Recommended Reading List
BC Book Box for Schools - Fall 2018
Created by ABPBC on November 8, 20180 ratings
These books have all been evaluated by a teacher-librarian and we have highlighted BC-specific curriculum connections in this brochure.
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Grades 4–9
BC curriculum: English Language Arts, Social Studies
Themes: action and adventures fiction, BC, biographical fiction, Fraser River, historical fiction, immigration, North West Company, Simon Fraser (explorer), stowaways, survival
BC curriculum: English Language Arts, Social Studies
Themes: action and adventures fiction, BC, biographical fiction, Fraser River, historical fiction, immigration, North West Company, Simon Fraser (explorer), stowaways, survival
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Grades 3–8
BC curriculum: English Language Arts
Themes: action and adventures fiction, BC, shipwrecks, treasure hunting, WWII
BC curriculum: English Language Arts
Themes: action and adventures fiction, BC, shipwrecks, treasure hunting, WWII
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Grades 10–12, Adult
BC curriculum: English Language Arts, Creative Writing, Human Geography, Urban Studies
Themes: local history (Victoria), multiculturalism
BC curriculum: English Language Arts, Creative Writing, Human Geography, Urban Studies
Themes: local history (Victoria), multiculturalism
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Grades 10–12, Adult
BC curriculum: BC First Peoples, Contemporary Indigenous Studies, Creative Writing, English First Peoples, English Language Arts, Explorations in Social Studies, Social Justice
Themes: Idle No More movement, Indigenous peoples, letters, racism, reconciliation, Residential Schools, Truth and Reconciliation Commission
BC curriculum: BC First Peoples, Contemporary Indigenous Studies, Creative Writing, English First Peoples, English Language Arts, Explorations in Social Studies, Social Justice
Themes: Idle No More movement, Indigenous peoples, letters, racism, reconciliation, Residential Schools, Truth and Reconciliation Commission
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Grades 9–12, Adult
BC curriculum: Creative Writing, English Language Arts, Physical and Health Education
Themes: coming of age, family life, loss (psychology), identity (psychology), 1970s, northern life, psychological fiction, Yellowknife
BC curriculum: Creative Writing, English Language Arts, Physical and Health Education
Themes: coming of age, family life, loss (psychology), identity (psychology), 1970s, northern life, psychological fiction, Yellowknife
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Grades 10–12, teacher reference
BC curriculum: Explorations in Social Studies, Political Science, Social Justice, 20th Century World History
Themes: Canadian women, suffragists, voting
BC curriculum: Explorations in Social Studies, Political Science, Social Justice, 20th Century World History
Themes: Canadian women, suffragists, voting
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Grades 10–12, Adult
BC curriculum: Creative Writing, English Language Arts, Food Studies
Themes: essays, food, memoirs, poetry
BC curriculum: Creative Writing, English Language Arts, Food Studies
Themes: essays, food, memoirs, poetry
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Grades 11–12, Adult
BC curriculum: English Language Arts, Explorations in Social Studies, 20th Century World History
Themes: BC, gangs, Japanese Canadian Internment, historical fiction, newspapers, WWII
BC curriculum: English Language Arts, Explorations in Social Studies, 20th Century World History
Themes: BC, gangs, Japanese Canadian Internment, historical fiction, newspapers, WWII
