If the World Were a Village DVD

NEW! Based on the best selling and award-winning book by the same title, If the World Were a Village is a 30 minute animated story that delivers an important message using a magical metaphor:  what if the world with six billion people were a village of just 100 people…In this village of 100 people:
    ·    22 people speak a Chinese dialect and 9 people speak English
    ·    20 earn less than a dollar a day
    ·    32 are of Christian faith
    ·    39 are under 19 years old.If the World Were a Village offers a unique and objective resource. By exploring the lives of  the 100 villagers, children will discover that life in other nations is often very different from their own. The shrunk-down statistics – some surprising, some shocking – and David Smith’s tips on building “world-mindedness” will encourage viewers to embrace the bigger picture and help them to establish their own place in the global village

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Really Useful Handbooks Series

Really Useful Handbooks offers accessible, practical, guidance for young readers, from dealing with money to body issues.  Each title addresses everyday situations and issues.  Titles include:  Beat stress! The exam handbook — Read the signals: the body language handbook — Coping with loss: the life changes handbook — I’m broke: the money handbook — Making a difference: the changing the world handbook — Too fat? Too thin? The healthy eating handbook.

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One Peace

In One Peace, Janet Wilson brings to light the power young people can have to effect change in society. Drawing upon inspirational children from around the world, Wilson structures her book around individuals such as Faris Calle of Colombia, Zlata Filipovic of Bosnia and Canada’s own Craig Kielburger, and their work. While the title suggests that all her subjects are “activists,” this is not necessarily so. Wilson also highlights children who take simple but powerful steps, such as writing letters, as well.  In addition to her main examples, she also includes photographs, fascinating facts (such as the origin of the famous peace symbol), poetry from children in war-torn countries, and comprehensive end notes.

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The Black Book of Colors

This black on black book invites readers to imagine living without sight through illustrations done with raised lines, and descriptions of colours based on imagery. Braille letters accompany the illustrations, and a full Braille alphabet offers sighted readers help reading along with their fingers.

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My Path to Math

Crabtree’s new series My Path to Math makes learning numbers easy and fun.  The eight titles in this series cover everything math, from fractions to graphing, in an easy-to-follow style, complete with explanatory diagrams and drawings.  Titles include:

Estimation — Fractions — Graphing — Geometry — Measurement — Money — Place Value — Time.

    

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Ontario Curriculum Units Resource Material

Integrated units have been developed by project teams from across the province, using the Curriculum Unit Planner, with the permission of the Ministry of Education.  Some of these units are now available in the Terry James Resource Library.  Units currently held by the library are in the subjects of Science and Technology, Mathematics, and Social Studies, for grades 1 to 8.  More units are available on The Ontario Curriculum Unit Planner website, found at the link listed below.

Curriculum Units Project Link

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Character Education

New character education additions, to the Terry James Resource Library collection, include:

180 days of character — Adventure education for the classroom community — The book of virtues — Character building activities for kids — Developing a character education program — The essential guide to talking with teens — and many more.

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Handwriting Without Tears Teacher’s Guides

The Terry James Resource Library now has available the Kindergarten, Grade 1, 2, 3 and 4 Teacher’s Guides for Handwriting Without Tears.

   

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Books On CD-ROM For Use With Kurzweil

Electronic fiction and non-fiction texts, for use with Kurzweil 1000 and Kurzweil 3000 software, are now available, to be booked through the Video Library.

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Character Education Videos and Kits

New character education additions to our Video Library include:

Make You Think Values Collection, Series 1 & 3, audience level: intermediate, senior — Odd Girl Out, audience level: senior — Auto B Good Series 2, 4 & 12, audience level: primary.

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