First Nations Contributions edukit looks at the accomplishments and backgrounds of many First Nations people, past and present. Select historical figures, such as Alex Decoteau, Pakan, and Star Blanket, are found in the biographies...

Here are a variety of lesson plans for both elementary and secondary school students, provided to help students assess the health and wellness of Aboriginal Cultures. One specific lesson looks at Reserve Communities in contemporary society.

This website provides some excellent information about Emily Murphy--both for the educator and the learner. Information and photos on her private life allow users a glimpse into Emily Murphy as few knew her. Links to her public life and...

A concise, informative report on the function of Royal Assent in the Canadian parliamentary system.

A short, authoritative article on Canada's first aboriginal to be appointed to the Senate. This site is noteworthy not for its detailed content, but its succinct presentation and attractive layout.

Reviews the treaties that have been given to Native Peoples in Canada including the Proclamation of 1763. Examines each treaty and how it affected the First Nations People.

Explore the Metis Peoples in Alberta--their beginnings, the people and their communities and their culture and lifestyle. Listen to content, view pictures, read text and follow the timeline of this Aboriginal peoples of Alberta.

A lesson plan that has students make a poster that shows the occupations and reasons why someone would want to move to the Nunavut province.

This site provides an in-depth overview regarding diversity in Alberta. Timelines, biographies, rights/responsibility and more are highlighted. Users may view pictures or listen to stories from real-life people who have experienced or...

The lesson plans in this resource were developed by local classroom teachers, are interdisciplinary and feature fill in the blank and role-playing exercises, activities, timelines, charts and questions. The intent is to help teachers...

Resource provides teachers with a series of eleven (11) lesson plans that surround the life of Alex Decoteau. All lessons can be downloaded and range from poetry to newspaper article activities.

Through a timeline, photographs, history, biography page and game zone, students will enhance learning and understanding of the life and times of Alex Decoteau.

This developing site produced by the Nevada Humanities, a division of the National Endowment for the Humanities, provides a look at Nevada's history, geography,culture and economy making great use of interactive media. Includes popups....

An exhaustive resource with everything concerning music theory. From ear training to music history, this site covers it all.

Entry from an online encyclopedia discussing the laity, the ranks of faithful outside of the clergy. Please note that ?The Catholic Encyclopedia? is a historic reference source and should be viewed in the context of resource material...

This is an online photocopy of the original of the children's book The Boy's Own Book by William Clarke, (1880?) a complete encyclopedia of sports and pastimes: athletic, scientific, and recreative.

Encyclopedia Britannica offers a brief biography of Chiang Kai-shek, the leader of the Nationalist Chinese who fought the Japanese and Communists for control of China.

Learn about Hermann Minkowski's mathematical works from the Encyclopedia Britannica online. Click on the underlined terms to understand their relationship to Minkowski or Minkowski's work.

Encyclopedia Britannica online provides a short biography regarding Emile Borel's life and mathematical works.

This online resource was created by third and fourth graders in Sleepy Hollow, New York. The biographies are quite short but cover hundreds of women. They are listed in alphabetical order by last name. There are also links to a timeline...

Online version of a standard religious studies reference work (AltaMira Press, 1998).

Online version of a very detailed book on woodblock printing. Text and images are available as well as author's preface. Very good information now available online.

An encyclopedia online. Just look for your topic to find information that you need. Provides information on a wide range of topics.

The socialist opposition to war actually led to the great World War I. Read here to discover ideals of "socialist pacifism" and the developments leading up to WWI. Reactions toward the war are also included.