Social Studies
Britannica : Login: havergal Password: college, Choose "middle," not "Elementary" when you search.
Worldbook: Login: havergal460 Password: ellenknox
World Hunger
Relationship between Hunger and War
56 million people are in urgent need of food — and all for the same reason
https://www.worldbookonline.com/student-new/#/article/home/ar191120/world%20hunger
Malnutrition and World Hunger: A Guide To Global Issues | Global Citizen
The Problem With Banans | Environmental & Social Issues in the Trade
Fair Trade & Sweatfree – Global Exchange
The Nestlé Cocoa Plan | Nestlé
Gender Equality (one student has a focus on India)
https://www.worldbookonline.com/student-new/#/article/home/ar194260/gender%20equality
Amazon "women warriors" show gender equality, forest conservation go hand in hand
NASA’s spacesuits have a gender problem; these women are fixing it
Girls as young as 6 believe men are smarter than women, study shows
Quidditch in Uganda: On this pitch, women and men are equal
#5WomenArtists campaign tackles gender inequity for the fifth year in a row
Gender Inequality Continues To Affect The Lives Of Many Girls In India
Gender Equality and Youth Development Programs - UN India
Act now on gender equality to support India's recovery
Oxfam India CEO Behar: Inequality in India is 'absolutely obscene' | DW News
Global Warming
https://www.worldbookonline.com/student-new/#/article/home/ar226310/climate%20change
Effects of global warming will be bad for the Earth, study shows
Climate change could make blizzards more intense, scientists say
Rowley Shoals: thriving Aussie reef shows what’s possible when ecosystems are untouched by humans
How humans add methane gas to the atmosphere
What's New on the Climate Crisis?
What Is the Greenhouse Effect?
Climate Change
'Extinction crisis' has scientists sounding the alarm over nature's rapid decline
https://school.eb.com/levels/middle/article/climate-change/630276
U.N. presents ways to slow down problems caused by climate change
Give women greater role in decision-making, save more trees
Young People Win Climate Case in Germany
Climate change (according to a kid)
An introduction to climate change for kids
Climate Change - The environment for Kids (Updated Version)
Child Labour
What Every Child Should Know About Child Labor
Child Labor - Internation Labor Organization
https://www.worldbookonline.com/student-new/#/article/home/ar110760/child%20labor
https://school.eb.com/levels/middle/article/child-labor/273637
Did a child make these shoes? Kids push government to be more clear
Senators seek to stop U.S. importing cocoa produced by forced child labor
The War in Syria: Syrian kids forced to work instead of school
LGTBQ+ rights
Infographic: Gay Rights in Toronto
GLAAD History and Highlights, 1985-Present
A Historic Timeline of The 519
https://www.worldbookonline.com/student-new/#/article/home/ar750031/gender%20equality
Timeline: 50 years of LGBTQ Pride in Canada
Merriam-Webster declares "they" its 2019 word of the year
How gay activists challenged the politics of civility
Racial divide in the LGBT community
Forest Fires
The Amazon is on fire — here’s why it matters
NEWSELA - Ten ways climate change can make wildfires worse
https://www.worldbookonline.com/student-new/#/article/home/ar204700/forest%20fire
Wildfires: How they form, and why they're so dangerous
California trying new ways to fight wildfires, including military, logging
Wildfires made worse: Ten climate change factors that affect fires
20 years of federal and state data prove humans cause most wildfires
Child Soldiers
https://www.worldbookonline.com/student-new/#/article/home/ar756103/child%20soldier
Children recruited by armed forces
Child Soldiers: Facts and How to Help
https://theirworld.org/explainers/child-soldiers
War in Syria
https://www.worldbookonline.com/student-new/#/article/home/ar757057/syria%20war
Teachers turn to basement schools to help kids in war-torn Syrian city
Syrian father teaches daughter to laugh when the bombs fall
Syrian civil war Facts for Kids
The War in Syria: Syrian kids forced to work instead of school
10 Years of War in Syria: A Timeline Through the Eyes of Children
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Image Sources for Book Covers:
https://quest.eb.com/ username: havergal password: college
https://search.creativecommons.org/
November 13th Gallery Walk: Immigrant Groups in Canada up to 1988:
Computer Station 1: Timelines
The Canadian Encyclopedia - Immigration Timeline
100 Years of Immigration to Canada
Computer Station 2: Videos
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General Sources:
The United Nations Explained (Video)
Child Marriage:
Child Poverty:
Child Labor:
What Every Child Should Know About Child Labor
Child Labor - Internation Labor Organization
In worldbook online search for "child labor." You will find an article. Don't forget to check the "Related Information" tab for more resources.
