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History
People of the World
$11.95 Add to cartPeople around the world can look very different from one another, but smiles, tears and laughter can be universal. With simple, rhyming text and vibrant photographs that showcase the world’s diversity, this book supports Common Core standards while celebrating our global heritage.
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History
Our Heroes: How Kids are Making a Difference
$18.95 Add to cartA girl who founded a charity for girls’ education, a boy who raised money with every baseball he could hit. True stories of children who opened up their hearts and minds to the unfairness of the world and decided to try and make a difference, because everyone deserves to be happy.
Andrew Adansi-Bonnah from Ghana raised thousands of dollars for refugee children in Somalia after seeing their terrible situation on the news. Jonathan Lee from South Korea was given special permission to travel to North Korea to talk about the environment. Mimi Ausland from the USA, nicknamed “Dr. Doolittle,” started a website to collect donations for shelter animals. All of them are everyday heroes, and you can be one too.
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Canadian Social Studies
The Canadians: Nellie McClung
$8.95 Add to cartIn 1929, the Privy Council declared that women were persons, making it possible for Canadian women to be appointed to the Senate. Behind it all was Nellie McClung- lecturer, teacher, suffragist, temperance worker, legislator and writer. Considered a holy terror by some and a latter-day Joan of Arc by others, Nellie McClung fought tirelessly to make the world a better place for women and their children. Sowing the Seeds of Danny became an instant hit and its sequel, Second Chance, was published two years later, thus establishing Nellie McClung as one of the more popular writers of her day.
Not content with writing alone, McClung wanted to get women out of the home and into the political arena. As a member of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union, the Canadian Women’s Press Club and Political Equality League, she dedicated her life to female suffrage. In 1916, after years of struggle, women in Manitoba were granted the right to vote. Nellie’s political work, however, was far from over. She was elected a member of the Liberal Party in 1921; became the first woman on the Board of Governors of the CBC in 1936 and, in 1938, was appointed a Canadian delegate to the League of Nations.
Historian Mary Lile Benham’s vivid account of this feisty feminist brings to life Nellie’s passion and her fierce determination to champion the rights of women.
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History
Nations of the Northwest Coast
$10.95 Add to cartThe northwest coast of the Pacific Ocean has been home to many Native nations for thousands of years. The waters, mountains, and forests of this isolated region provided food and shelter for groups such as the Tlingit, the Haida, and the Kwakiutl. Topics covered in Nations of the Northwest Coast include: • the distinct customs, cultures, and beliefs of the various nations • dwellings used in different seasons and locales • fishing and the use of coastal plants and animals • traditional handicrafts, including carving and weaving • the organization of families, clans, and moieties • the impact of the arrival of the Europeans.
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History
Migration in the 21st Century
$12.95 Add to cartWith fossil fuels and water running out, and temperatures and sea levels rising due to climate change, whole communities will need to move and resettle. How will human migrations on this scale be managed in our modern world? This foreword-looking book explores these important issues as well as the solutions being put forward by politicians, experts, NGOs, and private citizens.
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Grade Assigned
Mayan, Incan, and Aztec Civilizations
$17.95 Add to cartBring history to life for students in grades 5 and up using Mayan, Incan, and Aztec Civilizations! This 96-page book features reading selections and assessments that utilize a variety of questioning strategies, such as matching, true or false, critical thinking, and constructed response. Hands-on activities, research opportunities, and mapping exercises engage students in learning about the history and culture of Mayan, Incan, and Aztecan civilizations. For struggling readers, the book includes a downloadable version of the reading selections at a fourth- to fifth-grade reading level. This book aligns with state, national, and Canadian provincial standards.
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History
The Luck of the Karluk
$9.95 Add to cartWhen the members of Canada’s First Arctic Expedition set out from Victoria aboard HMCS Karluk in the summer of 1913, it was a moment of great optimism. The three-year mission would chart unexplored landmasses of the Western Arctic and secure Canada’s place in the international geographic community. Little did the team of distinguished scholars and scientists realize, however, how their hopes would soon be brought to ruin. Just a few months into the journey, the vessel became lodged in heavy ice, eventually sinking near the coast of Siberia.
With little polar experience among them but ample supplies salvaged from the wreck, the group of castaways slowly made their way to solid ground on desolate Wrangel Island. There they would wait while the ship’s captain and an Inuk guide embarked on a heroic 1,100-kilometre trek along the Siberian coast in search of help. By the end of the fifteen-month saga, eleven members of the original expedition would perish from frostbite and sickness, while the remaining twenty would survive to tell the tale. The Luck of the Karluk is a fascinating story about an important episode in Canada’s history and a revealing study of the strengths and weaknesses of human nature under treacherous conditions.
