PRINCE OF WALES LIBRARY: SOCIAL STUDIES

General sites of Interest:

• Library and Archives Canada - Canadian government library site
• Canada in Context
• Canadian Encyclopedia - Historica Canada - dedicated to history and citizenship in Canada
• Canadian Social Trends Magazine - Statistics Canada
• The National Archives - British website with many useful links to various Social Studies areas
• Global Gateway: World Cultures and Resources
  This is an impressive portal from the Library of Congress. Be sure to look at
  • Portals to the World
  • Research Guides and Databases
  • The C ountry Studies are particularly useful, both for history and demography.
• Nation States This is a simulation that allows you to create your own nation.

Note: Specialized Dictionaries, Almanacs, Altases, News Indexes, and other Reference materials are located on the Reference Desk.

BC Government

BC History

BC Industry

BC Political Parties

Search BC Search Engine

British Columbia: Government

British Columbia Government Web Index
BC Ministry of Finance This site covers all aspects of economics. Select Reports and Publications for budgets and economic reviews.
British Columbia Government Documents Online (Statutes, Acts, Regulations)
BC Industries (Social Studies 10 Assignment)
Legislative Assembly

Provincial Political Parties

BC Conserverative Party
BC Liberal Party
BC New Democratic Party
Green Party of BC

BC Elections

Elections BC Informations about the BC Election process and BC Elections.
CBC Vote Compass

British Columbia: History

BC Archives Time Machine
• An excellent site organized by topic.
British Columbia Archival Network
• Includes historical links.
BC History Internet Resources
CLN British Columbia History Resources
Dmoz Open Directory: Aboriginal People of BC
Graveyard of the Pacific: The Shipwrecks of Vancouver Island
Pacific Northwest Exploration (Social Studies 10 Project)

ABOUT CANADA
• About Canada
  This site pulls together a wealth of Canadian government resources on a variety of topics including: Society, Government, Land, Economy, Statistics, and Maps.
• About Parliament
  Everything you need to know about the Canadian Parliament.
• Model Parliament
  From the Library of Parliament, a unit on creating a model parliament.
• Canada Gazette
  The official newspaper of the Canadian Government.

Canadian Elections

Canadian History

Canadian Government

Canadiana Canadian Resource Page

Federal Political Parties

First Nations

Provincial and Territorial Governments

Canadian Federal Election

Elections Canada
Your first stop for information. Check the information for Young Voters. This independent government department is responsible for running the federal election, and the site includes information on all parties, all ridings, and all candidates. It also contains information on election laws.
Gomery Commission
Commission of Inquiry into the Sponsorship Program and Sposorship Activities. Why did the government fall? This is the official web site of the Gomery Commission.
Parliament of Canada
Look here to find information on the dissolution of parliament as well as information on current members and the non-confidence vote.
Prime Minister's Official Web Site
What does the Prime Minister do when an election is called?
History of Federal Elections
Do you need information on past elections? For the history of each electoral district since 1867, search by party, riding, or candidate to find results of every election.

News Sites

Decision Canada

CanWest. This site includes links to local news as well as giving the national perspective.
Canada Votes
CNews (Canoe)
Globe and Mail Election Coverage
An eastern centered national paper.
Infomart
This is a Canadian newspaper index that includes many Canadian newspapers including local papers as small as the Kerrisdale Courrier. We have a limited license for Infomart. It can only be accessed on the north bank of computers in the library or on the 5th floor at VPL Central branch.

POLITICAL PARTIES' WEBSITES

Major Parties

Bloc Québeçois
Conservative Party
Green Party
Liberal Party
New Democratic Party

Minor or Fringe Parties

Canadian Action Party
Christian Heritage Party
Communist Party
Libertarian Party
Marijauna Party
Communist Party of Canada: Marxist-Leninist Party
Progressive Canadian Party

GOVERNMENT of CANADA

See Also:Social Studies 11 Government Project

Government of Canada Main Index

Government of Canada Structure

Canada Council for the Arts
Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
Canadians in the World
• This Canadian Government site has information on Canada's place in the world. Topics covered include history, economics, politics, culture, and sports.
Citizenship and Immigration Canada
Civics Online Textbook
Council of Canadians Government Watch Dog.
Elections Canada
Government Departments and Federal Organizations
Official Languages Act in Brief
Provincial and Territorial Governments
Revenue Canada
Statistics Canada
• E-STAT
  (The full Statistics Canada Database)
  Please check with the teacher-librarians for the remote (home) login and password.
Trade Data
Import and export data from Strategis Canada. The site includes trade information for both Canada and the US. You can customize reports.

