Canadian history/lit

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  • nerakr
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    Here it is. less than a month before our new school year starts, and we are changing social studies for ds12 (grade 7). Instead of the Middle Ages, we will be studying Canada. I have the Everyday Explorers unit from Schoolhouse Teachers that will last as long as I want it to, but I was wanting to throw in some Canadian lit or authors, as well. The only one I am familiar with is LM Montgomery. I have a feeling the first book of the Anne series would be as far as we get there. Any other suggestions? His reading level is slightly lower than grade level.

    Thanks,
    Karen

    Rachel White
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    I have a bunch in my All Through the Ages

    Specific Events? Bios of whom?Historical Fiction?

    Grades 4-6 or 7-9?

    I think there are also some at Heritage History

    2Corin57
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    Great Canadian Animal Stories

    Great Canadian Adventure Stories

    The Incredible Journey

    Canadian Wonder Tales by Cyrus MacMillan

    Anne of Green Gables series

    Canadian Wonder Tales

    The Spirit of Canada by Barbara Hehner

    The Story of Canada by Janet Lunn

    River of Dreams: The Story of the Hudson River

    Lost in the Barrens by Farley Mowatt

    The “I Am Canada” series by Scholastic

    As Long as the River Flows

    Indian Legends of Canada

    The Hand of Robin Squires

    Underground to Canada

    Jeremy’s War: 1812

    The Sky is Falling by Kit Pearson

    Till All The Stars Have Fallen (a compilation of Canadian poetry)

    The Cremation of Sam McGee (excellent story in poem form)

    Evangeline: A Tale of Acadie

    nerakr
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    Thanks.

    2Corin57
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    Found more 🙂

    I’m just going to copy/paste a list I had. The following are novels and picture books:

     

    A Pioneer Sampler by Barbara Greenwood
    A Pioneer Thanksgiving by Barbara Greenwood
    A Pioneer Christmas by Barbara Greenwood
    At Grandpa’s Sugarbush by Margaret Carney
    A Puli Named Sandor by Sharon Siamon
    Looking for Loons by Jennifer Lloyd
    Morning on the Lake by Jan Bourdeau Waboose
    Paddle to the Sea by Holling Holling
    Mwakwa Talks to the Loon by Dale Auger
    Seasons of the Circle by Joseph Bruchac
    Henry’s Freedom Box by Ellen Levine
    The Last Safehouse by Barbara Greenwood
    Underground to Canada by Barbara Smucker
    I Came as a Stranger by Bryan Prince
    Unspoken by Henry Cole
    Crossing to Freedom by Virginia Schwartz
    F is for Fiddlehead: A New Brunswick Alphabet by Marilyn Lohnes
    Rats in the Sloop by Nan Doerksen
    B is for Bluenose: A Nova Scotia Alphabet by Susan Tooke
    Race the Wild Wind by Sandra Marckle
    The Island Horse by Susan Hughes
    Tommy’s New Block Skates by Garth Vaughn
    The Magical Christmas Light of Old Nova Scotia by Bruce Nunn
    I is for Island: A PEI Alphabet by Hugh MacDonald
    Anne of Green Gables by M.C. Helldorfer (young edition)
    Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Mongomery
    Jellyfish, Seadragons and Fries on the Side by Alan MacAuley
    A Newfoundland Alphabet by Dawn Baker
    Ode to Newfoundland by Geoff Butler
    P is for Puffin: A Newfoundland Alphabet by Janet Skirving
    The Last Safehouse by Barbara Greenwood
    A is for Algonquin: An Ontario Alphabet by Lovenia Gorman
    Mary’s Atlas by Gwen Smid
    Aram’s Choice by Marsha Skrypuch (deals with immigrants from Armenian genocide)
    Call me Aram by Marsha Skrypuch
    F is for French: A Quebec Alphabet by Elaine Arsenault
    The Hockey Sweater by Roch Carriere
    Eenie Meenie Manitoba by Robert Heidreder
    G is for Golden Boy: A Manitoba Alphabet by Larry Vestraete
    See Saw Saskatchewan by Robert Heidreder
    If You’re Not From the Prairie (general, not SK specific) by David Bouchard
    Who Has Seen the Wind? by W.O. Mitchell
    L is for Land of Living Skies: A Saskatchewan Alphabet by Linda A.
    As Long as the River Flows by Larry Loyie
    C is for Chinook: An Alberta Alphabet by dee Hobsbawn-Smith
    Waiting for Whales by Sheryl McFarlane
    Mary of Mile 18 by Ann Blades
    S is for Spirit Bear: A British Columbia Alphabet by Gregory Roberts
    Gold Rush Fever by Barbara Greenwood
    Sky Sisters by Jan Waboose
    The Klondike Cat by Julie Lawson
    Lost in the Barrens by Farley Mowatt
    T is for Territories by Michael Kusugak

     

    These are more factual/information books:

    Kids Book of the Far North by Jane Drake
    French Canada: Pictures and Stories of Old Quebec by Hazell Boswell
    Beothuk of Newfoundland by Ingeborg Marshal
    The Killick: A Newfoundland Story by Geoff Butler
    Newfoundland: Journey Into a Lost Nation by Michael Crummey
    Lucy Maud Montgomery by Elizabeth MacLeod
    Building the Bridge to PEI by Harry Thurston
    X Doesn’t Mark the Spot by Ed Burtts
    National Geographic Readers: Titanic by Melissa Stewart
    Sable Island: The Strange Origins and Curious History of a Dune Adrift in the Atlantic by Marq de Villiers
    The Fastest Ship in the World by Graham Mowry
    Tidal Life: A Natural History of the Bay of Fundy by Harry Thurston
    Songs of Our People: A Collection of New Brunswick Songs
    New Brunswick Sea Stories by Dorothy Dearborn
    If You Lived When There was Slavery in America, by Anna Kamma
    If You Traveled on the Underground Railroad by Ellen Levine
    Native Peoples (Discovering Canada)
    The Mi’kmag: How Their Ancestors Lived by Ruth Whitehead
    Kid’s Book of Canada’s Railway
    The Railways (Discovering Canada)
    Canada at Work: Fishing, Farming, Forestry, Mining by Jane Drake
    A Picture History of Canada by Clarke Hutton
    O Canada by Ted Harrison
    Canada’s Maple Leaf: The Story of our Flag by Ann-Maureen Owens
    Explorers Who Got Lost by Diane Dreher
    John Cabot by Tanya Larkin
    Who Were the Vikings? by Jane Chisholm
    Stories of the Maple Land

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