Best Practices and ResourcesFor Teaching About Canada

Tina Storer, Education & Curriculum SpecialistCenter for Canadian-American Studies

Western Washington University

STUDY CANADA Summer Institute for K-12 EducatorsA Capital View of Canada: Nations within a Nation

Ottawa, ON – July 6, 2012

The Best Practice is to Teach Canada

1. It is important to teach Canada

Shared geography and borders Strong historical connections Shared cultural roots and multicultural population Stewardship of N. America (environment / energy / defense) Canada and the USA represent the world’s largest trade relationship Multi-layered political relationship and impacts Global competency and citizenship Best comparative lens regarding all core social studies topics

2. Canada sometimes falls in an curriculum “gap” that educators

aren’t aware of.

The Best Practice is to Teach Canada

Key Question: So why aren’t there more resources for teaching Canada?

Canada only appears intermittently in social studies standards and, sometimes, is not addressed at all in K-12 classrooms.*

Standards (esp. California and Texas) drive the textbook industry and, without standards that specifically mention Canada, Canada is often minimized and/or left out of textbooks even in key areas like economics.

NCSS continues to support increased inclusion of Canada in curricula.

* To learn more, see SUNY Plattsburgh Study: The Country Left Behind by Dr. Joseph-André Senécal, Professor Emeritus, University of Vermont, on homepage of www.k12studycanada.org.

Resources for Teaching Canada

Overview:

National Resource Centers

Government Publications

Teacher Loan-Kits and Media Libraries

Recommended Print Publications

Recommended Multimedia Materials (Videos, CD-ROMs, CDs)

Recommended Internet Websites

The US DOE Title VI Program

The launching of Sputnik I in 1957 led to the federal government’s most significantparticipation in modern foreign language and area studies research and training inhistory—The National Defense Education Act (NDEA) of 1958.

The federal Office of Education began administering the National ResourceCenters (NRC) Program under Title VI of the NDEA, and the U.S.D.O.E. continuesto administer it under the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended.

The centers supported under the NRC Program conduct a broad range of activities that include instruction, outreach, scholarly research, maintenance of libraryresources, and teacher training. Collectively, these activities represent aprogrammatic effort that focuses on particular regions of the world and the relevantissues connected to those regions; and, they constitute a national capacity inmodern foreign languages and area and international studies.

From: http://www2.ed.gov/programs/iegpsnrc/index.html

National Resource Centers on Canada

U.S. Department of Education Title VI Grants

support two National Resource Centers on Canada in the US:

1) Pacific Northwest NRC (U Washington and WWU)

2) Northeast NRC (U Maine and SUNY Plattsburgh)

Additional outreach and program grant support is awarded annually by the Embassy of Canada(Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada, Education Section).

Both NRCs on Canada offer:

Classroom Resources

Print Publications

Teachable Online Information

Online Curricula Multimedia Classroom Tools Instruction for Professional Development

National Resource Centers on Canada

...and partner with many organizations to serve K-12 educators:

Embassy & Consulates of Canada in the US Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies, UW Individual Teachers/Teacher-Librarians K-12 STUDY CANADA Teacher-Associates National Education Groups (eg: NCSS, NCHE, NCGE) State Councils of the above groups State and District-Level Social Studies Curriculum Directors/Coordinators Educational Collaboratives and Individual Schools Québec Government Offices in the US (and in Canada) State Government Offices (and Provincial Government Offices in Canada) US and State Departments of Education Canada-America Society (Seattle, WA) International Studies Schools Association

National Resource Centers on Canada

Pacific Northwest NRC on Canada

Western Washington University Center for Canadian-American Studies

University of WashingtonHenry M. Jackson School of International StudiesCanadian Studies Center

Website: www.k12studycanada.org

Contacts: tina.storer@wwu.edu (Tina Storer) nfabbi@uw.edu (Nadine Fabbi)

Learning portal website at www.k12studycanada.org

Canada Northern Neighbor (2nd Edition)

O Canada! Newspapers in Education Supplement

e-Resource Notices (Sept.-June)

Loan-Kits (Beginning Fall 2011, this outreach may be unavailable)

Student Novel Collection (1) Resource Valise (2)