CANADIAN HISTORY

Webclass Canada: Canadian History for Grade 7 Up

Acadian Historic Atlas
• You will find information on various Nova Scotia locations as well as modern and historical maps. Be sure to notice the "next" buttons at the bottom of the screen.
Canada History
• This site contains many links as well as primary documents. The information is organized by topic and by era.
Canadian Historical Broadsides and Pamphlets
• Pre 1930 Canadian pamphlets and broadsides on may topics. Primary Documents.
Canadian Constitutional Documents
• (Including Royal Proclamation 1763 and Quebec Act 1774
Preconfederation Documents
• (Including Royal Proclamation 1963, Quebec Act 1774, Constitutional Act 1791, and Act of Union 1840)
Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online
• An extensive online reference for Canadian historical figures.
Canadian Digital Collections
• Compiled by the Government of Canada, this site contains links to many Canadian topics. You can search by subject or browse the alphabetical list.
Canadian History Links from School Net
Canadian Virtual War Memorial
• Find information on the more than 116,000 Canadians who died in wars.
Canadian Confederation Documents
Canadian Heritage Gallery
• An excellent collection of Canadian historical pictures. Select "Canadian Heritage Galleries" on the left of the screen for a list of topics.
Canadian Science and Technology Museum: A Canadian History

FIRST NATIONS LINKS

• See Also: BC History
• See Also: Social Studies 9
• See Also: Social Studies 10
Aboriginal Links Links for Canada and other countries.
Aboriginal Canada Portal Links to Canadian Aboriginal Information and Organizations.
Aboriginal Perspectives National Film Board. Film clips and other resources.
Assembly of First Nations
Civilization.ca: First Nations in the Time of New France
British Columbia Treaty Commission Information on the Treaty process and negotiations of various Bands.
Cradleboard Teaching Project
Dmoz Open Directory of Indiginous People
Dmoz Open Directory of Indiginous People of BC
First Nation Information Project This site brings together First Nation business and cultural information.
First Nations Drum A First Nations News Source for Current Events.
First Nations in British Columbia (BC Archives Time Machine)
First Nations in Canada (Canada - Department of Indian and Northern Affairs)
First Nations Histories
First Nations on SchoolNet This School Net site offers excellent resources on Canada's First Nations Peoples.
First Nations: Turtle Island Native Network Information and current news about Canadian First Nations.
Good Minds Educational Resources for First Nations Studies.
First Perspective News Source First Nations News.
Masks of the U'Mista An excellent introduction to masks and potlatch.
National Aboriginal Documents Database
• This site contains primary documents on treaties, surrenders, royal orders etc.
Native American Culture An extensive listing of First Nations Cultures that includes information for each culture.
Newfoundland and Labrador: Aboriginal Peoples
Nisga'a of British Columbia
NMAI: Listening to Our Ancestors: The Art of Native Life Along the North Pacific Coast
Virtual Museum of Canada Type First Nations in the search box for the complete listing of First Nations resources.

Historical Minutes

• Brief clips on various historical events. These clips appear on TV.
Japanese Canadian History
Lloyd's Links to Canadiana
• This site was developed for Socials Studies 10 in the Alberta Curriculum, but has many useful links organized by theme.
Louis Riel (Social Studies 10 Project)
National Archives of Canada
New France Project
• This Social Studies 10 project looks at life in New France and Acadia. It also looks at the United Empire Loyalists and First Nations people of the time.
Newfoundland and Labrador Heritage
Northwest Mounted Police
Prime Ministers of Canada
Quebec Conference, 1864: Seventy-two Resolutions
Rebellions of 1837 (Upper and Lower Canada)
Virtual Library Index of Canadian History Sites.The site is organized under the following headings:
Chronological Headings
• Surveys and Overviews
• First Nations History
• Exploration and Settlement
• French Régime
• British Colonial Period
• Confederation
• 20th Century
Topical Headings
• Historical Geography
• Local History
• Historical Sites, Buildings, Monuments
• Constitutional History
• Military History
• Social and Religious History
• Economic History
• Transportation and Communications History
• Women's History
• Ethnic Studies
Virtual Museum Of Canada This site has a variety of online Exhibitions.
Virtual Museum of New France
War, Peace and Security Canadian Military College comprehensive history site.
Women in Canadian History
Women in History

Ancient Egypt

Ancient World

Globalization

Genocides/Human Rights

Mythology

Philosophers

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ANCIENT EGYPT

Ancient Egypt This site covers many aspects of Ancient Egyptian Civilization.
Ancient Egypt An excellent map of pyramid locations and an excellent explanation of hieroglyphs.
Guardian's Egypt An annotated list of links arranged by topic.
Institute of Egyptian Art and Archeology
World History Compass: Ancient Egypt

ANCIENT WORLD

• Ancient Greece
• Perseus Project Ancient Greece
• Forvm Romanvm Ancient Roman Market Place
• Seven Wonders of the World Project Links to the Ancient Wonders of the World
• World Cultures: Ancient and Modern
• World History Compass: Ancient General
• World History Compass: Ancient Egypt
• World History Compass: Ancient Greece
• University of Pennsylvannia-The real story of the Ancient Olympics
• World History Compass: Ancient Near East
• World History Compass: Ancient Rome and the Etruscans
• World History Compass: Byzantium