some tips: Choose "student," not "kid" when you search
Login: havergal460 Password: ellenknox
In Britannica search for "child labor." choose "middle," not "Elementary" when you search.
login: havergal
password: college
Climate Change:
Worst Case Scenario - Melting Ice and Rising Sea Levels (video) Log in: library@havergal.on.ca password: Library01
Deforestation:
How does the forestry industry affect Canada?
The effect of deforestation on climate - National Geographic
The effect of deforestation on animals
Education Rights:
Forest Fires:
Ten Ways Climate Change can make Wild Fires Worse
Gender Equality:
The United Nations and Gender Equality
Gender Equality Story Map (The World's Largest Lesson)
Habitat Loss:
Indigenous Rights Around the World
LGBT Issues:
http://www.seetorontonow.com/toronto-diversity/gay-rights-in-toronto/
http://www.glaad.org/about/history
http://www.the519.org/about/history-timeline
The Washington Post - LGBT Youth in the United States
Life on Land:
Endangered Species Fee - Ontario (CBC)
Pollinating by Hand in China (bees)
Poverty
Water: (loss/pollution)
water-crisis-whats-the-best-solution
Water Scarcity: Are We Facing a Global Crisis? *Note: This video is 25 minutes long and compares the situation in Cape Town to the drought in the Prairies.
World Hunger
Pollution
Child soldiers
Cocoa:
https://globalexchange.org/campaigns/legacy-campaigns/fair-trade/
Fishing:
Government of Canada - Overfishing
Right whales, fishing death https://www.canadiangeographic.ca/article/north-atlantic-right-whales-died-blunt-force-trauma-entanglement-necropsies-confirm
https://www.canadiangeographic.ca/article/dozens-canadian-fish-stocks-critical-condition-report
Good things that come from fishing:
Facts about the Canadian Fishing industry
Canada - A Nation Built on Fish
We Are The Best - Nova Scotia Lobster Industry
Bad things that happen because of fishing:
Technology:
Video: Kids and Technology (Log in: library@havergal.on.ca password: Library01)
Video: Addicted to your phone? (Log in: library@havergal.on.ca password: Library01)
War:
Syria: http://www.iamsyria.org/teaching-about-the-refugee-crisis-and-making-a-difference.html
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Unit 1:
General Resources:
Canada in Context (Database):http://infotrac.galegroup.com/default/toro62683?db=CIC
PASSWORD: havergalhome
Canadian Council of Refugees - History of Canada's response to refugees
Black History:
Kids' Guide to Canadian Settlement: Black Canadians
Loyalists and Patriots: The Canadian Encyclopedia - Loyalists
Video (WATCH FROM minute 26:00 to 31:00):
Heritage Minutes: The Underground Railroad
Chinese:
Chinese Settlement - Kids Guide to Canadian Settlement
French:
Hungarian:
Hungarian Immigration Library and Archives Canada
Indian:
Italians:
Article from the Canadian Encyclopedia
Citizenship and Immigration Canada
Japanese:
History of Japanese Canadians From SEDAI, The Japanese Canadian Legacy Project
National Association of Japanese Canadians A comprehensive history of the Japanese community in Canada. Many extra resource materials are listed as well
Jewish Canadians:
Korean:
Article from The Canadian Encyclopedia.