K-12 STUDY CANADA Resources

Eastern NRC on Canada

University of Maine Canadian Studies Center

State University of New York College at Plattsburgh Center for the Study of Canada and Institute on Québec Studies

Websites: www.umaine.edu/canam http://canada-acsus.plattsburgh.edu/cesca.htm

Contacts: barntzen@umit.maine.edu (Betsy Arntzen) sotheral@plattsburgh.edu (Amy Sotherden)

Eastern NRC Resources

“Canada Valise” Loan-Kit

O Canada textbook

Teaching Canada Annual Magazine

Understanding Canada: A Primer for Americans

Champlain and the Meeting of Two Worlds

Maps for Teaching Canada, Champlain

Bilingual (English and French) publications and Internet sites

Primary Gateway: www.gc.ca

Government of Canada Resources

ACSUS (Association for Canadian Studies in the US) Website: www.acsus.org

Canadian Embassy & Consulates Websites: www.canadianembassy.org

www.canadainternational.gc.ca/can-am/offices-bureaux/index.aspx

ICCS (International Council for Canadian Studies) Website: www.iccs-ciec.ca

Canadian Educators and Education Resources (Dr JL Bencze - UT/OISE) Website: http://webspace.oise.utoronto.ca/~benczela/Educational_Resources.html

Other National Organizations

K-12 STUDY CANADA Loan-Kits at WWU:

K-12 STUDY CANADA Resource Valise (2) (9 multimedia resource-based units for teaching)

K-12 STUDY CANADA Student Novel Collection (1) (36 regional novels for young adults - Grades 4-9)

Loan-Kit at University of Maine:

The Canada Valise (Teacher-Developed Curriculum & Artifacts)

Loan-Kits and Media Libraries

Loan-Kits and Media Libraries

Notable Film Libraries and Resources:

University of WashingtonWebsite: http://pokey.css.washington.edu/css/emc/titles.php?topicid=33

SUNY-Plattsburgh Website: http://canadaacsus.plattsburgh.edu/video.htm

National Film Board of CanadaWebsite: www.nfb.ca/e

Canadian Broadcasting CorporationWebsite: http://cbc.ca

Recommended Print Publications

Recommended Print Publications

Recommended Print Publications

Recommended Print Publications (K-3)

Recommended Print Publications (K-6)

Recommended Print Publications (4-8)

Recommended Print Publications (4-8)

Recommended Print Publications (5-10)

Recommended Print Publications (K-8)

Recommended Print Publications (4-10)

Atlases & Classroom Maps of Canada

Fun Picture Books

Picture books that teach about people and history…

…about Canada’s Aboriginal Peoples

… about the Arctic

Students are never too young to read literature by Canadian authors…

Historical fiction engages students and teaches about interesting time periods…

Youth fiction creates a sense of place…

…for students of all reading levels.

Pacific Edge Publishing www.classroomresources.com

Chapters Bookstore www.chapters.ca

Kidsbooks Vancouver www.kidsbooks.ca

Powell’s Books (Victoria) www.powells.com

JK Publications www.cardseh.ca

Publishing & Purchasing Sources

Canada via the Internet: Top 10 Websites

1 Government of Canada http://canada.gc.caClick "About Canada", "About Government" or "Provinces/Territories“…so much to learn that you may never visit another site!

2 Statistics Canada www.statcan.gc.caExplore many lesson plans and data for K-12 and post-secondary students and educators.

3 PBS' Online Extra Teacher Resources www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/teachersType "Canada" and discover 4521 matches! 3084 just for Québec.

4 Great Unsolved Mysteries in Canadian History http://canadianmysteries.ca/en/index.phpStudents will be drawn into Canadian history and archival research through the enticement of solving real "cold crimes"! Sound pedagogy behind material and teacher resources.

5 U Alberta Canadian Studies WebCentre www.canadianstudies.caMiddle/H.S. students can easily navigate the many useful graphics and information bites.

Top 10 Websites (Cont’d.)

6 Canada Eh? http://www3.sympatico.ca/taniah/CanadaA personal page that offers downloadable Canada graphics useful for the classroom as well as a variety of information for students about Canada.

7 Historica Dominion Institute Professional Development Page www.histori.ca/prodev/default.do?page=.lp_index Middle/HS-level lesson plans covering different periods and events in Canadian history.

