52 Weekly Nonfiction Stories About Canada Grades 6-7

The 52 non-fiction stories in this book have been designed to familiarize and develop student awareness of the various Canadian topics while reviewing and strengthening various reading, language, and word study skills. Each topic contains an information story and a follow-up exercise designed to review and develop strong reading and phonetic skills. A year of non-fiction reading in one book! One story a week for bell work, review, indoor recess, enrichment or for the students who are done their work early. Section 1 Canadian Provinces/Territories Story #1: Newfoundland and Labrador Story #2: Prince Edward Island Story #3: Nova Scotia Story #4: New Brunswick Story #5: Quebec Story #6: Ontario Story #7: Manitoba Story #8: Saskatchewan Story #9: Alberta Story #10: British Columbia Story #11: Yukon Story #12: Northwest Territories Story #13: Nunavut Section 2 Canadian Historical Events Story #1: The Acadians Story #2: Farming in New France Story #3: How the Habitants Lived Story #4: Coureur de bois Story #5: The Seven Years' War Story #6: France Tries Again Story #7: The Confederacy of the Three Fires Story #8: Britain's Colonies Story #9: The American Revolution Story #10: The Revolutionary War Story #11: The United Empire Loyalists Story #12: The War of 1812 to 1814 Section 3 Famous Canadian Disasters Story #1: The Canadian Ice Storm of 1998 Story #2: Hurricane Hazel Story #3: The Halifax Explosion Section 4 Famous Canadian Wonders Story #1: The Bay of Fundy Tides Story #2: Unusual Canadian Attractions Story #3: Oil Sands of Alberta, Canada Section 5 Famous Canadian Folklore Story #1: The Legend of the Flying Canoe Story #2: The Dungarvon Whooper Story #3: Windigo Section 6 Famous Canadian Television Personalities Story #1: Yannick Bisson Story #2: Graham Wardle Story #3: Amber Marshall Story #4: Rick Mercer Story #5: Helene Joy Section 7 Famous Canadian Athletes Story #1: Donovan Bailey Story #2: Patrick Chan Story #3: Simon Witfield Story #4: Christine Sinclair Story #5: Fanny 'Bobbie' Rosenfeld Section 8 Famous Canadian Historical Sites Story #1: Citadel Hill Story #2: Cape Breton Miners Museum Story #3: Fort York National Site Story #4: Capilano Suspension Bridge Story #5: The Canadian Rockies Story #6: Cave and Basin National Historic Site Story #7: Nahanni National Park Story #8: Casa Loma 118 pages including an answer key.