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With this easy to make model of an Indian teepee village, youngsters can travel back in time to a way of life practiced for centuries by tribes that roamed the vast plains of North America.
Set against a historical background of great technological change, Danger on the Tracks is the story of one family’s courage and adaptability in the face of great hardship. The book includes a photo section illustrating the contemporary history of the London area and its early railway development.
Braving danger and hardship, David Livingstone crisscrossed vast uncharted regions of Africa to open new frontiers and spread the message of the gospel to all who would listen (1813-1873). Features Bibliography and maps.
With the heart of an explorer and the passion of an evangelist, David Livingstone mapped vast, unexplored areas of Africa, sharing the gospel with whomever he encountered. His stamina and perseverance created the legacy of a trailblazing explorer with a hunger to make Christ known wherever his steps led him.
Spring has arrived in the eastern woodlands. The days are warm and the nights are cold. It’s time for a Canadian tradition — maple syrup!
Join us on a visit to the sugar bush, to see how tree sap is made into maple syrup and maple sugar.
A young girl survives the deadliest natural disaster in Canadian history — but a family secret could call into question everything she thought she knew about her life before the tragedy.
New France is a far harsher place than Hélène imagined, with bitter winters and the threat of attack from the Iroquois. Will the few friendships she made on the long journey enable her to survive?
The Delta is My Home is narrated by eleven-year-old Tom McLeod, a young Gwich-in and Inuvialuktun boy from Aklavik, a small town located in the Mackenzie Delta. It tells the story from the First Nations perspective.
Tom tells why he loves the land, and what special things his family does to live off the land. Beautiful photographs and engaging text make this a valuable picture book for all ages.
With Design Your Own Coat of Arms , anyone interested in the ancient and distinctive language of heraldry can create his or her own coat of arms. This easy-to-read, profusely illustrated guide to the history, symbolism, and construction of heraldic devices allows even children to fashion authentic designs.
Step-by-step directions tell how to trace the shape of the shield and its divisions and how to select symbols that reflect personal origins, traits, and achievements.
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Cross-referenced in Courage and Conquest: Discovering Canadian History. Included in the All Inclusive History Bundle.
The story of Canada’s Black heritage is filled with important events and amazing people who helped shape the country’s history and culture – people like Rose Fortune, North America’s first policewoman; Harriet Tubman, the Underground Railway’s legendary ‘conductor’; newspaper editor Mary Ann Shadd; Elijah McCoy, the brilliant inventor who was ‘the real McCoy’; Alberta cowboy John Ware; and Fergie Jenkins, the first Canadian elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
Enter the world of First Nations and fur traders – when the quest for beaver pelts was opening up the Canadian frontier. Join Pierre Radisson, Alexander Mackenzie, Simon Fraser and other adventurers as they venture into territory that would become Canada.
