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History
Listen Up! Alexander Graham Bell’s Talking Machine
$5.95 Add to cartIT’S 1876 AND THE whole country is celebrating the 100th birthday of the United States. The biggest party is in Philadelphia at the World’s Fair, where the latest and greatest inventions are on display for all to see. Alexander Graham Bell is headed to the fair to demonstrate his invention – a talking machine he calls the telephone. But will anyone come to see him at the world’s most important science fair? And more importantly, will his machine work ? This Step 3 reader celebrates the resilient, quirky spirit of inventors.
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Bible
The Life and Times of Archbishop James Ussher
Original price was: $15.95.$5.00Current price is: $5.00. Add to cartFrom the company that brought you the historical classic The Annals of the World comes this in-depth biography of the man behind this landmark work. Originally published in 1895, this fascinating biography gives us a look at Ussher from the perspective of one who was closer to his time. This book traces Ussher’s life from his birth in 1581 to his death in 1656, giving valuable insights into this incredible man’s life.
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Canadian Social Studies
Life in the Far North
$10.95 Add to cartLife in the Far North combines striking images and easy-to-follow text to describe the Native nations that have lived in the northernmost part of present-day North America for thousands of years. The frigid climate has impacted every element of daily life for groups such as the Inuit, Yup’ik, and Inupiat. Children will be keen to learn about: • dwellings such as snow houses • hunting and fishing • the daily lives of men, women, and children • the making of crafts and clothing using natural materials • traditions and ceremonies • how the arrival of Europeans changed the ways of life of these peoples.
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History
Life in an Anishinabe Camp
$10.95 Add to cartBeautiful artwork helps illuminate the daily lives of the Anishinabe, or “first people”, also known as the Chippewa or Ojibwa. Living in the Western Great Lakes region, the Anishinabe adapted to each season by changing camp locations to better follows the changing weather. Fascinating text describes clan life, different camps for different seasons, how wigwams and other dwellings were built, hunting, clothing, celebrations, and the roles of men and women.
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Geography
Egypt and the Middle East
$19.50 Add to cartBring history to life for students in grades 5 and up using Egypt and the Middle East! 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 Egypt and the Middle East. For struggling readers, the book includes a downloadable version of the reading selections at a fourth- to fifth-grade reading level. Aligned to Common Core State Standards, NCSS standards and national and Canadian provincial standards.
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Canadian Social Studies
Emily Stowe
$8.95 Add to cartEmily Stowe (1831-1903) was brought up to consider herself her brothers’ equal. Her education was thorough and after graduating from teacher’s college, she was invited to Brantford, Ontario, to be the first female school principal in Canada.
Stowe, however, was determined to become a doctor. While teaching school and caring for her family, she studied for the medical entrance exams. Unable to study in Ontario universities, she trained in New York. She was the first woman to open a practice in Canada, but it still took thirteen years to persuade the medical establishment to grant her a license.
Encouraged by the American suffrage movement, Stowe and others founded a Canadian suffrage group in 1876. They succeeded in their efforts to establish a women’s medical college in 1883, but Stowe did not live to see full suffrage granted to women. Her daughter, Augusta Stowe-Gullen, the first woman to graduate in medicine from a Canadian university, continued her mother’s campaign.
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Canadian Social Studies
Emily Murphy
$8.95 Add to cartEmily Murphy was one of Canada’s great feminists. A woman of tremendous wit, versatility and compassion, her career included journalism, social reform, politics and the law.
Emily Ferguson was born in Ontario and educated in Toronto where she met her husband, Minister Arthur Murphy. Together they traveled through rural Ontario and industrial England. These travels aroused Emily’s social conscience, which she expressed through her famous Janey Canuck books.
When the Murphy’s moved to Manitoba and later Edmonton, she continued writing and became involved in reform movements. Her first political efforts resulted in the passage of Alberta’s Dower Act of 1911. She would later be appointed a judge in Alberta, making her not only Canada’s first woman magistrate, but the first female magistrate in the British Empire.
In 1921, Murphy publicly questioned the law that kept women from the Senate. Women were not considered persons by law, and could therefore not become Senators. Her tireless campaign in this Persons Case “led to women’s legal recognition as” persons “and their eligibility to the Senate. Murphy herself was never appointed to the Senate, but her work in all facets of law and social reform paved the way for generations of Canadian women.
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Canadian Social Studies
Emily Carr
$9.95 Add to cartThis is the story of a rebellious girl from British Columbia who traveled the world in pursuit of her calling only to find her true inspiration in the Canadian landscape she’d left behind. Both a prolific painter and an accomplished writer, Carr was more comfortable in the raw wilderness than in the tea rooms of London, and more at home with her unique pets than with the people around her. Despite numerous setbacks and disappointments, she persevered to become the West Coast’s most celebrated artist — and a Canadian icon. Her story is a testament to individuality and an inspiration to all.
