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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.

7.1 Toward Confederation

Champlain by Christopher Moore; Francis Back (Illustrator)
Call Number: 971.0113 Moo

Publication Date: 2004-08-24
Laura: a childhood tale of Laura Secord by Maxine Trottier; Karen Reczuch
Call Number: Pic Tro

Publication Date: 2000
The Red Sash by Nicolas Debon (Illustrator); Jean E. Pendziwol
Call Number: Pic Pen

Publication Date: 2005-09-16

Black Heritage by Robert Livesey; A. G. Smith (Photographer)
Call Number: 971.00496 Liv

Publication Date: 2005-11-30
Canadian History for Dummies by Will Ferguson
Call Number: 971 Fer

Publication Date: 2005-06-21
Confederation and the West by Douglas Baldwin
Call Number: 971.05 Bal

Publication Date: 2003
The dawn of Canada by Douglas Baldwin
Call Number: 971.011 Bal

Publication Date: 2003
Discovering first peoples and first contacts by Daniel Francis; Heather Graham
Call Number: 970.1 Fra

Publication Date: 2000
The Fur Traders by Robert Livesey; A. G. Smith (Illustrator)
Call Number: 971 Liv

Publication Date: 1989-09-01
I Came As a Stranger by Bryan Prince
Call Number: 971.004 Pri

Publication Date: 2004-02-24
The Kids Book of Aboriginal Peoples in Canada by Diane Silvey; Darlene Gait (Illustrator); John Mantha (Illustrator)
Call Number: 970.41 Sil

Publication Date: 2005-08-01
Laura Secord: a Canadian heroine by John Basset; Petrie A. Roy
Call Number: 971.034 Bas Gr.8

Publication Date: 2004
Native Peoples by Robert Livesey; A. G. Smith (Illustrator)
Call Number: 970.41 Liv

Publication Date: 1993-10-01
New France by Robert Livesey; A. G. Smith (Illustrator)
Call Number: 971.01 Liv

Publication Date: 1990-05-01
New France and the fur trade by Douglas Baldwin
Call Number: 971.01 Bal

Publication Date: 2003
Rebellion and union in the Canadas by Douglas Baldwin
Call Number: 971.038 Bal

Publication Date: 2003
Revolution, war, and the Loyalists by Douglas Baldwin
Call Number: 971.0188 Bal

Publication Date: 2003
Settling Canada by Tom Smith
Call Number: 971 Smi

Publication Date: 2005
The Spirit of Canada by Barbara Hehner (Editor); Lester Malcolm
Call Number: 810.8 Spi

Publication Date: 2000-10-01

The Kids Book of Canadian Exploration by Ann-Maureen Owens; Jane Yealland; John Mantha (Illustrator)
Call Number: 971 Owe

Publication Date: 2004-08-01
She Dared by Ed Butts; Heather Collins (Illustrator)
Call Number: 920.071 But

Publication Date: 2005-04-26
This Land Is My Land by George Littlechild (Illustrator)
Call Number: 970.4 Lit

Publication Date: 1997-06-11
Women from Canada's Past by Susan E. Merritt
Call Number: 305.4 Mer

Publication Date: 1993-01-01

Attack on Montreal by Pierre Berton
Call Number: 971.034 Ber

Publication Date: 1995-11-11
Banished from our home: the Acadian diary of Angélique Richard by Sharon Steward
Call Number: Juv Ste

Publication Date: 2004
The Broken Blade by William Durbin
Call Number: YA Dur

Publication Date: 1998-04-06
The bully boys by Eric Walters
Call Number: Juv Wal

Publication Date: 2000
The Carved Box by Gillian Chan; Laura Fernandez (Illustrator)
Call Number: Juv Cha

Publication Date: 2001-08-01
A Circle of Silver by Maxine Trottier
Call Number: YA Tro

Publication Date: 1999-09-01
Copper Sunrise by Brian Buchan
Call Number: Juv Buc

Publication Date: 1972
Danger in Disguise by Mary Alice Downie; John Downie
Call Number: YA Dow

Publication Date: 2001-09-01
The Death of My Country by Maxine Trottier
Call Number: Juv Tro

Publication Date: 2005-01-01
The dream carvers by Joan Clark
Call Number: YA Cla

Publication Date: 1995
Eyewitness by Margaret Thompson
Call Number: Juv Tho

Publication Date: 2000-02-01
Flight by Connie Brummel Crook
Call Number: Juv Cro

Publication Date: 2011-04-29
Footsteps in the snow: the Red River diary of Isobel Scott, Rupert's Land, 1815 by Carol Matas
Call Number: Juv Mat

Publication Date: 2002
The Girl on Evangeline Beach by Anne Carter
Call Number: Juv Car

Publication Date: 2000-09-01
The hiding place by Lyn Cook
Call Number: Juv Coo

Publication Date: 1994
The hollow tree by Janet Lunn
Call Number: YA Lun

Publication Date: 1997
The Hungry Year by Connie Brummel Crook
Call Number: Juv Cro

Publication Date: 2001-03-01
Jean-Paul Hébert Was There/Jean-Paul Hébert Etait Là by John W. Bergeron (Illustrator); Sheila Hébert-Collins
Call Number: Pic Heb

Publication Date: 2004-02-29
Last Chance Bay by Anne Laurel Carter
Call Number: Juv Car

Publication Date: 2004
Meyers' Rebellion by Connie Brummel Crook
Call Number: YA Cro

Publication Date: 2008-11-08
A rebel's daughter: the 1837 rebellion diary of Arabella Stevenson by Janet Lunn
Call Number: Juv Lun

Publication Date: 2006
A River Apart by Robert Sutherland
Call Number: Juv Sut

Publication Date: 2000-11-01
The Savage River by Marjorie Wilkins Campbell; James Delainey (Illustrator)
Call Number: 971.1 Cam

Publication Date: 2003-03-07
Scared Sarah by Mary Alice Downie; Muriel Wood (Illustrator)
Call Number: Juv Dow

Publication Date: 2002-07-12
Season of Rage by John Cooper
Call Number: 323.1196071 Coo

Publication Date: 2005-01-25
Sister to the Wolf by Maxine Trottier
Call Number: Juv Tro

Publication Date: 2004-08-01
Son of the Hounds by Robert Sutherland
Call Number: Juv Sut

Publication Date: 2004-11-15
Sun of the Mountains by Tyler Trafford
Call Number: F Tra

Publication Date: 2004-04-21
Terra Incognita by Anne Metikosh
Call Number: Juv Met

Publication Date: 2005-03-01
Thread of Deceit by Susan Cliffe
Call Number: YA Cli

Publication Date: 2005-01-01
Under a Shooting Star by Maxine Trottier
Call Number: Juv Tro

Publication Date: 2001-10-01
Whisper of war: the War of 1812 diary of Susanna Merritt by Pearson Kit
Call Number: Juv Pea

Publication Date: 2002
Willa's New World by Barbara Demers; Debra Demers-Bryan (Illustrator); Coteau Books Staff
Call Number: Juv Dem

Publication Date: 1999-09-01
With nothing but our courage; the Loyalists diary of Mary MacDonald by Karleen Bradford
Call Number: Juv Bra

Publication Date: 2002

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