English Language Arts 30
The Search for Self
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Concentus Citizenship Education Resources. Level 30: The Intentional & Explicit Teaching of Essential Citizenship Competencies
Students examine Canadian history to understand the influences on our contemporary rights, responsibilities and views of citizenship. Students examine issues facing Canadians and the global community regarding citizenship, specifically the foundational beliefs of Canadians. Students also consider the role of cooperation in a competitive society. Throughout all these inquiries, students are asked to consider multiple perspectives, especially those of Indigenous populations.
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Free
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January 22, 2019
R052626
Two Spirits
Fred Martinez possesses the gift of both feminine and masculine traits. According to Navajo culture, he is nádleehí, a person who is male-bodied with a feminine nature. One summer evening, Fred attends the local rodeo with friends. Fred disappears later that night and his beaten body is found five days later. The film explores the events that precede the murder and what actually happened the night Fred was killed. Fred is one of the youngest hate-crime victims in the United States. The video ...
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$395.00
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November 22, 2018
R055134
Cambridge School Shakespeare. King Lear
Lear decides to step down from the throne and divide the kingdom among his three daughters. Goneril and Regan offer flattering answers to Lear's question: How much do you love me? Cordelia has no answer to describe the depth of her love for Lear and is banished from the kingdom. Goneril and Regan undermine Lear's authority, and he loses his grasp on reality. The deaths of the major players result in Edgar ruling the kingdom.
The Cambridge School Shakespeare series continues to make Shakespea...
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$15.95
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October 4, 2020
R008336
King Lear
One of Shakespeare's tragedies, this play is about the time in a father's life when his children acquire power over him and he has no choice but to submit or leave. King Lear will never become dated because the exchange of power between parent and child is repeated in every generation and in every home. And if this transfer of power takes place without empathy and love, the tragedy of Lear will be repeated as well. This video is an abridged version of the original play. Focusing on key scenes...
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$250.00 US
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October 8, 2020
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The Real Story of the King's Speech
The British movie, The King's Speech, is the big winner at the Academy Awards ceremony. It tells the story of King George VI's struggle to overcome a speech impediment. This video examines how much of the film is history, and how much is Hollywood.
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Free
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November 22, 2018
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Cambridge School Shakespeare. Much Ado About Nothing
In this comedy, two pairs of lovers, Benedick and Beatrice, and Claudio and Hero, are at opposite ends of the spectrum for love. Claudio and Hero are madly in love with each other; Benedick and Beatrice have a love-hate relationship. Each couple overcomes barriers that allow them to discover love.
The Cambridge School Shakespeare series continues to make Shakespeare's plays accessible to students. This edition of the play includes learning opportunities and a selection of notes including inf...
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$15.95
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October 4, 2020
R046845
The Swallows of Kabul
Set in Kabul under the rule of the Taliban, the novel follows two couples from different social backgrounds. Mohsen comes from a family of wealthy shopkeepers who the Taliban destroyed. His wife, Zunaira, was a teacher, but now she cannot leave her home without an escort or without covering her face.
The other couple involved in the novel is Atiq and Musarrat. Atiq is a prison keeper who adopts the Taliban ideology and struggles to keep his faith. Musarrat rescues Atiq, who is dying of sickn...
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$16.95
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November 22, 2018
R055092
Life After Life
In 1910 England, a baby is born and dies before taking her first breath. The same baby girl is born and survives in 1910. Ursula Todd is the baby girl.
Throughout the text, Ursula has the opportunity to experience life, death, and rebirth over and over again. Each time Ursula is born, she has the chance to alter her future. Students will have the opportunity to explore what it would be like to have an infinite number of chances to live your life over and over again.
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$22.00
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November 22, 2018
R101459
Feynman
Nobel prize-winning physicist Richard P. Feynman is the subject of this biography in graphic novel form. The book explores key events in Feynman's career, such as his work on the Manhattan Project and his role in uncovering the cause of the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster, but also describes his exploits as a musician, adventurer and safecracker.
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Book
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$29.99
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October 4, 2020
R047384
A Thousand Splendid Suns
The text focuses on the relationships between two women and the value placed on females in Afghanistan. Mariam's and Laila's lives intersect when Laila requires care after she is wounded when her home is bombed in Kabul.
Mariam is physically abused by her husband, Rasheed, and is unable to carry a child to full term. Believing her lover Tariq is dead, Laila is alone and agrees to marry Rasheed. This arrangement is not welcomed by Mariam. After giving birth to two children, Laila is abused by...
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$20.00
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November 22, 2018
R054662
Breaking Night: A Memoir of Forgiveness, Survival, and My Journey from Homeless to Harvard
Born to drug-addicted parents in the Bronx, Liz often "supports" her parents rather than attends school. She digs through the garbage with her father to collect items to sell for drugs or she keeps an eye out for the arrival of the postal carrier bringing the welfare check and watches the money disappear for drugs rather than food.
Liz attends school dirty and has lice-infested hair, resulting in her classmates taunting her. She skips so many classes that she is put into a girls' home. At 15...
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$21.00
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November 22, 2018
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Luna
Regan has always know her brother Liam is different. Liam cannot stand the person he is during the day. It is only at night that Liam reveals his true self. He takes on his female persona, Luna. Liam transforms himself into the beautiful girl he longs to be. He wears his sister's clothing and make-up.
Like the butterfly, Luna makes the decision to come out of her cocoon and reveal her true self to family and friends. The question is: Will they accept Luna for who she is?
The novel describes...
