Be an Upstander

Canadian Museum for Human Rights

• Check out the Upstander Section of stories

• Or use the Search function with your topic

Curio

• Under “Browse” can access by Grade level and then by subject

• Or use the search function to type in their topic

• Students should access material appropriate for their grade level (ie Secondary vs Elementary)

SweetSearch.com

• Like Google but for students

• Avoid the first few “Sponsored” websites

Catholic Social Justice

• This links to videos, prayers and music that might help you understand how your injustice connects to the Catholic Social Justice teachings 

News and Media Outlets

• Check out the Current Events site for links to various news outlets

  • Local

  • National

  • International News

• The Narwhal has news related to climate change 

• There are also archives of the Globe and Mail and the Herald

Calgary Public Library Resources

Grade K-3:  Library Card #: Either their Learn email or their username (e.g. either annam3@learn.cssd.ab.ca or annam3)  Pin: 1234567

 Grades 4+:  Library Card #: Either their Learn email or their username (e.g. either annam3@learn.cssd.ab.ca or annam3)   Pin: Student number

Worldbook for Kids, Worldbook Online for Students, and Worldbook Advanced

• Encyclopedias, Resource Guides, videos, images, etc. for various topics. Probably the best database available through CPL, especially since it has the three different levels according to age 

Gale eBooks

• Good for finding textbooks on particular topics, might be of some support for understanding human rights movements or famous people that may have excerpts from a text written about them (e.g. Rosa Parks)

Canadian Encyclopedia

• Also a good resource for Canadian content/people

Canadiana

• Another database on Canadian history – might be more suited to older ages. If looking at images, make sure students press arrows for browsing through pages on the image viewer

Dictionary of Canadian Biography

• Short biographies of famous Canadian figures (in English and French)