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R023151
Music Builders III
Music Builders III from the Music Builders Series is designed to provide the foundation for a year's work in music. This conceptually based program includes a set of two CDs and a teacher's manual. The CDs provide the stimulus for all the musical activities outlined in the teacher's manual. The material represents a wide variety of musical styles and includes songs, chants, and stories set to music, as well as music for listening, playing and moving. Many composers and performers are featured.
The teacher's manual provides lessons for active music learning experiences through singing, playing, listening, creating, moving and visualizing. Activities that explore the elements of music - melody, rhythm, harmony, timbre, dynamics, style and form - are designed for both large and small groups and for individual experiences. The manual gives detailed lesson suggestions for sequential learning. It also provides openings for reinforcement of concepts in other subject areas. Teachers are encouraged to extend the activities and to add their own material.
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Media and Formats : Kit
Price : $115.00
Record posted/updated: July 8, 2024
R070422
Canada is...Music. Grades 3-4 (Revised ed.)
Canada is...Music is designed specifically for teachers in Canada. It consists of a student textbook, a teacher's guidebook and a set of CDs. This resource contains over 150 enjoyable songs that help students learn the elements of music. The units of study integrate music with other areas of the curriculum through various techniques including poetry, drama activities and movement suggestions.
•  Canada is...Music. Grades 3-4. Compact Discs
•  Canada is...Music. Grades 3-4. Student Edition
•  Canada is...Music. Grades 3-4. Teacher's Guidebook
Media and Formats : Book Kit
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Record posted/updated: May 24, 2017
R053051
The Barefoot Book of Earth Tales
In this collection of narratives, readers will discover how various cultures celebrate our connection with nature and remind us how important it is to take care of Mother Earth. The narratives will increase understanding of the relationship to the land, celebrate the beauty of the natural world and share wisdom to take care of the Earth. The text includes a table of contents and a suggested activity to accompany each narrative.
Media and Formats : Book
Price : $19.99
Record posted/updated: November 28, 2018
R070415
Organization of Saskatchewan Arts Councils
The education programs and resources aim to provide Saskatchewan rural residents with access to the same opportunities afforded urban residents in the development of visual literacy. Education packages from previous touring exhibitions are available as resources for teachers and gallery staff. These packages offer arts activity ideas and strategies for engaging audiences in visual art.
Media and Formats : Website
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Record posted/updated: June 13, 2017
R055401
The Eco-Diary of Kiran Singer
Kiran explores the environmental problems threatening her local wetland. For her birthday, Kiran is given a diary by her grandma. She is invited by her grandma to help her and a conservation crew to restore a bog in Vancouver, BC. Using poetic form, Kiran expresses her thoughts about the bog and the various life species that live there. Through the text, students should be inspired to help protect wetlands in their local communities.
Media and Formats : Book
Price : $18.95
Record posted/updated: November 28, 2018
R014027
CBC Digital Archives. Arts & Entertainment
Oscar Peterson, Karen Kain, the Group of 7, Bill Reid, Glen Gould, Leonard Cohen, Robert LePage and the Rolling Stones are just a few of the profiles that the CBC Archives has pulled together on this website. Each of the musicians, artists and dancers highlighted on the site have several audio or video clips illustrating their work as well as suggested classroom activities. In addition to information on individuals or groups, there is coverage related to topics such as censorship.
Media and Formats : Website
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Record posted/updated: March 23, 2020
R011151
Classical Kids: A Comprehensive Study in Music With Connections Across the Curriculum
A bundle for each composer includes a audio compact disc as well as the comprehensive teacher's notes booklet.
•  Beethoven Lives Upstairs
•  Daydreams and Lullabies
•  Hallelujah Handel
•  Mozart's Magnificent Voyage
•  Mr. Bach Comes to Call
•  Tchaikovsky Discovers America
•  Vivaldi's Ring of Mystery
Media and Formats : Book CD/DVD
Price : $32.99 US (each bundle)
Record posted/updated: October 19, 2019
R070087
Do Re Mi: If You Can Read Music, Thank Guido d'Arezzo
This picture book explains that until 1,000 years ago, there was no written music at all. If people wanted to learn songs, they had to memorize them. Fortunately, Guido d'Arezzo from Tuscany created a system of musical notation that changed music forever. With detailed collage illustrations, Do Re Mi depicts D'Arezzo's persistence, his struggles with those resisting change and his support from a Benedictine monk as he develops an ingenious system of musical notation that is still used worldwide. The book includes a glossary of music terms and a bibliography of books on related topics.