From the website, Canadian Immigrant.
Polish:
The Canadian Encyclopedia - Polish Immigration
Global News Article - Polish Immigrants and Pier 21
Russian:
Scandinavian (including Iceland):
Icelandic Memorial Society of Canada
Surplus Children/British Home Children:
History Spotlight British Home Children
Canadian Encyclopedia - British Home Children
Facts About British Home Children
Vietnamese:
War Brides:
Canadian War Brides - Veterans Website
Canadian Encyclopedia - War Brides
Video - Original Newsreel: Canadian War Brides
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https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/search?type=timelineevent&search=immigration
First Nations and European Explorers:
Canada in Context Database: http://infotrac.galegroup.com/default/toro62683?db=CIC
PASSWORD: havergalhome
The Canadian Encyclopedia: http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/
Specific Pages:
http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/timelines/first-nations/
http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/timelines/exploration/
http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/timelines/colonization-and-immigration/
http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/timelines/samuel-de-champlain/
Dictionary of Canadian Biography:
http://www.biographi.ca/en/index.html
Canadian Museum of History: First Peoples of Canada: http://www.historymuseum.ca/cmc/exhibitions/aborig/fp/fpint01e.shtml
The Mariners Museum (life on the ships): http://ageofex.marinersmuseum.org/index.php?page=faq
Explorers of Canada: http://www.zoomwhales.com/explorers/canada.shtml
Diseases:
Canada in Context Database: http://infotrac.galegroup.com/default/toro62683?db=CIC
PASSWORD: havergalhome
The Canadian Encyclopedia: http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/
Life and Death on Grosse Île, 1832-1937
Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21
http://www.pier21.ca/research/immigration-history?page=1Immigration:
Hockey:
Backcheck: a Hockey Retrospective
Canadian Stereotypes:
Canadian Heritage: The Official Symbols of Canada:
http://canada.pch.gc.ca/eng/1447171355704
Google News Search: https://news.google.ca/
For more recent topics, run a Google News Search
Immigration, Emigration, Refugees, and Settlement:
Canada in Context (Database):http://infotrac.galegroup.com/default/toro62683?db=CIC
PASSWORD: havergalhome
The Canadian Encyclopedia: The Canadian Encyclopedia - Homepage
Some Specific Pages:
http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/refugees/
http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/timelines/immigration/
The Kids Site of Canadian Settlement
Virtual Museum of Canada - Immigration
http://settlement.org (The Ontario Government's website that provides information to those interested in immigrating and settling in Ontario).
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password: college
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First Nations and European Explorers:
Canada in Context Database: http://infotrac.galegroup.com/default/toro62683?db=CIC
PASSWORD: havergalhome
The Canadian Encyclopedia: http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/
Specific Pages:
http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/timelines/first-nations/
http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/timelines/exploration/
http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/timelines/colonization-and-immigration/
http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/timelines/samuel-de-champlain/
Dictionary of Canadian Biography:
http://www.biographi.ca/en/index.html
Canadian Museum of History: First Peoples of Canada: http://www.historymuseum.ca/cmc/exhibitions/aborig/fp/fpint01e.shtml
The Mariners Museum (life on the ships): http://ageofex.marinersmuseum.org/index.php?page=faq
Explorers of Canada: http://www.zoomwhales.com/explorers/canada.shtml
Diseases:
Canada in Context Database: http://infotrac.galegroup.com/default/toro62683?db=CIC
PASSWORD: havergalhome
The Canadian Encyclopedia: http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/
Life and Death on Grosse Île, 1832-1937
Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21
http://www.pier21.ca/research/immigration-history?page=1Immigration:
Canadian Stereotypes:
Canadian Heritage: The Official Symbols of Canada:
http://canada.pch.gc.ca/eng/1447171355704
Google News Search: https://news.google.ca/
For more recent topics, run a Google News Search
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