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$14.49
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July 25, 2023
R053128
Othello
Othello is a tragedy of hurt pride, humiliation, jealousy and revenge. Iago is determined to make Othello pay for not selecting him as his lieutenant. Cassio, the man who was promoted, must also pay. Using everyone's best qualities against them, Iago takes pleasure in ruining lives. The themes of racism, love, jealousy and betrayal continue to be relevant to today's students. This video is an abridged version of the original play. Focusing on key scenes from the play, the narrator assists stu...
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CD/DVD
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$250.00 US
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October 7, 2020
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Much Ado About Nothing
This version of William Shakespeare's play, Much Ado About Nothing, is adapted and relocated to the present day. When the bickering between broadcasters Beatrice and Benedick gets too much to take, their colleagues at South West TV come up with a plan to shut the pair up. Meanwhile, weathergirl Hero and reporter Claude are a match made in heaven - but does everyone want to see them so happy?
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October 7, 2020
R101474
The King's Speech
This program highlights King George VI's rise to the throne. In 1936, King Edward VIII abdicates the throne and Albert reluctantly assumes the role of king and takes the more regal name George.
Britain is on the brink of war and desperately needs a leader. Albert suffers from a speech impediment. Elizabeth arranges for a speech therapist, Lionel Logue, to assist King George to overcome his impediment. Supported by Lionel, Elizabeth, the government, and Winston Churchill, King George VI deliv...
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$7.74
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October 4, 2020
R054708
C-Train and Thirteen Mexicans
In this collection of poetry, Baca examines a young man, Dream Boy, and his addiction to cocaine. Divided into two sections, the first section, C-Train (Dream Boy's Story), describes Dream Boy's slide from being a dealer to using drugs. In section two, Thirteen Mexicans, Baca describes the Chicano community and the gulf that exists between the American dream and reality.
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$19.50
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November 22, 2018
R055135
Cambridge School Shakespeare. Hamlet
This Shakespearean tragedy explores the themes of revenge, retribution, deception, ambition, loyalty and fate. Hamlet mourns the death of his father. His mother, Queen Gertrude, marries Claudius. Old Hamlet's ghost reveals to Hamlet that Claudius poisoned him to steal the crown and Gertrude. Hamlet promises to avenge his father's death.
The Cambridge School Shakespeare series continues to make Shakespeare's plays accessible to students. This edition of the play includes information on charac...
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$15.95
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October 4, 2020
R054931
Follow the Rabbit-Proof Fence
The Australian government established two institutions for half-caste children. Half-caste children were believed to be more intelligent than their darker peers and should be isolated and trained as domestic servants. These children became known as the "Stolen Generation."
In June 1930, police officers remove Molly, her sister, Daisy, and her cousin, Gracie, from Jigalong and transport the children 1,600 kilometres to the Moore River Native Settlement. Upon arrival, Molly does not like the s...
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$19.95
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October 4, 2020
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King Lear
This graphic novel adaptation of King Lear provides another perspective on Shakespeare's play. Exploring the themes of truth, loyalty, anger, madness, ambition, justice and rebellion, Hinds remains true to this tragedy. The author incorporates excerpts from Shakespeare's original language.
Notes provided at the end of the text explain the alterations to the narrative and passages.
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$19.99
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October 4, 2020
R101430
Literature. Craft & Voice (2nd ed.)
This anthology introduces students to great works of literature, while helping them to learn to read and to write analytically. Accompanied by online access to video interviews of dozens of living authors featured in the book, this text provides a focus on writing, featuring sections on poetry, fiction and drama, including 2 Shakespearean plays.
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$139.95
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November 22, 2018
R055064
75 Readings Plus (10th ed.)
This anthology of classic and contemporary essays includes a variety of authors, disciplines, issues and themes. Each chapter highlights a particular rhetorical strategy, such as narration, analogy and persuasion, and ends with questions for discussion plus suggestions for writing and further reading.
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$103.95
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November 22, 2018
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All the Light We Cannot See
In occupied France during World War II, Marie-Laure, a blind girl from Paris, and Werner, an orphan from Germany, take refuge in the walled citadel of Saint-Malo. Marie-Laure and her father are working for the French Resistance and hiding a valuable jewel from the Paris Museum of Natural History; Werner has been trained as a Hitler Youth and is an expert at building and fixing radios. As the young people's paths converge, Werner discovers the radio of Marie-Laure's Uncle Etienne and he is dra...
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$19.99
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November 22, 2018
R055199
The Book of My Lives
In this collection of previously published texts, Hemon describes living in two cities, Sarajevo and Chicago. Growing up in Sarajevo, Aleksandar examines what life was like before the siege of Sarajevo: playing soccer on the street, tormenting his baby sister and travelling with his father.
His parents and his sister immigrate to Hamilton prior to the siege and Aleksandar receives a scholarship for a one-month visit to America; he elects to stay in America.
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$24.00
Record posted/updated:
November 22, 2018
R053155
Growing Up Among Strangers
Growing Up Among Strangers examines the duality of growing up in Canada's cultural mosaic. Several young Canadians from diverse cultural backgrounds talk about their struggles to balance two worlds: the traditional values of home and the westernized culture. The individual stories are combined with comments from Canadians of earlier generations who understand this dilemma. The combination of current anecdotes and memories shed light on the difficulties and benefits of living in two different ...
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$100.00
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November 22, 2018
R009091
50 Essays: A Portable Anthology (5th ed.)
50 Essays: A Portable Anthology is a collection of classic essays and contemporary readings relevant to students. The essays address topics such as diversity, identity and making ethical choices. Authors include Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, David Sedaris, Plato and Virginia Woolf. At the beginning of each essay, a brief biography of the author is provided. The anthology includes a table of contents, an alternate table of contents, a glossary of writing terms and an index of authors and titles.
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$54.68
Record posted/updated:
March 27, 2019