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Media and Formats : Book
Price : $24.99
Record posted/updated: September 27, 2017
R037619
Museums Association of Saskatchewan - Museums Map
Using this online map, teachers and students can easily locate museums within Saskatchewan. The site provides the basic contact information, hours and links to specific websites for art galleries and historical museums.
Media and Formats : Website
Price : unavailable
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Record posted/updated: August 29, 2017
R070120
The Sound That Jazz Makes
With simple text and attractive two-page spread oil illustrations, this resource traces the origins and influence of jazz from Africa to America.
Media and Formats : Book
Price : $7.95
Record posted/updated: June 13, 2017
R031146
Razzberry Jazzberry Jam. Season 2
Razzberry Jazzberry Jam is an animated series that helps children discover their love for music and its many genres, including pop, jazz, salsa, rock, country and hip-hop.
•  A Royal Pain. Episode 11
•  Bongo Mania. Episode 5
•  Building to a Bang. Episode 8
•  Calling All Jazzberries. Episode 4
•  Genre Busters. Episode 10
•  Helping Hands. Episode 7
•  Jazzberries Unplugged. Episode 1
•  Mixmaster Flash. Episode 2
•  Music is Universal. Episode 3
•  The ABCs of Music. Episode 9
•  The Disappearing Act. Episode 6
•  The Jazzberry Express. Episode 12
•  The Voice of Change. Episode 13
Media and Formats : Video
Price : Free
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Record posted/updated: January 3, 2019
R044454
He Who Flies By Night: The Story of Grey Owl
This is the true story of Archie Belaney, who fulfilled his childhood dream of living in Canada's north with First Nations people. Archie reinvents himself into Wa-Sha-Quon-Asin (Grey Owl) and lives among the animals of the forest. Students will enjoy reading about how Archie lived with his two beavers, Jelly Roll and Rawhide. Grey Owl's greatest legacy is his vision of conservation and the importance of our place in nature.
The book is the recipient of the 2007 Moonbeam Children's Book Award for Multicultural Non-fiction.
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Media and Formats : Book
Price : $12.95
Record posted/updated: July 8, 2024
R070116
Step-by-Step Classroom Music 3. Teacher Manual
Especially useful for teachers with no background in music, this teacher manual provides detailed lesson plans that include objectives,assessment strategies, reproducible material and correlation to the accompanying compact disc. The back matter includes a glossary of terms and assessment rubrics.
•  Step-By-Step Classroom Music 3. Teacher Manual Supplement
Media and Formats : Book CD/DVD
Price : $139.95
Record posted/updated: October 20, 2019
R050274
Before John Was a Jazz Giant: A Song of John Coltrane
With shaded, detail-filled illustrations and poetic text, this tribute to John Coltrane focuses on John as a young child who is fully aware of the sounds and rhythms in his environment. John often closes his eyes and absorbs sounds such as birds warbling at sunrise, a saxophone's soulful solo, steam engines whistling past and Daddy strumming his ukulele. This picture book could pique students' interest in a discussion about what shapes a musician. Before John Was a Jazz Giant includes a short biography of Coltrane's life, a selected list of his music and a short list of books for further reading about him.
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Media and Formats : Book
Price : $19.99
Record posted/updated: June 13, 2017
R050501
The Deaf Musicians
Filled with jazzy syllables such as plink-a-plink, yimba-timba, and zang-zang, this book is about a jazz pianist who is forced to leave his band because he is losing his hearing. The pianist, however, meets a deaf saxophone player in a sign language class and they form an amazing new band for deaf musicians that performs snazzy style. Comical muted illustrations effectively depict the varying moods that the characters in the story experience.
Teachers could use this book to introduce real-life musicians who are deaf, such as world-renowned percussionist Evelyn Glennie.
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Media and Formats : Book
Price : $22.50
Record posted/updated: July 8, 2024
R046589
The Carnival of the Animals: Poems Inspired by Saint-Saëns' Music
Inspired by Saint-Saëns' zoological fantasy, this appealing anthology combines 14 poems written at various levels by renowned authors with gloriously colourful illustrations of the animals represented.
An accompanying compact disc offers a reading of each of the poems, followed by the corresponding musical passage from Carnival of the Animals.
Media and Formats : Book CD/DVD
Price : $23.99
Record posted/updated: July 8, 2024
R070121
Those Amazing Musical Instruments!: Your Guide to the Orchestra Through Sounds and Stories
With notes on the history, construction and sounds of the instruments from each of the four major musical instrument families (strings, brass, woodwind, percussion), this book takes students on a tour of the orchestra. Colourful photographs, graphics and information boxes, circles and bubbles add interest to the text. Those Amazing Musical Instruments includes a table of contents, a glossary and an index.
