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Canadian Museum of Nature

Canadian Museum of Nature: Gorillas

For Students 6th - 8th
Provides a brief overview of the endangered gorilla. Content includes a quick look at gorilla behavior, diet, and endangered environment.
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Archives of Ontario

The James Bay Treaty Turns 100

For Students 9th - 10th
This online exhibit explores the events leading up to the signing of the James Bay Treaty, also known as Treaty No.9. Through this series on archival documents, photographs, and accompanying text, explore the impact of the James Bay...
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Other

Metis Centre: Profiles of Metis Elders [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Present day Metis elders are profiled in this biographical pdf document. Learn about each of their early lives, challenges, and accomplishments.
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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: American Passages: Exploring Borderlands: Samuel De Champlain

For Students 9th - 10th
This passage highlights passionate French explorer, Samuel de Champlain, in his conquest for new lands in present day Canada and his establishment of France's North American capital of Quebec. Click the "Samuel de Champlain Activities"...
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Other

Micmac: Spiritual Leaders and Authorities

For Students 9th - 10th
Micmac and Maliseet culture was guided by political and spiritual leaders. Both were held in high regard for their ability to communicate with the "unseen world".
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White Pine Pictures

White Pine Pictures:brothers From Vietnam, the Story of the Lais and the Bessais

For Students 9th - 10th
The Bessai family of Edmonton sponsored a Vietnamese family in 1979 after the Vietnam War ended, and helped them to settle into a new life in Canada. Their families became close friends. This site describes their story and gives...
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White Pine Pictures

White Pine Pictures: The Wanderer, the Story of Rev. Sang Chui Lee

For Students 9th - 10th
Reverend Sang-Chui Lee is a Korean immigrant to Canada who had converted to Christianity in response to the Japanese occupation of Manchuria and Korea. He later became a United Church minister. His three daughters married non-Koreans...
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White Pine Pictures

White Pine Pictures: A Land as Green as the Sea

For Students 9th - 10th
This site describes the making of a television documentary about a family of Scottish immigrants. The stories of the immigrants, the obstacles they faced and the legacy they have left are described here.
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White Pine Pictures

White Pine Pictures: New Norway, the Immigrant Trail

For Students 9th - 10th
This site describes the making of a television documentary about a family of Norwegians who emigrated to Manitoba, Canada in 1912. The stories of the immigrants, the obstacles they faced and the legacy they have left are described here.
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White Pine Pictures

White Pine Pictures: The Stowaway

For Students 9th - 10th
This site describes the background of a television documentary about a Portuguese man who stowed away on a ship to come to Newfoundland. Antonio da Silva stayed in touch with his homeland by inviting Portuguese fishermen to his home. The...
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Wikimedia

Wikipedia: New France

For Students 9th - 10th
An overview of New France, from the time the French first began to explore the area until they ceded Canada to the British (Treaty of Paris, signed in 1763). Includes a discussion of the founding of Quebec City and early maps of the...
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White Pine Pictures

White Pine Pictures: The Magnificent Abersons

For Students 9th - 10th
Bob and Jane Aberson were Dutch immigrant farmers to the Manitoba prairies. Jane Aberson wrote a column in a Dutch newspaper for 30 years, describing the hardships and joys of farming life on the prairies. Her columns influenced many...
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White Pine Pictures

White Pine Pictures: Rene Richard: Painter of the North

For Students 9th - 10th
Rene Richard was a native of Switzerland who worked as a trapper and hunter to avoid the hardships of farming life that his family endured. He came to appreciate Alberta's north and went to France to train as an artist. When he returned,...
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Royal British Colombia Museum (Canada)

Emily Carr

For Students 9th - 10th
Not only was Emily Carr one of British Columbia's most recognized Artists but was recognized Nationally as well. The site discloses information about her life and her impact on Canadian life.
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Curated OER

Narratives of Nationhood: Is This Landscape Your Landscape?

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore Canadian history, identity, and culture through the art of different Canadian landscape artists including works by Lawren Harris, Kim Ondaatje, and Pudlo Pudlat. Featured are many integrated lesson plans that go with the theme...
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Curated OER

Narratives of Nationhood: Is This Landscape Your Landscape?

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore Canadian history, identity, and culture through the art of different Canadian landscape artists including works by Lawren Harris, Kim Ondaatje, and Pudlo Pudlat. Featured are many integrated lesson plans that go with the theme...
Graphic
Curated OER

Loyalist, George Pek

For Students 9th - 10th
Meet the determined, skilled, and heroic women of Canadian history.
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White Pine Pictures

White Pine Pictures: The Road Chosen: The Story of Lem Wong

For Students 9th - 10th
Lem Wong was a Chinese immigrant who came to Canada in 1897. He traveled across Canada for five years working in Chinese laundries. After bringing a wife from China, he had eight children and opened a restaurant in London, Ontario, which...
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Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Maple Syrup

For Students 9th - 10th
A trip to the sugarbush is a popular field trip for many students. Before such a trip, or even just during the season, learning about the production of maple syrup is a great way to introduce a study of Canada's cultural heritage.
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Veterans Affairs Canada

Vimy: Honour the Legacy

For Students 9th - 10th
This site commemorates the 95th anniversary of the Battle of Vimy Ridge and the events that were held in its honour, including the restoration of the Canadian National Vimy Memorial in France in April 2007. Read about the history of Vimy...
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Curated OER

Cbc.ca: The Crucible Fighting From the Home Front

For Students 6th - 8th
Canada went from a country in economic crisis to one of the world's most industrialized nations during WW11. Canada's economy was revitalized, women joined the work force, the war effort was actively supported; yet unfair times did exist...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Igloo 101

For Students 3rd - 8th
Learn what it takes to build an igloo from the best kind of snow to the most effective tools and other little-known facts about these traditional Canadian Inuit structures in this interactive activity from NOVA.
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Veterans Affairs Canada

Veterans Affairs Canada: The Liberation of the Netherlands

For Students 9th - 10th
VAC has provided a basic public information fact sheet on the liberation of the Netherlands in World War II that can be downloaded from here. It covers The Battle of the Scheldt, Operation Market-Garden and the legacy of enduring...
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Merna A Forster

Heroines: Rosemary Brown

For Students 9th - 10th
Great for studying Women's History, Black History, or Canadian Politics. Links to both radio and video clips as well.

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