Ancient Olympics

• Ancient Olympics
• Ancient Olympics (BBC website for Ages 4-11)
• Ancient Greece BBC
• Ancient Olympic Virtual Museum
• University of Pennsylvania - The real story of the Ancient Olympics

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GLOBALIZATION

Globalization Primers (Backgrounders)
• BBC News: Globalization
• The Guardian: Special Reports: Globalisation
• CBC: What is Globalization?
• VPL Globalization Study Guide
United Nations Sites
• United Nations Development Programme
• Unted Nations Environment Programme
• Women Watch
Trade Organization Sites
• G 8
• IMF: International Monetary Fund
• World Bank
• WTO: World Trade Organization
Activist Sites
• Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives.
• Council of Canadians
• NoLogo
• For related information on the Third World, food supply, and genetically modified foods see: Standard of Living and World Food Supply on the Social Studies 11 page.

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MYTHOLOGY

See: English 10: Mythology

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GREEK PHILOSOPHERS

• See also: Biography in Context. Login and Password required.
• See also: Biography Links on the Reference Desk.

• Academic Info: Philosophy Resources
• Guide to Philosophy on the Internet
  The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy You will find short biographies on most of the philosophers on this site.
• Philosophers
  This is an extensive index of Philosophers which includes links to full texts.
• Philosophers on the Web
• Philosophy Resources on the Internet
  Select Philosophers or Topics.
• Aristotle: The Philosophy and Complete Works
  Also links to other Greek Philosophers.
• The Ionian School
• Internet Classics Archive
  Look here for texts.
• Perseus Project
• Plato and His Dialogues
• Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
• Voldosta Home Page of Philosohy Resources
• Yahoo Index to Philosophers

GENOCIDES / HUMAN RIGHTS DIGITAL STORYTELLING

Assignment: Comparative Genocides (Ms. Siller and Ms. Lam)

Digital Storytelling: Dr. Jason Ohler website has a great definition and examples of what students can do.

Other useful websites:

• University of Houston – Educational use of Digital Storytelling; includes example and suggestions for software etc.
• Digital Storytelling for Educators– provides examples, ideas, links to other resources
• Story center.org - Good examples of digital stories
• BBC examples of digital stories – some audio difficult to understand because of the British accented English
• Winnipeg School District Digital storytelling collection - example from Elementary age students

Here are some of the noteworthy suggestions for digital story telling.

• “Have some reason for making a video other than ‘I own a camera’”
• “Make sure that the subject of the video can be seen”
• “Use sound”

20th Century Genocides:

• Yale University Genocide Program
• Amnesty International
• The International Campaign to End Genocide. Essays on acts of genocide.
• United Human Rights Council (Armenian, Rwandan, Bosnia, Naking, Cambodia)
• Prevent Genocide International Explores the question:  What is Genocide?
• Human Rights websites

Armenia

• Armenian Genocide
• Enotes - Armenian history and genocide
• Armenian National Institute

Bosnia

• Centre for Balkan Development
• Images for Bosnia
• Enotes Bosnia-Herzegovina History - genocides and crimes against humanity

Cambodia,

• Cambodia The Killing Field Museum
• Enotes - articles on Cambodia's History, Khmer Rouge's Killing Fields and genocide
• Cambodian Genocide Group

Canada (First Nations, Residential Schools, Smallpox)

• CBC Residential School: A lost heritage
• Assembly of First Nations - History of Residential Schools
• BBC Legacy of Canada's Residential Schools

China WWII forced laboureres and modern Japanese corporations

• Enotes: International Law
• Enotes: Japan wartime attrocities viewed as genocide in 1990's
• Forced Labor article San Francisco Chronicle
• Bibliography of POW and forced labour in Asia-Pacific
• See databases in Webcat

Darfur

• Eyes on Darfur
• Enotes - 3 articles on ethnic cleansing, African crisis and genocide
• History of Darfur conflict - Amnesty International

Germany (Jewish Holocaust, political dissenters, homosexuals, gypsies)

• see WWII in Social Studies 11

Korean Comfort Women

• Enotes - article on sexual slavery by Japanese Military
• Comfort Women web resources - SFU compiled list of web resources (some links are broken)
• Ohmynew - article on a survivor's testimony
• Bibliography of Comfort Women resources

Nanking Massacre

• Enotes - articles on Japan's Denial, crimes against humanity
• The Modern History Source Book– Nanking Massacre
• Case Study: Nanking Massacre
• 1937 Nanking Massacre– contains basic information (with a few spelling & grammar errors)

Rwanda

• 1994 Rwanda Genocide
• International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
• Rwanda: the wake of a genocide

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