An accompanying CD-ROM offers sample sounds of each instrument, full orchestra pieces and information about the musical families, their history and some real-life musicians.
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Price : $32.55
Record posted/updated: July 8, 2024
R102476
Responding to Arts Expressions
Responding to arts expressions is an important part of arts education. Viewing and listening are discovery processes that require critical and creative thinking in order to develop deep understanding of the arts. Throughout their arts education experiences, students are encouraged on a regular basis to respond actively to a wide range of art works from each of the four strands including dance, drama, music, and visual art. Students are also engaged in responding to films and other interdisciplinary forms of art.
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Price : Free
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Record posted/updated: April 14, 2020
R033583
Drops of Brandy and Other Traditional Métis Tunes. Volume Two
On two compact discs, Volume Two of Drops of Brandy offers a comprehensive collection of traditional Métis fiddle tunes. It features accomplished Métis fiddlers including John Arcand, Mel Bedard, Hap Boyer, Ed Lafferty, Richard Lafferty, Garry Lepine and Homer Poitras.
A companion book of music to support the compact disc is available.
•  Drops of Brandy. An Anthology of Métis Music
Media and Formats : CD/DVD
Price : $19.95
Record posted/updated: July 8, 2024
R101932
Razzberry Jazzberry Jam. Season 1
Razzberry Jazzberry Jam is an animated series that helps children discover their love for music and its many genres, including pop, jazz, salsa, rock, country and hip-hop.
•  A Bonnie Tale. Episode 11
•  Billie's Biggest Fan. Episode 6
•  Forever Song. Episode 9
•  Give It a Rest. Episode 8
•  Happy Birthday House. Episode 4
•  Join in the Jam. Episode 12
•  Melody Makers. Episode 5
•  Move to the Beat. Episode 1
•  Phantom of the Jam. Episode 10
•  Solo on the Slide. Episode 3
•  Super Sounds. Episode 7
•  Tempo Trouble. Episode 2
•  Tuning In. Episode 13
Media and Formats : Video
Price : Free
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Record posted/updated: January 3, 2019
R046798
A Poodle in Paris
A poodle named Fifi wanders through Paris and visits her five favourite places. Fifi calls each of these places home because "home is where the heart is." These special places include a bistro, a dress shop, the Eiffel Tower, a boat and a dance club. The colourful collage art is most appealing.
A 12-song CD with lyrics, lead voice and music by Saskatchewan musician Connie Kaldor is included with the book.
Media and Formats : Book CD/DVD
Price : $22.95
Record posted/updated: July 8, 2024
R070370
Arts Education 3. Core Learning Resources (2011)
Organized by strand, this list of learning resources identifies high-quality resources that have been recommended by the Ministry of Education to complement the curriculum, Arts Education 3.
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Price : Free
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Record posted/updated: January 3, 2019
R026292
The Story of the Incredible Orchestra: An Introduction to Musical Instruments and the Symphony Orchestra
The evolution of the modern symphony orchestra and the instruments that comprise it are presented in this fact-filled excursion through music history. The various eras in the development of the modern orchestra, starting with the instrumental groups at the dawn of the 17th century and continuing on up to the present day are described. An informative narrative occupies at least one side of each double-page spread. Watercolour and line drawings fill the pages, providing an up-close look at a variety of musical instruments and methods of sound production. This is a shining tool for teachers to share with children who want to know more about the modern symphony orchestra and the musicians' instruments.
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Media and Formats : Book
Price : $10.99
Record posted/updated: June 7, 2017
R036971
Saskatchewan Arts Board
The Arts Board provides a wide range of services that enable Saskatchewan residents to experience and enjoy the arts. News, exhibitions, the permanent collection and links to other Saskatchewan art sites are provided.
Media and Formats : Website
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Record posted/updated: July 8, 2020
R070448
Together in Rhythm: A Facilitator's Guide to Drum Circle Music
Useful for teachers without a music background, this book is a how-to guide to drum circles. It offers sections on what a drum circle is, philosophy and approach, how to play the instruments, how to facilitate the drum circle, drum circle activities and music games and specific populations, including educational circles for children. Numerous black-and-white diagrams and photographs complement the text. Together in Rhythm provides a table of contents, a glossary, a bibliography and six appendices, which include an instrument guide, an instrument quick reference chart, a table of Drum Circle Music Iconography (DCMI) symbols and more.
An accompanying DVD helps to clarify the information in the book.
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Media and Formats : Book CD/DVD
Price : $31.19
Record posted/updated: July 8, 2024
R070002
Arts Education 3. Additional Learning Resources (2011)
Organized by strand, this list of learning resources identifies high-quality resources that have been recommended by the Ministry of Education to complement the curriculum, Arts Education 3.