8 Parks Canada www.pc.gc.ca

9 Unofficial Canadiana www2.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs.cmu.edu/user/clamen/misc/Canadiana/Travelogue.html

10 The Canadian Social Studies Super Site www.ualberta.ca/~jkirmanCarefully screened connections to quality websites about Canada are offered that also give a glimpse into how Canadians teach about themselves.

Kids Canada www.infocan.gc.ca/kclinks_e.html

Indian & Northern Affairs www.inac.gc.ca/index_e.html

“How Canadians Govern Themselves” teaching material www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/process/library/forsey/how-e.htm

Canadian Info by Subject - National Library of Canada www.nlc-bnc.ca/caninfo/ecaninfo.htm

Canadian Heritage Information Network www.chin.gc.ca

Key “GC” Gateways to Learning

War of 1812 and Other Special / New Resources

• 2012 marks the 200th anniversary of the War of 1812. Many exciting new resources have been developed to commemorate the war. Visit our site to access them all easily:

http://www.k12studycanada.org/links_resource_links.html#History

• The NRCs on Canada, NCSS, and Canadian provincial SSTAs have also supported development of an interactive digital iBook suitable for Grade 7-12 classrooms called 1812: Who Won the War? It’s the first in a series to be produced by Epoch Multimedia Inc.

• The WWU Center for Canadian-American Studies, in partnership with faculty from Utoronto and UMoncton, has applied for an “Our Shared Past” grant to produce a suite of Grade 7-12 curricula and resources for teaching about The Acadian Experience in North America in classrooms on both sides of the border.

… Now it’s time to share the fun of exploring more materials at the Resource Fair, develop curricula based on your learning and to teach about Canada and Canada-US relations to your students!

This end is really your beginning…

A PowerPoint walk-through of…The K-12 STUDY CANADA Resource Valise

9 Units of Study

• Artifacts

• Teacher Resources• Internet Lists• Multimedia Resources

• 8 CD-ROMs• 8 Music CDs• 7 Videos/DVDs

Multimedia Resources

Canadian Geographic Explorer Canada: Confederation to Present Cross Country Canada Totem Poles Adventure Canada Land of the Inuit Nunavut Territory Canadian Treasures

8 CD-ROMS

Multimedia Resources

8 Music CDs

Sing a Song of Canada + Songbook (Kim Soleski-Ward)

Stompin’ Tom Sings Canada’s History (Stompin’ Tom Connors) Canada is for Kids – Vol. 1 & 2 (Michael Mitchell) Un Pays Qui Se Chante (Various Québec Artists) For the Times (Schooner Fare) This Child (Susan Aglukark) Gord’s Gold (Gordon Lightfoot) Sing a Song of Canada: A Musical Journey

Across Canada (Kim Soleski-Ward CD & Songbook)

Multimedia Resources

7 Videotapes/DVDs

The Canadian History Series (1939-2000) Postcards from Canada Paddle to the Sea The Group of Seven The Sweater CBC Life & Times: L.M. Montgomery Breaking the Ice: The Story of Mary Ann Shadd

Unit 1: O Canada!

Artifacts: Set of Provincial & Canada Flags Deck of “Cards Eh!” Fold-Out & Laminated 3-D Maps 12 Laminated Placemats Canada-at-Glance Binder Insert

Teaching Resources: Canada Northern Neighbor The Spirit of Canada Canada’s Maple Leaf: The Story

of Our Flag The Kids Book of Canada Sing a Song of Canada O Canada! NIE Supplement

Internet List: 20 websites

Unit 2: BC – Totems & Emily Carr

Artifacts: Totem Pole

Teaching Resources: Emily Carr: An Introduction to her Life and Art The Art Room Bentwood Box; Button Blanket;

Cedar Plank Mask; Spindle Whorl BC: Land and People

Internet List: 12 websites

Unit 3: Images of Ontario – From City to Shield

Artifacts: CN Tower Model & Brochure Art Pin (A.J. Casson’s “White Pine”)

Teaching Resources: Looking at Landscape Resource Package Images of Nature: Canadian Poets

and the Group of Seven Meet the Group of Seven

Internet List: 12 websites

Artifacts: Montreal Canadians “Away”

Hockey Jersey

Teaching Resources: Québec: Land and People The Sweater (book) The Rise and Fall: 1700-1775 New France

Internet List: 12 websites

Unit 4: Québec – les Habitants & “the Habs!”

