LibGuides: Social Studies Literature K-12: 5.3

5.3: Canada: Shaping an Identity

Indigenous Perspectives: Picture Books

The Lost Island by E. Pauline Johnson; Atanas Matsoureff (Illustrator); E. Pauline Johnson-Tekahionwake
Call Number: Pic Joh

Publication Date: 2004-12-09

Outcomes: 5.2.1 ; 5.2.2 ; 5.3.1 (Keywords: Aboriginal Peoples, First Nations, Environment; Change over time; Western Canada; Stories; Preservation; Narratives; Identity; Growth; Urbanization)

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: 5.2.1 ; 5.2.2 ; 5.3.1 (Keywords: Aboriginal Peoples; First Nations; Narratives; Identity; Historical significance;Ways of life)
This Land Is My Land by George Littlechild (Illustrator)
Call Number: 970.4 Lit

Publication Date: 1997-06-11

Outcomes: 5.2.1 ; 5.3.1 ; 5.2.2 ; 5.2.7 (Keywords: Aboriginal Peoples; First Nations; Change over time; Elder; Culture; Identity)

Indigenous Perspectives: Novels

Miracle at Willowcreek by Annette LeBox
Call Number: Juv LeB

Publication Date: 1998-09-01

Outcomes: 5.1.1 ; 5.1.2 ; 5.1.3 ; 5.2.1 ; 5.3.1 (Keywords: Aboriginal peoples; First Nations; Change over time; Conservation; Environment; Growth; Oral traditions; Quality of life; Western Canada)
My Name Is Seepeetza by Shirley Sterling
Call Number: Juv Ste

Publication Date: 1998-06-11

Outcomes: 5.2.1 ; 5.2.2 ; 5.31 (Keywords: Aboriginal Peoples, First Nations, Identity, Narratives; Ways of life; Historical significance)

Picture Books

Duncan's Way by Ian Wallace; I. Wallace
Call Number: Pic Wal

Publication Date: 2000-04-01

Outcomes: 5.1.1 ; 5.1.2 ; 5.1.3 ; 5.3.1 (Keywords: Change; Communities; Economics; Identity; Quality of Life; Natural resources)
The Dust Bowl by David Booth; Karen Reczuch (Illustrator)
Call Number: Pic Boo

Publication Date: 1996-06-30

Outcomes: 5.3.4 (Keywords: Depression; Ways of life; Geography)
The Killick : A Newfoundland Story by Geoff Butler (Illustrator)
Call Number: Pic But

Publication Date: 1995-09-13

Outcomes: 5.1.1 ; 5.1.2 ; 5.1.3 ; 5.2.1 ; 5.3.1 ; 5.3.4 (Keywords: Change over time; Eastern Canada; Identity; Oral traditions; Climate; Ways of Life; Natural resources)
The Man Who Walked the Earth by Ian Wallace
Call Number: Pic Wal

Publication Date: 2003-08-19

Outcomes: 5.2.1 ; 5.2.9 ; 5.3.4 (Keywords: Natural environment; Rural; Depression; Identity; Historical significance)
Shi-Shi-Etko by Nicola Campbell; Kim LaFave (Illustrator)
Call Number: Pic Cam

Publication Date: 2005-08-09

Outcomes: 5.2.1 ; 5.2.2 ; 5.3.2 (Keywords: Aboriginal Peoples; First Nations; Identity; Ways of life; Historical significance)

Informational

The Big Book of Canada by Christopher Moore; Bill Slavin (Illustrator); Janet Lunn (Introduction by)
Call Number: 971 Moo

Publication Date: 2002-08-15

Outcomes: 5.1.1 ; 5.1.2 ; 5.1.3 ; 5.2.1 ; 5.2.2 ; 5.3.1 (Keywords: Aboriginal peoples; Inuit; Fur trade; Geography; Identity; Natural Resources)
A Bloom of Friendship by Anne Renaud; Ashley Spires (Illustrator)
Call Number: 394.26971 Ren

