Research Guides: Curriculum Resource Centre: New Curriculum Resources

Black History Month Curriculum Resources

I Am Every Good Thing
Derrick Barnes and illustrated by Gordon C. James
(Kindergarten-Grade 3)

Give Me Wings: How a Choir of Former Slaves took on the World
Kathy Lowinger
(Grades 9-12)

Islandborn
Junot Díaz and illustrated by Los Espinosa
(Kindergarten-Grade 3)

Abdul’s Story
Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow and illustrated by Tiffany Rose
(Kindergarten-Grade 3)

Tubman: Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railway
Rosemary Sadlier
(Grades 8-12)

Through My Eyes
Ruby Bridges
(Grades 6-9)

History of Me
Adrea Theodore and illustrated by Erin Robinson
(Kindergarten-Grade 3)

Change Sings: A Children’s Anthem
Amanda Gorman and illustrated by Loren Long
(Kindergarten-Grade 3)

I Am Enough
Grace Byers and pictures by Keturah A. Bobo
(Kindergarten-Grade 3)

Boonoonoonous Hair!
Olive Senior and illustrated by Laura James
(Kindergarten-Grade 3)

Brave Leaders and Activists Who Changed the World
J.P. Millar and Chellie Carroll
(Grades 4-9)

I Lay My Stitches Down: Poems of American Slavery
Cynthia Grady and illustrated by Michele Wood
(Grades 4-8)

The Promise of Change: One Girl’s Story in the Fight for School Equality
Jo Ann Allen Boyce and Debbie Levy
(Grades 6-9)

We Are Not Equal: Understanding the Racial Divide
Tonya Bolden
(Grades 10-12)

Your Name is a Song
Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow and illustrated by Luisa Uribe
(Kindergarten-Grade 3)

A Plan for the People: Nelson Mandala's Hope for His Nation
Lindsay McDivitt
(Grades 2-8)

Africville: An African Nova Scotian Community is Demolished – and Fights Back
Gloria Ann Wesley
(Grades 8-12)

A Voice of Her Own: The Story of Phillis Wheatley, Slave Poet
Kathryn Lasky and illustrated by Paul Lee
(Grades 4-8)

Meet Viola Desmond
Elizabeth MacLeod and illustrated by Mike Deas
(Kindergarten-Grade 12)

The Hate U Give
Angie Thomas
(Grades 8-12)

The Crossover
Kwame Alexander
(Grades 5-9)

Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race
Margot Lee Shetterly
(Kindergarten-Grade 9)

New Curriculum Resources

Creating a Hapy School Community
Bobbie Kalman
(Grades 3-5)

Finding Wonders: Three Girls Who Changed Science
Jeannine Atkins
(Grades 5-8)

Eyes & Spies: How You’re Tracked and Why You Should
Tanya Lloyd Kyi and illustrated by Belle Wuthrich
(Grades 4-11)

Information Literacy and Fake News
Diane Dakers
(Grades 5-9)

Father’s Road
Ji-yun Jang
(Grades 1-5)

Mapping Human Activity
Tim Cooke
(Grades 5-9)

Mexique: A Refugee Story from the Spanish Civil War
María José Ferrada
(Grades 2-4)

Pier 21: Stories from Near and Far
Anne Renaud
(Grades 5-9)

This is Your Brain on Stereotypes: How Science is Tackling Unconscious Bias
Tanya Lloyd Kyi
(Grades 7-12)

What is Money?
Ben Hubbard
(Kindergarten-Grade 3)

What’s So Special About Shakespeare?
Michael Rosen
Grades 5-8)

A Voice for the Spirit Bears
Carmen Oliver and illustrated by Katy Dockrill
(Grades 1-7)

New Indigenous Curriculum Resources

The Trail of Nenaboozhoo and Other Creation Stories
Bomgiizhik Isaac Murdoch (Ojibwe)
(Grades 7-12)

Mapping My Way Home: A Gitixan History
Neil J. Sterritt (Gitxsan)
(Grades 9-12)

I Lost My Talk
Rita Joe (Mi'kmaq) and illustrated by Pauline Young (Mi'kmaq)
(Kindergarten to Grade 3)

I’m Finding My Talk
Rebecca Thomas (Mi'kmaw) and illustrated by Pauline Young (Mi'kmaq)
(Kindergarten to Grade 3)

There's Something in the Water: Environmental Racism in Indigenous and Black Communities
Ingrid R.G. Waldron
(Grades 10-12)

Turtle Island: The Story of North America's First People
Eldon Yellowhorn (Piikani Nation) and Kathy Lowinger
(Grades 4-9)

As Long as Grass Grows: The Indigenous Fight for Environment Justice, from Colonialization to Standing Rock
Dina Gilio-Whitaker (member of the Colville Confederated Tribes)
(Grades 10-12)

Indian Residential Schools and Reconciliation: Teacher Resource Guide 11/12
First Nations Education Steering Committee (FNESC)
(Grades 8-12)

Th’owiya: The Hungry Feast Dish
Joseph A. Dandurand (Kwantlen)
(Grades 7-12)

Little Wolf
Teoni Spathelfer (Heiltsuk) and illustrated by Natassia Davies (Coast Salish)
(Grades 1-5)

Kiviuq and the Bee Woman
Noel McDermott and illustrated by Toma Feizo Gas

The Eagle Mother
Hetxw’ms Gyetxw Brett D. Huson (Gitxsan) and illustrated by Natasha Donovan (Métis)
(Grades 1-4)

Truth and Reconciliation Curriculum Resources

When I Was Eight
by Christy Jordan-Fenton and Margaret-Olemaun Pokiak-Fenton (Inuvialuit)and illustrated by Gabrielle Grimard
(Grades 2-4)

Fatty Legs: A True Story
by Christy Jordan-Fenton, Margaret Pokiak-Fenton (Inuvialuit), and illustrated by Liz Amini-Holmes
(Grades 4-7)

Gaawin Gindaaswin Ndasswsii - I Am Not a Number
Jenny Kay Dupuis (Anishinaabe), Kathey Kacer, and illustrated by Gillian Newland
(Grades 3-6)

Goodbye Buffalo Bay
by Larry Loyie (Cree) with Constance Brissenden
(Grades 6-7)

No Time to Say Goodbye: Children’s Stories of Kuper Island Residential School
by Sylvia Olsen (Tsartlip First Nation) with Rita Morris (Tsartlip First Nation) and Ann Sam (Tsartlip First Nation)
(Grades 6-9)