Unit 5: The Maritimes & the Land of Anne

Artifacts: P.E.I. License Plate w/ Anne

Teaching Resources: Lucy Maud Montgomery: A Writer’s

Life Duncan’s Way

Internet List: 14 websites

Unit 6: Canada’s North & the Inuit

Artifacts: Inuksuk Kit

Teaching Resources: Artists in the Arctic Resource

Package The Kids Book of the Far North The Inuksuk Book Arctic Stories

Internet List: 12 websites

Unit 7: Canadian Dreams – The Railroad, RCMP & Yukon Gold

Artifacts: CN Model Railway Car or RCMP

Postcards/Poster

Teaching Resources: The Cremation of Sam McGee The Kids Book of Canada’s

Railway Boldly Canadian: RCMP The Mounties For Kids Activity

Book Life in the Old West Series: The Railroad and The Gold Rush

Internet List: 12 websites

Artifacts: Child’s Game

Teaching Resources: Contemporary Art By First

Nations Artists Resource Package

Canada History: Prehistoric Canada (Ancient Canada–Aboriginal People)

Paddle to the Sea From Time Immemorial Maple Moon

Internet List: 12 websites

Unit 8: Canada’s First Nations

Unit 9: Black Canadians & the Underground Railroad

Artifacts: 2 Posters

Teaching Resources: In Our Time: An Introductory

Learning Guide The Spirit of Africville The Story of Mary Ann Shadd The Kids Book of Black

Canadian History

Internet List: 11 websites

A PowerPoint walk-through of…The K-12 STUDY CANADA Student Novel Collection

Unit 1: O Canada!

• Tunnels of Time (M. Harelkin Bishop) Saskatchewan

• Rebellion (J. Scanlon) Manitoba

• Who Has Seen the Wind? (W.O. Mitchell) Saskatchewan

• Jake and the Kid (W.O. Mitchell) Saskatchewan

• Ticket to Curlew (C.B. Lottridge) Alberta

Unit 2: BC: Totems and Emily Carr

• Will’s Garden (L. Maracle) also suitable for use with Unit 8

• The West Coast Murders (R. MacGregor)• Raven’s Flight (D. Silvey) • Lambs of Hell’s Gate (M.L. Bright)• Cariboo Runaway (D. Davis)

Unit 3: Images of Ontario — From City to

Shield

• The Lost Sketch (Adventure.Net Series – A. and D. Spalding)

• A Bushel of Light (T. Harrison)

• The Ghost of the Stanley Cup (R. MacGregor)

• Horror on River Road (R. MacGregor)

  Unit 4: Québec: les Habitants & “the Habs!”

• Terra Incognita (A. Metikosh)

• The Hollow Tree (J. Lunn)

• The Quebec City Crisis (R. MacGregor)

• The King’s Daughter (S. Martel)

Unit 5: The Maritimes & the Land of Anne

• The Girl on Evangeline Beach (A. Carter)

• Anne of Green Gables (L.M. Montgomery)

• Anne of Avonlea (L.M. Montgomery)

• Anne of the Island (L.M. Montgomery)

• Lucy Maud and Me (M.F. Coady)

Unit 6: Canada’s North and the Inuit

• Napachee (R. Feagan)• The Screech Owls’ Northern Adventure (R. MacGregor)• Lost in the Barrens (F. Mowat)• Call of the Wild (J. London) Not a Canadian author

 

 Unit 7: Canadian Dreams: The Railroad, RCMP & Yukon Gold

• Jason’s Gold (W. Hobbs) Not a Canadian author

• Ambush in the Foothills (B. Freeman)• Gold Fever Trail (Monica Hughes)• Steel Across the Shield (P. Berton)

 Unit 8: Canada’s First Nations

• Maybe Tomorrow (J. Weir)• My Name is Sepeetza (S. Sterling)• Will’s Garden (L. Maracle)

Unit 9: Black Canadians and the Underground Railroad

• Underground to Canada (B. Smucker)• If I Just Had Two Wings (V.F. Schwartz)• The Last Safe House (B. Greenwood)