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Price : Free
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Record posted/updated: July 4, 2019
R046802
On Meadowview Street
Caroline and her family move to Meadowview Street, but they soon discover that there is no meadow, no view and nothing growing in their yard except grass. While Dad is mowing the lawn, Caroline spots a blossom in the grass. She asks her dad not to mow in that one spot and makes a fence to protect the flower. Soon, Dad sells the lawnmower because Caroline's flower preserve has taken over the lawn. Caroline attracts various animal and plant species as her meadow continues to develop. Caroline's efforts to create a meadow catch on in the neighbourhood.
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Media and Formats : Book
Price : $21.99
Record posted/updated: December 6, 2018
R070090
Fun with Composers: A Simple, Fun Approach to Classical Music
This resource offers a simple, entertaining way for music specialists and classroom teachers with no music background to teach classical music to young students.
•  Fun with Composers Volume I. Teacher's Guide
•  Fun with Composers Volume II. Teacher's Guide
Media and Formats : Book CD/DVD
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Record posted/updated: October 19, 2019
R035680
SaskCulture
This website invites people to discover Saskatchewan's vibrant cultural community, explore how the depth and diversity of culture and cultural activity are essential to this province and experience a sample of Saskatchewan's rich cultural life. The site provides access to news, resources, information on key cultural issues and more.
Media and Formats : Website
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Record posted/updated: July 8, 2020
R040219
The Jazz Fly
While asking for directions to town, Jazz Fly picks up the rhythm of the answers that he receives from a frog, a hog, a donkey and a dog. He later uses these catchy sounds to spice up his band's music.
A compact disc of the narration set to a jazz quartet is attached to the endpapers of the book.
Media and Formats : Book CD/DVD
Price : $23.80
Record posted/updated: July 8, 2024
R070136
Canadian Museum of History
Access to displays related to the arts and culture is provided on this site. In addition, there are sections for students and teachers which provide teaching aids and selected learning resources, as well as information on educational programs offered at the museum.
Media and Formats : Website
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Record posted/updated: August 29, 2020
R070435
Musicplay Grade 3
The teacher's guide in this play-based resource offers sample lesson plans, sheet music, games and written exercises for students. It also includes a table of contents, a glossary of music terms and an alphabetical index of the songs included.
Accompanying the teacher's guide are four compact discs with over 100 musical selections that are appealing to children. Both child and adult voices are used and some of the songs are by well-known children's entertainers. Accompaniments include Orff arrangements, multicultural songs in the original languages and piano and orchestral accompaniments. Performance songs include both accompaniment tracks and performance tracks.
Music specialists with training in Orff or Kodaly will find that this resource works well with both methodologies or as an integrated approach. Musicplay is also user-friendly for nonspecialists.
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Media and Formats : Kit
Price : $125.00
Record posted/updated: July 8, 2024
R052443
The Amazing Jamnasium: A Playful Companion to Together in Rhythm
This book offers several rhythmic games and activities that are listed in order of complexity with the easier ones first and the more challenging ones last. The games are flexible, adaptable, expandable and designed to provide co-operative learning opportunities. The Amazing Jamnasium provides chapters on drum circle music cards and making your own instruments. Included is a table of contents.
Accompanying the book is an enhanced compact disc that offers video footage of many of the games and five rhythmic drum tracks.
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Price : $23.99
Record posted/updated: July 8, 2024
R045999
Bang a Gong. Let's Create a Song!!!: Seven Simple Principles to Creating a Song Using Percussion and the Ostinato
Based on the author's own percussion methodology and his experience in teaching Orff and Kodaly, this resource presents seven simple steps that educators can use to teach and create music through the use of ostinato and percussion instruments. A favourable aspect of this resource is that the steps could be taught numerous times to the same students with different results. The book includes assessment tools.
Accompanying the book are eight teaching cards and three overhead transparencies.
Media and Formats : Book
Price : $49.95
Record posted/updated: July 8, 2024
R036807
Dem Bones
This colourful, animated and musical production combines a traditional African American spiritual with interesting facts about the bones of the human body. Singing, dancing skeletons introduce viewers to the major bones of the body in this adaptation of the book by Bob Barner.
Media and Formats : CD/DVD Video
Price : $59.95 USD
Record posted/updated: December 3, 2021
R070094
Honoring the People
Each CD contains 13-21 selections that are clearly listed on the CD liner. The liner opens to provide some background information on the type of traditional dance, on regalia and the type of movement. Each liner also has an illustration of a typical dancer in the appropriate regalia. The music includes the drum and vocal chanting for each piece. This resource provides authentic First Nations music that can be used for listening or to support dance.
