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Virtual Museum of Canada

Virtual Museum of Canada: Community Stories: Souls of Black Folk: Hamilton's Stewart Memorial Community

For Students 9th - 10th
An intriguing look at an exhibit that looks at the role of the Black community in the Hamilton, Ontario area.
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Forgotten Pioneer Women of Dance in Canada

For Students 9th - 10th
This intriguing site looks back at the women who were significant in their contributions to the field of dance in British Columbia.
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Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Rogers Communications

For Students 9th - 10th
A detailed profile of one of Canada's largest communication corporations. A timeline of events, growth, and expansion are clearly laid out.
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Inuit Artists: Legends and Stories

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore Inuit legends through a variety of drawings and sculptures. At this site, you can look at photographs and click "Legends" to read the story represented by a specific piece of art.
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Database of Award Winning Children's Literature

For Students 4th - 9th
This is a phenomenal resource. It allows the user to create a reading list of quality children's literature based of choices such as reading level, type of book, genre, ethnicity, gender, etc. In addition, one can determine if a book won...
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Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Canada

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides an overview of the culture of Canada. Gives basic information on topics such as geography, ethnic makeup, languages, symbolism, economy, food, customs, social stratification, family life, education, religion, politics, etc....
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Canadian Museum of History

Cmc: Voyages of Martin Frobisher: Ships of the Third Voyage

For Students 3rd - 8th
A description of the ships used by Martin Frobisher during his third voyage: the Aid, the Thomas Allen, and the Gabriel. The description includes drawn images of the exteriors and the drawn images of the skeletons of the ships' interiors.
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White Pine Pictures

White Pine Pictures: Captain of Souls: Rev. William White

For Students 9th - 10th
Reverend William White was born the son of slaves who had bought their freedom. He was accepted to Acadia University in Nova Scotia and became a great athlete and later a minister. He preached equality for all races and fought for...
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Native American Indian Art

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides illustrations and descriptions of Native American art and painting. Visual sampling of many Native American artists.
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White Pine Pictures

White Pine Pictures: The Fullness of Time: Ukrainian Stories From Alberta

For Students 9th - 10th
This site describes the making of a television documentary about Ukrainian immigrants to Alberta. The stories of the immigrants and the obstacles they faced are described here.
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White Pine Pictures

White Pine Pictures: Wrestling With the Spirit: A Doukhobor Story

For Students 9th - 10th
This site describes the experiences of a Doukhobor family, the Perverseffs, who settled in Saskatchewan after coming to Canada in 1899. It provides background to a television documentary about them.
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Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Metrication in Canada

For Students 9th - 10th
Outlines the reasons Canada converted to the metric system, the process through which this happened and the impact on various professions and industries.
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White Pine Pictures

White Pine Pictures: Hungarian Revolution 1956

For Students 9th - 10th
As part of the film series produced about various groups that resettled in Canada, White Pines Pictures gives a brief historical background of the wave of Hungarian immigration in 1956. Click on the teacher link at the top for lesson...
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University of Victoria (Canada)

Pictures of a Community

For Students 9th - 10th
Wonderfully clear photographs of the community of Fernie British Columbia taken from the period 1904-1924 are presented in this site.
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Young Liberals of Canada

For Students 9th - 10th
Political parties in Canada have a separate membership category for young people. Traditionally young people between the ages of 16-30 years old are members of the Youth wing. Lower fees for membership and activities targeted for the...
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Cypress Hills Massacre

For Students 9th - 10th
The Cypress Hills Massacre occurred in the wake of the absence of legal authority in Western Canada after the Hudson's Bay Company presence declined. The murder of thirty Assiniboine Indians by American wolf hunters helped establish the...
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Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Multicultural America: Blackfoot

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of the Blackfoot. (Note: Content is not the most current.)
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Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Multicultural America: Inuit

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of the Inuit. (Note: Content is not the most current.)
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Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Multicultural America: Iroquois Confederacy

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of the Iroquois Confederacy. (Note: Content is not the most current.)
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Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Multicultural America: Ojibwa

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of Ojibwa. (Note: Content is not the most current.)
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Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Multicultural America: Oneidas

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of Oneidas. (Note: Content is not the most current.)
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Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Multicultural America: Tlingit

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of the Tlingit, a native tribe. (Note: Content is not the most current.)
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Hudson's Bay Company

Hudson's Bay Company: Samuel Hearne

For Students 9th - 10th
Brief illustrated account of Hearne's overland journeys through Canada, with an excerpt from his travel diaries.
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Canadian Museum of History

Cmc: The Birchbark Canoe (1603)

For Students 9th - 10th
Champlain realized the importance of the birchbark canoe to his voyages on shallow waterways. This resource records this observation.

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