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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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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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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CBC News In Review

News in Review is a subscription series of one hour educational tapes hosted by CBC journalist and news anchor Carla Robinson, featuring CBC correspondents.

It has been designed by teachers for an integrated curriculum and is an effective learning tool for Canadian studies, global studies, history, social science, media literacy, English and E.S.L. Each News in Review segment is carefully crafted to give students and teachers a timely and concise examination of Canadian and world issues. Footage from CBC’s archives helps provide historical context. A comprehensive resource guide written by experienced educators supplies background information. News in Review is also closed captioned.

News in Review Resource Guides
Resource Guides are available online in their entirety. 

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Curriculum Kits

The Terry James Video Library features many kits which contain books and other media.  The curriculum based kits highlight subjects used in the current curriculum.  Titles include:

Ancient civilizations Greek and Roman – Features of communities around the world – Aspects of government – Medieval times – Rocks and minerals – Folktales – Famous Canadians – We are all equal – Natural resources – Cuisenaire rods - plus many more.

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