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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.

9.1: Issues for Canadians: Governance and Rights

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
Fort Chipewyan homecoming: a journey to native Canada by Morningstar Mercredi, Darren McNally
Call Number: 970.4 Mer

Publication Date: 1998
Secret of the Dance by Darlene Gait (Illustrator); Alfred Scow; Andrea Spalding
Call Number: Pic Spa

Publication Date: 2006-09-01
Shi-Shi-Etko by Nicola Campbell; Kim LaFave (Illustrator)
Call Number: Pic Cam

Publication Date: 2005-08-09

The Arrival by Shaun Tan (Illustrator)
Call Number: Pic Tan

Publication Date: 2007-10-01
The Wall by Peter Sís (Illustrator)
Call Number: 943.704 Sis

Publication Date: 2007-08-21

Canada's Modern-Day First Nations by Ellyn Sanna; William Hunter (As told to)
Call Number: E 99 E7 S2822 2006

Publication Date: 2005-09-01
Citizenship and government by Rick Homan
Call Number: 320.971 Hor

Publication Date: 2004
Coming to Canada by Susan Hughes
Call Number: 971.004 Hug

Publication Date: 2005-09-01
Disvoering Canada's government by Daniel Francis
Call Number: 320.471 Fra

Publication Date: 2001
Factory Girl by Barbara Greenwood
Call Number: F Gre

Publication Date: 2007-02-01
From crime to punishment: an introduction to the criminal law system by Joel E Pink, David Conrad Perrier
Call Number: KE 8813 F76 1988

Publication Date: 1988
The immigrant experiene by Rose Fine-Meyer
Call Number: 325.71 Fin

Publication Date: 2003
The Kids Book of Black Canadian History by Rosemary Sadlier; Qijun Wang (Illustrator)
Call Number: 971.00496 Sad

Publication Date: 2010-08-01
Nationalism and French Canada by Charles Leskun, Tim Tobin
Call Number: 971.4 Les

Publication Date: 2003
Redefining Canada by Sheila Nelson
Call Number: 971.06 Nel

Publication Date: 2007-09-01
Season of Rage by John Cooper
Call Number: 323.1196071 Coo

Publication Date: 2005-01-25
Who runs this country, anyway?: a guide to Canadian government by Joanne Stanbridge; Lorna Bennett
Call Number: 320.471 Sta

Publication Date: 2005

Caged Eagles by Eric Walters
Call Number: Juv Wal

Publication Date: 2001-01-01
A Child in Prison Camp by Shizuye Takashima
Call Number: 971.063 Tak

Publication Date: 1974-01-01
The Freedom of Jenny by Julie Burtinshaw
Call Number: YA Bur

Publication Date: 2006-02-10
I Came As a Stranger by Bryan Prince
Call Number: 971.004 Pri

Publication Date: 2004-02-24
If I Just Had Two Wings by Virginia Frances Schwartz
Call Number: YA Sch

Publication Date: 2001-04-01
Prisoners in the Promised Land: the Ukranian internet diary of Anya Soloniuk by Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch
Call Number: Juv Skr

Publication Date: 2007
Skateway to Freedom by Ann Alma
Call Number: Juv Alm

Publication Date: 1993-10-01
Touching Spirit Bear by Ben Mikaelsen
Call Number: Juv Mik

Publication Date: 2001-01-31
Vote 4 Amelia by Marissa Moss (Illustrator)
Call Number: Juv Mos

Publication Date: 2007-09-11

Under Arrest by Bob Tarantino; Julian Bell (Illustrator)
Call Number: K184.7.C2 T37 2007eb

Publication Date: 2007-08-30
The undercover economist: exposing why the rich are rich, the poor are poor, and why you can never buy a decent used car! by Tim Harford
Call Number: HC59.15 .H35 2005eb

Publication Date: 2006

Broken promises by Brian LeBold, Marleen Trotter
Call Number: 325.71 Bro

Publication Date: 2005
Understanding Canadian government by Mike Galivan
Call Number: 320.471 Und Gr.9

Publication Date: 2005

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