Naomi: The Strawberry Blonde of Pippu TownNative Soldiers: Foreign BattlefieldsNative StereotypingNative VoicesNCTE Forum SeriesNCTE Teacher's Introduction SeriesNecking With LouiseNelson Canadian Dictionary of the English Language: An Encyclopedic ReferenceNew Canadian LibraryNew Leaf Editions, Series 3Night Terrors: Stories of Shadow and Substance. 1st ed.NightjohnNo Feather, No Ink: After RielNo Pretty Pictures: A Child of WarNo SignatureNorth BookNotes Across the AisleNotes Across the Aisle: Student Reading and Response GuideNothing Too Good for a CowboyThe Novel SeriesNurturing Intelligences: A Guide to Multiple Intelligences Theory and Teaching(CAN) This novel blends the characteristics and cultures of two very different civilizations: Canada and Japan. Naomi is uprooted from her small town in Manitoba with its Ukrainian background to live on the other side of the world in Japan where her recently divorced mother, Sara, has found a job teaching English in a medical school. For Naomi, homesick and unhappy, the move is a cause for rebellion and sorrow. She eventually comes to terms with life in general and Japan in particular, and her story presents Japanese society and customs in a manner that will interest young adults. This novel may be useful in Grade 10 modified classes.
Suggested Use: Canadian Frontiers and Homeland
Other Use: English Language Arts: Grades 6 to 9
(Print-Non-Fiction). Summerby, Janice. Veterans Affairs Canada (VAC), 1993. ISBN 0-662-19850-6. ($Free pbk.). Limited quantities are available.
(CAN, I/M) The Aboriginal men and women profiled in this pamphlet fought for Canada in World Wars I and II and the Korean War. They are a sampling of the many Aboriginal citizens who enlisted and the more than 200 Aboriginal Canadians who lost their lives in the wars. Included are brief biographies of Tom Longboat and Saskatchewan's David Greyeyes and Chief Joe Dreaver. The pamphlet contains numerous black and white photographs. This pamphlet has been distributed free of charge to all Secondary Level schools.
Suggested Use: Canadian Frontiers and Homeland; Short Prose
Other Use: English Language Arts: Grades 6 to 9
(Video). Native Multi-Media (MGR), 1994. 30 min.
(I/M) Interviews with prominent Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal leaders describe examples of stereotyping and discuss its effect on Aboriginal peoples, past and present. The video looks at stereotyping that has occurred in the past, such as in old movies and posters. It also explores ongoing contemporary examples such as in the names of sports teams and in Hollywood films. This video provides a useful catalyst for discussion. Available only from MGR, and only after August, 1997.
Suggested Use: Media Studies
(Print-Anthology). Ahenakew, Freda, Gardipy, Brenda and Lafond, Barbara, eds. (The Issues Collection). McGraw-Hill Ryerson Limited (LRDC), 1993. 153 p. Order no. 7747 ($12.50 pbk.). Teacher's Guide - Order no. 7748 ($34.65 pbk.).
(CAN, I/M) This resource contains prose and poetry related to Aboriginal issues and perspectives. Selections, mainly of Canadian origin, vary in length and suitability for various age levels. The table of contents includes author and genre for each selection. The selection Vision Quest, by Ron Geyshic is included in the index. The teacher's guide contains brief author biographies, teaching suggestions related to several subject areas, and cross-references to other selections in the series. Included are sample student and peer assessment charts and surveys.
Suggested Use: Challenges; Multigenre
Other Use: English Language Arts: Grades 6 to 9
(Print-Non-Fiction). Please refer to the title: Perspectives on Talk and Learning.
(Print-Non-Fiction). Please refer to the title: A Teacher's Introduction to Reader-Response Theories.
(Print-Non-Fiction). ITP Nelson Canada (LRDC), 1997. 1694 p. Order no. 7730 ($36.65 hdc.).
(CAN) In this tabbed edition, clear definitions for each relevant part of speech are accompanied by pronunciation, etymology, suffixes and verb endings, usage notes and illustrative sentences when relevant, cross-references, numerous illustrations, variants, regional meanings, and idioms. This is an encyclopedic resource that includes entries for numerous historical and modern figures from Canada and the world in the fields of the arts, politics, and the sciences. The dictionary contains a section giving historical, political, and statistical information about Canada, 16 pages of colour maps, and information on Indo-European roots.
Suggested Use: Language Resource
Other Use: English Language Arts: Grades 6 to 9
(Print Fiction/Print-Non-Fiction). Please refer to the titles: Last of the Curlews and Wild Animals I Have Known.
(Print-Anthology). Please refer to the title: Farm.
(Print-Anthology). Duncan, Lois, ed. Simon & Schuster Trade (DIS), 1996. 175 p. ISBN 0-689-80346-X ($21.50 hdc.).