•  Honoring the People. Chicken Dance
•  Honoring the People. Grass Dance
•  Honoring the People. Men's Fancy
•  Honoring the People. Men's Traditional
•  Honoring the People. Women's Fancy
•  Honoring the People. Women's Traditional
Media and Formats : CD/DVD
Price : $20.00 (each CD)
Record posted/updated: September 3, 2019
R049366
Aboriginality
Aboriginality re-imagines the strength and spirit of First Nations culture through narrative mediums that connect urban First Nations youth to their rural ancestral histories. Dallas Arcand, world champion hoop dancer and hip-hop artist, is inspired by both new and traditional elements of First Nations culture. He plays dual roles in being both a positive First Nations presence in mainstream urban media and a touchstone to traditional First Nations roots and culture.
A teacher's guide is available.
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Price : Free
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Record posted/updated: July 8, 2024
R013578
Stomp and Holler with Scott Richmond. Grades 3 & 4
Scott Richmond presents a series of original and classic songs to get you moving to the music. Students engage in active listening by responding to verbal, musical and visual cues. Patterns, actions and compositions are explored collaboratively through collective dance and vocal expression. In addition to dancing, moving and singing, students also act out some songs to help bring the stories to life.
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Price : Free
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Record posted/updated: April 4, 2022
R014538
Adventures of the Cycling Fox with Felipe Gomez. Grades 3 & 4
Felipe Gomez shares his multimedia performance, "The Adventures of the Cycling Fox," a fusion of live music, spoken word and projections of video animations. During the video's activities, students learn to observe sound waves, patterns in music, rhythm and pitch. Felipe also demonstrates body percussion. Students then use what they have learned to create their own musical scenes, giving sound to their thoughts and feelings.
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Record posted/updated: June 17, 2020
R014332
Hip Hop Music with InfoRed and Emotionz. Grades 3, 4 & 5
Brad Bellegarde (InfoRed) and David Nelson (Emotionz) explore the four main elements of hip hop culture (MCing, DJing, graf writing and breakdancing). They demonstrate how the art forms of hip hop have the ability to educate and connect people with Indigenous history. Students have the opportunity to practice rapping, beatboxing and graf writing during the broadcast and also write a song collectively.
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Price : Free
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Record posted/updated: June 17, 2020
R013530
Soundtracks for Adventurous Kids with Felipe Gomez. Grades 3 & 4
Felipe Gomez is an educator, award-winning musician and adventurer. His interactive music program explores the importance of music in daily life. He shares his multimedia performance, "The Adventures of the Cycling Fox," a fusion of live music, spoken word and projections of video animations. During on-air activities, students learn to observe sound waves, patterns in music, rhythm and pitch. Felipe also demonstrates body percussion. Students use what they have learned to create their own musical scenes, giving sound to their thoughts and feelings.
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Record posted/updated: April 28, 2020
R053615
Deepening the Discussion: Gender and Sexual Diversity
This document will assist individuals and communities to engage in meaningful discussions and actions to respond to the experiences, perspectives and needs of students and families who are gender and/or sexually diverse (GSD). It will: assist school divisions, central office personnel, administrators, educators, First Nations and Métis organizations and community partners to develop a deeper understanding of gender and sexual diversity; assist in understanding the unique educational, health and safety needs of staff, students and their families who self-identify as gender and/or sexually diverse; provide practical strategies, suggestions and frequently asked questions to support schools and communities as they work with students to anticipate and overcome challenges related to transphobia, homophobia and heterosexism; acknowledge the shared responsibility of ensuring that all students who identify as gender and/or sexually diverse have the same opportunities for safety, socialization and success in schools; assist educators in planning curricular-based instruction and assessment to meet the unique needs of gender and/or sexually diverse students; and assist school divisions and First Nations and Métis organizations to fulfill their ethical and professional responsibilities to provide safe, equitable and inclusive learning environments for all students regardless of their actual or perceived differences.
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Record posted/updated: February 13, 2019
R102702
Treaty Education Outcomes and Indicators
The Treaty Education outcomes and indicators at each grade level are designed to engage learners on a journey of inquiry and discovery. When meaningfully and thoughtfully incorporated into subject areas, Treaty Education moves beyond an idea to become actualized as a belief that benefits all learners.
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Record posted/updated: February 13, 2019
R103070
Historical Learning Resources Updates
Learning Resources Updates provided an annual supplement to every subject-specific bibliography that supported K-12 curricula.
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Price : Free
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Record posted/updated: January 2, 2019