Content Connections Series

Terry James Resource Library now has some of the big book kits in the Content Connections series.  These kits offer small books, an interactive whiteboard resources CD, a talking e-book CD, and an audiobook CD with each big book.  The content is aimed at primary students.  Please see the link below for details.

 

 

 

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Information Literacy

Today’s students have a world of information at their fingertips.  The Terry James Resource Library has many materials available to help teachers help students deal with the information age.  An example of these resources is:

Building Info Smarts by Carol Koechlin & Sandi Zwann

Help students master the tools and strategies that they need to work with all kinds of information and make it ther own — from reading books and analyzing a movie to working on a research project.  Grades 4-12.

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Les Classiques de Frederic Back – Frederic Back Classics (DVD)

Regroupe les principales œuvres du cinéaste d’animation québécois Frédéric Back.  Présentation spéciale par Hubert Tison et Frédéric Back  – Abracadabra  — Inon, ou, La conquête du feu  — La création des oiseaux –Illusion? — Taratata! — Tout rien — Crac!  — Le fleuve aux grandes eaux  — Entrevue: Frédéric Back et “Le fleuve aux grandes eaux” — L’homme qui plantait des arbres — Entrevue avec Jean Giono, auteur du récit “L’homme qui plantait des arbres”  — Entrevue avec Hubert Tison — Portrait de Frédéric Back = Portrait of Frédéric Back.

The best known works of Canadian animation legend Frédéric Back.  Special introduction by Hubert Tison and Frédéric Back  — Abracadabra  –  Inon or the Conquest of fire  –  The creation of birds — Illusion?  — Taratata! –  All nothing  — Crac!  –  The mighty river  –  Interview: Frédéric Back and The mighty river –  The man who planted trees  –  Interview with Jean Giorno, author of “The man who planted trees”  — Interview with Hubert Tison –  Portrait of Frédéric Back  –  Interview with Frédéric Back.

Frédéric Back, internationally renowned film-animation artist, muralist, illustrator, and teacher (born at Sarrebrück, France 8 Apr 1924). Back studied Fine Art at Rennes, France, before immigrating to Canada in 1948. He was hired by Radio Canada in Montréal in 1952 and worked in graphics and visual effects on many educational and scientific television shows. In 1968 Back joined the newly created (by Hubert Tison) animation division, releasing his first film, Abracadabra, in 1970. Since then he has finished eight more short animated films, primarily for young children and usually with a message associated with ecology or Quebec culture. His films are known for his exquisite technique of drawing on frosted acetate with coloured pencils in a gentle post-Impressionist style.

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The Peace Tree (DVD)

Two Muslim girls dream of celebrating Christmas, while their Christian friend imagines celebrating Eid. But when their parents raise objections, the girls must find a way to convince their parents that it’s really all about peace.

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Frantic Frogs

Frantic Frogs and Other Frankly Fractured Folktales for Readers Theatre:

Have you heard “Don’t Kiss Sleeping Beauty, She’s Got Really Bad Breath” or “The Ugly Duckling Sues His Parents for Bad Genes”? This resource offers more than 20 reproducible satirical scripts for rip-roaring dramatics. Fredericks’s side-splitting send-ups and wacky folktales and fairy tales are guaranteed to bring snickers, chuckles, and belly laughs into the classroom and get everyone involved. The book also contains guidelines and tips for using readers theatre in the classroom. It’s a great icebreaker that everyone will enjoy! Grades 4-8.

More fairy tale adaptations are available through the Terry James Resouce Library and Media Booking.

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First Nations

The Terry James Resource Library has many new items featuring the People of the First Nations’ culture, customs, history and much more, for primary, junior, intermediate and senior grades.

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The Terry James Video Library has many videos featuring First Nation’s People.  The newest arrival is “Aboriginality”.  In this animated short blending past history with contemporary performance, a teen boy sits in a dingy living room idly watching television. When he sees a dance and rap program that transports him to a strange prairie land, he is brought face-to-face with his Native American heritage in the form of the mystical Red Road and a Cree dancer of the First Nations.

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Picture Books on DVD

The Terry James Video Library has popular children’s picture books on dvd.  Some examples are:

The Boy Who Was Raised by Librarians

Melvin discovers that the public library is the place where he can find just about anything–including three librarians who help in his quest for knowledge.

The Three Snow Bears

Retells the story of Goldilocks, set in an Inuit village and featuring a family of polar bears.

White Owl, Barn Owl

A young girl and her grandfather build a nest box for barn owls and wait night after night for an owl to appear. At last they see the distinctive heart-shaped face of the white barn owl in the box window. The two continue to observe the owl and its mate as they hunt to feed the baby owls in their nest.

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Bill Nye DVD’s

Bill Nye the Science Guy knows how to provide easy access to hard science.  What’s his secret?  A fast-paced approach blending humorous hijinks with hands-on activities.  Bill encourages kids to ask interesting questions – then shows them how to discover fascinating answers.  Many of the Bill Nye dvd’s are now available through the Terry James Video Library.

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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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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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