The 11 short stories in this collection are written by noted authors including Joan Aiken, Theodore Taylor, and Richard Peck. The stories are short, easily read tales that focus on nocturnal fears. Note: Some stories contain stereotypical or potentially disturbing content. This book is suitable for use by reluctant readers.
Suggested Use: The Unknown; Short Stories
(Print-Fiction). Paulsen, Gary. Delacorte Pr. (LRDC/DOU), 1993. 92 p. Order no. 8188 ($5.99 pbk.). (DOU) - ISBN 0-385-30838-8 ($19.95 hdc.).
This is the simply told, eloquent story of a slave who believes that his people need to read and write so that their own stories will be remembered. Following his escape to freedom in the north, Nightjohn returns and teaches in hiding. Nightjohn suffers the penalty for reading (dismemberment), but continues to teach, not only the alphabet, but the principle that all people have the right to read. Narrated by a young slave, Sarny, this story is a brief, grim glimpse of slave injustice, from whipping and breeding to the daily indignities of slavery in the 1850s.
Suggested Use: Equality
(Print-Anthology). Thistledown Press Ltd. (LRDC), 1985. 190 p. Order no. 5013 ($17.50 pbk.).
(SK, I/M) The prose, poetry, and song lyrics in this anthology focus on Louis Riel and Batoche. The book includes selections from Riel, Gabriel Dumont, and other noted writers, both historic and contemporary. Included are a table of contents, art work by Henry Letendre, and archival photographs of Riel.
Suggested Use: Canadian Frontiers and Homeland; Environment and Technology; Equality; Challenges; Multigenre
This memoir will help readers build a personal connection to World War II and its tragic lessons. Anita Lobel, an accomplished picture book artist, shares the terrors of her childhood beginning in 1939 when she was five. German soldiers marched into her native Krakow, and deportations began. Lobel and her brother embarked on years of flight involving a dangerous stay in the Krakow ghetto, concealment in a convent, capture and concentration camps. Lobel, as a child narrator, observes everyone she meets keenly, and relates the horrors of war through the perspective of a child who is not fully conscious of the terrible losses she is experiencing.
Suggested Use: Decisions
(Print-Fiction). Bell, William. Seal Books (BAN), 1995. 167 p. ISBN 0-770-42706-5 ($4.99 pbk.).
(CAN) Ten years after last seeing his father, Wick receives a postcard stamped with only the word DAD. Although Wick feels that the impersonal stamp symbolizes his father's indifference, it precipitates a search for a father whom he barely remembers. Wick discovers that his father's continued attempts to maintain contact have been thwarted by his mother. He also learns that, although his father has obviously cultured musical tastes, his inability to read has cost him his marriage and access to his son, and has required him to find ingenious strategies for surviving in a literate world. But when Wick's homosexual friend commits suicide, it is Wick's father who provides the wisdom and support to comfort the adolescent. This is an easily read resource suitable for reluctant readers.
Suggested Use: Challenges
(Print-Anthology). Green, Jim. Polestar Press Ltd. (POLE), 1986. 69 p. ISBN 0-919591-10-8 ($7.95 pbk).
(CAN, I/M) The poems in this collection reflect the writer's perceptions of his time spent at Spence Bay in 1974. They are brief thoughts on living with the environment and on southern encroachment on the North. Illustrations by Nauya capture the people and their daily activity.
Suggested Use: Canadian Frontiers and Homeland; Environment and Technology; Poetry
(Print-Anthology). Carver, Peter, ed. Thistledown Press Ltd. (THI), 1995. 187 p. ISBN 1-895449-45-6 ($9.25 pbk.).
(SK) This collection of short stories includes the following selections that are useful for instruction at this level:
My War, Budge Wilson
The Visitor, Christine Pinsent-Johnson
DNA, J. A. Hamilton
Tourists, Eileen Kernaghan
The Pig's Elbow, Karleen Bradford
The Identity, Terry Thulien
This title is also being considered for other courses.
Suggested Use: Canadian Frontiers and Homeland; The Unknown; Decisions; Challenges; Short Stories
Other Use: English Language Arts: Grades 6 to 9
For each story in the anthology, this guide provides an introductory focus, response questions, as well as suggestions for writing, oracy, drama, and enrichment. Included are a glossary of literary terms, a list of related audiovisual resources, and a summary matrix.
Suggested Use: Teacher Reference
Other Use: English Language Arts: Grades 6 to 9
(Print-Non-Fiction). Hobson, Richmond P. McClelland & Stewart Limited (MCC), 1955. 252 p. ISBN 0-7710-1862-2 ($9.95 pbk.).
(CAN) An autobiographical account of life on a northern British Columbia ranch in the 1940s, this book portrays daily and seasonal activities, and demonstrates ways that cowboys adapted to the harsh climate and rugged geography. This book is suitable for use by students interested in rural lifestyles. Note: Teachers are advised to identify and discuss stereotypical statements in this memoir.
Suggested Use: Canadian Frontiers and Homeland
(Video). Please refer to the title: The Time Machine.