Publication Date: 2005-11-20

Outcomes: 5.2.1 ; 5.3.5 (Keywords: Canada; Identity; Historical events)
Canada's Maple Leaf by Ann-Maureen Owens; Bill Slavin (Illustrator); Esperanca Melo; Jane Yealland
Call Number: 929.92 Owe

Publication Date: 1999-01-01

Outcomes: 5.3.5 (Keywords: Identity; Canada; Heritage)
Canada's Road to Independence by Don Wells
Call Number: 971 Can

Publication Date: 2005

Outcomes: 5.3.1 ; 5.3.2 ; 5.3.4 ; 5.3.5 (Keywords: Confederation; Identity; World War I; World War II)
Canadian Citizenship by Don Wells
Call Number: 323.0971 Can Gr.6

Publication Date: 2005

Outcomes: 5.3.1 ; 5.3.5 (Keywords: Heritage; Culture; Citizenship)
The Canadian Identity by Don Wells
Call Number: 971 Can

Publication Date: 2005

Outcomes: 5.3.1 ; 5.3.5 (Keywords: Identity; Immigrants; Official languages; Heritage; Culture)
Canadian Unity by Don Wells
Call Number: 971 Can

Publication Date: 2005

Outcomes: 5.1.1 ; 5.3.2 (Keywords: Geography; Diversity; Economics)
Only in Canada! by Vivien Bowers; Dianne Eastman (Illustrator)
Call Number: 971 Bow

Publication Date: 2002-09-07

Outcomes: 5.1.1 ; 5.1.2 ; 5.1.3 ; 5.2.1 ; 5.2.2 ; 5.3.1; 5.3.2 (Keywords: Aboriginal peoples; Inuit; Fur trade; Geography; Identity; New France; Natural resources)

Novels

Booky: A Trilogy by Bernice Thurman Hunter
Call Number: Juv Hun

Publication Date: 1999

Outcomes: 5.3.4 (Keywords: Depression, Ways of life; Narratives)
Izzie: Book Two : Trongate Fury by Budge Wilson
Call Number: Juv Wil

Publication Date: 2005

Outcomes: 5.3.4 (Keywords: World War II; Nova Scotia; Historical events)
Tales from Gold Mountain by Paul Yee; Simon Ng (Illustrator)
Call Number: Juv Yee

Publication Date: 1999-05-24

Outcomes: 5.2.7 ; 5.3.2 (Keywords: Western Canada; Diversity; Stories; Immigration; Chinese)

Biography

Emily Murphy by Donna James
Call Number: FC 541 M7 J36 2000

Publication Date: 2001-05-31

Outcomes: 5.3.1 ; 5.3.3 (Keywords: Famous Five; Citizenship; Individual rights; Ways of life; Change over time)
The Famous Five : Emily Murphy and the Case of the Missing Persons by Nancy Millar
Call Number: HQ 1236.5 C2 M54 1999

Publication Date: 1999

Outcomes: 5.3.3 (Keywords: Famous Five; Change over time; Individual rights)
Great Canadians by Angela Murphy
Call Number: 972.071 Mur

Publication Date: 2005-06-01

Outcomes: 5.2.1 ; 5.2.6 ; 5.3.2 ; 5.3.3 ; 5.3.5
(Keywords: Famous Five; Identity; Métis; Lester B. Pearson; John A. Macdonald; Immigrants; Citizenship)
Nellie McClung by Mary Lile Benham
Call Number: PS 8525 C58 Z57

Publication Date: 1975

Outcomes: 5.3.1 ; 5.3.3 (Keywords: Famous Five; Citizenship; Individual rights; Ways of life; Change over time)
Sir John A. Macdonald: The Rascal Who Built Canada by Jacqueline Brown; Suzanne Mogensen
Call Number: 971.051 Bro

Publication Date: 2005

Outcomes: 5.3.2 (Keywords: Identity; Canada; Identity; History; Confederation)

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