4.1.4; 4.3.4 (Keywords: Alberta; Archaeologists; Archaeology; Fossil Heritage; Paleontologists; Paleontology)
The General Store by Bobbie Kalman
Call Number: 973 Kal

Publication Date: 1996-10-31

Outcomes: 4.1.1; 4.2.2; 4.3.3 (Keywords: Communities; History; Economy; Change; Growth)
Heartland by Jo Bannatyne-Cugnet; Yvette Moore (Illustrator)
Call Number: 971.2 Ban

Publication Date: 2005-01-25

Outcomes: 4.1.2; 4.1.4; 4.2.1; 4.3.1 (Keywords: Communities; Sustainability; Land Use; Diversity; Stories; Identity; Regions)
If You're Not from the Prairie by David Bouchard; Henry Ripplinger (Illustrator)
Call Number: 811.54 Bou

Publication Date: 1998-06-01

Outcomes: 4.1.2; 4.1.4; 4.2.1; 4.3.1 (Keywords: Identity; Regions; Rural; Stories)
The Immigrant Experience by Rose Fine-Meyer
Call Number: 325.71 Fin

Publication Date: 2003

Outcomes: 4.1; 4.3.1; 4.3.3 (Keywords: Immigration; Immigrants; Belonging; European; Quality of Life; Stories; Rural; Events)
A is for Alberta by Kenneth W. Tingley; R.F.M. McInnis
Call Number: 971.23 Tin

Publication Date: 2005

Outcomes: 4.1; 4.2; 4.3 (Keywords: Alberta; Identity; History; Land; Climate; Resources; Change)
Kidmonton by Linda Goyette
Call Number: 971.2334 Goy

Publication Date: 2004

Outcomes: 4.2; 4.3 (Keywords: Stories; Alberta; History; Identity; Change; Communities; Literature)
A Prairie Alphabet by Jo Bannatyne-Cugnet; Yvette Moore (Illustrator)
Call Number: 421.1 Ban

Publication Date: 1992-09-01

Outcomes: 4.1.2; 4.1.4; 4.2.1; 4.3.1 (Keywords: Communities; Land Use; Diversity; Stories; Identity; Regions)
Rescue at Fort Edmonton by Rita Feutl
Call Number: 813.6 Feu Gr.4 v.1

Publication Date: 2004-09-01

Outcomes: 4.2.1; 4.3.1 (Keywords: Stories; History; Alberta; Multiple Perspectives; Identity
Settling In by Faye Reineberg Holt
Call Number: NA 7242 P73 R45 1999

Publication Date: 1999-01-01

Outcomes: 4.1.1; 4.3 (Keywords: Alberta; Change; Climate; Communities; Culture; History; Identity)
Still Standing II: The Grain Elevators of Central & Northern Alberta by Sophi Hicken
Call Number: 633.1 Hic

Publication Date: 2003

Outcomes: 4.1.4; 4.2.2, 4.3.2; 4.3.4 (Keywords: Alberta; Heritage; Agriculture; Artifact; Change; Rural)
The Story Behind Alberta Names by Harry M. Sanders
Call Number: FC 3656 S26 2003

Publication Date: 2003-08-08

Outcomes: 4.2; 4.3.3; 4.3.4 (Keywords: Alberta; Heritage; Communities; Geographic Place Names; Historic Sights; Recreational Sites; Stories)
What's So Funny about Alberta? by Michael Kerr
Call Number: 971.23 Ker

Publication Date: 2010-05-12

Outcome: 4.3 (Keywords: Alberta; Recreation; Tourism; Social; Regions; Recreational Sites; Culture)

Biography

Adventurous Albertans by Nancy Mackenzie
Call Number: Hist. 971.23 Mac Gr.4

Publication Date: 1993

Outcomes: 4.2; 4.3 (Keywords: Alberta; History; Identity; Heritage; Diversity; Change; Growth)
Alberta's Francophones by Nathalie J. Kermoal
Call Number: FC 3700.5 K4713 2005

Publication Date: 2005

Outcomes: 4.2.1; 4.2.2; 4.3.3 (Keywords: Francophone; Culture; History; Identity; Languages)
The Albertans: From Settlement to Super Province, 1905-2005 by Paul Stanway
Call Number: 971.23 Sta

Publication Date: 2005

Outcomes: 4.2; 4.3 (Keywords: Alberta; Environment; Economics; Growth; Historical Significance; Change; Institutions; Events)

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