May History & Heritage Months (Elementary)

All about Judaism : history, holidays and traditions.


Distributor: Learn 360. In this new 2022 high-definition program, learn all about Judaism, its beliefs, holidays and customs. Explore the Jewish people throughout history. Witness their persecution. Appreciate their resilience. Rabbi David Kasher explains the Jewish holidays and customs and their significance to Jews. Detailed graphics and video reinforce important concepts.
Date Published:2022

Asian immigration experiences


Licence term: May 1, 2018-April 30, 2026. This program examines the experiences of Chinese, Japanese and South Asian immigrants in Canada. These people ventured to Canada for various reasons including work, escaping war and poverty in their homeland and the lure of a young growing nation. Canada held hope with work on the railway, a gold rush and free land. This program investigates the "push" and "pull" factors that influenced their arrival here and the problems, including racism, they encountered.
Date Published:2017

Licence term: May 1, 2018-April 30, 2026. This program examines the experiences of Chinese, Japanese and South Asian immigrants in Canada. These people ventured to Canada for various reasons including work, escaping war and poverty in their homeland and the lure of a young growing nation. Canada held hope with work on the railway, a gold rush and free land. This program investigates the "push" and "pull" factors that influenced their arrival here and the problems, including racism, they encountered.

Date Published:2017

The exiled princess of Ottawa


Licence term: August 1, 2019-July 31, 2024. Distributor: McIntyre Media. A tribute for Remembrance Day that focuses on a harrowing escape to safety during WWII. Amongst the violence and terror, two countries an ocean apart became forever bonded by blood in more ways than one. Princess Margriet Francisca was famously born in Ottawa in 1943, while the Dutch royal family lived in Canadian exile during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands. As way of thanks for the family’s treatment in Canada, the Dutch royal family sent 100,000 tulips to Ottawa in the fall of 1945. It was the start of a beautiful friendship that has lasted to the present day.
Date Published:2017

Licence term: August 1, 2019-July 31, 2024. Distributor: McIntyre Media. A tribute for Remembrance Day that focuses on a harrowing escape to safety during WWII. Amongst the violence and terror, two countries an ocean apart became forever bonded by blood in more ways than one. Princess Margriet Francisca was famously born in Ottawa in 1943, while the Dutch royal family lived in Canadian exile during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands. As way of thanks for the family’s treatment in Canada, the Dutch royal family sent 100,000 tulips to Ottawa in the fall of 1945. It was the start of a beautiful friendship that has lasted to the present day.

Date Published:2017

Immigrants from India and Southeast Asia

Yomtov, Nel.


In today's uncertain world, many families are leaving their home countries and seeking a better life in the United States. Immigrants from India and Southeast Asia explores the stories of two families who left their home countries to find a better life in the United States. Follow their journeys to find out why they left their homelands and understand the challenges they faced in moving to a new country.
Date Published:2021

In today's uncertain world, many families are leaving their home countries and seeking a better life in the United States. Immigrants from India and Southeast Asia explores the stories of two families who left their home countries to find a better life in the United States. Follow their journeys to find out why they left their homelands and understand the challenges they faced in moving to a new country.

Date Published:2021

Netherlands

Mattern, Joanne, 1963-


The Netherlands is a flat, coastal nation in Europe. It relies on dikes and floodgates to protect it from the sea. More than 17 million people live in this enchanting region of farms, fields, and flowers. Supported by full-color photographs, informative sidebars, and fun facts, readers learn about the Netherlands, including its rich history, unique traditions, government, language, and adoration for tulips.
Date Published:2020

The Netherlands is a flat, coastal nation in Europe. It relies on dikes and floodgates to protect it from the sea. More than 17 million people live in this enchanting region of farms, fields, and flowers. Supported by full-color photographs, informative sidebars, and fun facts, readers learn about the Netherlands, including its rich history, unique traditions, government, language, and adoration for tulips.

Date Published:2020

Netherlands

Spanier, Kristine


In this book, readers will learn about the unique and defining features of Netherlands.
Date Published:2020

Southeast Asian immigrants in Canada

Lukidis, Lydia.



Date Published:2020

Undaunted Ursula Franklin : activist, educator, scientist

Franklin, Monica,


Ursula Franklin was a brave and brilliant woman. Born in Germany with Jewish ancestry, she survived the Holocaust while many in her family were killed in the Nazi's concentration camps. She became a physicist and an engineer at a time when women were not welcome in academics. These experiences shaped Ursula, and she went on to stand up for equality, for peace, and for the protection of the environment and the vulnerable throughout her life. Ursula Franklin was also a caring mother, as her daughter Monica Franklin shows in the stories here. Ursula was celebrated in her lifetime, receiving both the Governor General's Award and the Pearson Medal of Peace. Today she has not only a street but a school named after her in Toronto, where children can learn to remain undaunted despite what hardships we face -- to pursue our dreams while standing up for what is right -- under the shelter of her name.
Date Published:2024

Ursula Franklin was a brave and brilliant woman. Born in Germany with Jewish ancestry, she survived the Holocaust while many in her family were killed in the Nazi's concentration camps. She became a physicist and an engineer at a time when women were not welcome in academics. These experiences shaped Ursula, and she went on to stand up for equality, for peace, and for the protection of the environment and the vulnerable throughout her life. Ursula Franklin was also a caring mother, as her daughter Monica Franklin shows in the stories here. Ursula was celebrated in her lifetime, receiving both the Governor General's Award and the Pearson Medal of Peace. Today she has not only a street but a school named after her in Toronto, where children can learn to remain undaunted despite what hardships we face -- to pursue our dreams while standing up for what is right -- under the shelter of her name.

Date Published:2024

What Jewish looks like

Kleinrock, Liz,


Compiled by educator and author Liz Kleinrock and author Caroline Kusin Pritchard, this powerful intersectional anthology celebrates thirty-six Jewish heroes from Tracee Ellis Ross, to Ezra Frech, to Dona Gracia Nasi. A first-ever collection that disrupts the narrative of how a Jewish person is perceived, What Jewish Looks Like includes accessible primers on important Jewish history, a map, quotes, and much more!
Date Published:2024

Compiled by educator and author Liz Kleinrock and author Caroline Kusin Pritchard, this powerful intersectional anthology celebrates thirty-six Jewish heroes from Tracee Ellis Ross, to Ezra Frech, to Dona Gracia Nasi. A first-ever collection that disrupts the narrative of how a Jewish person is perceived, What Jewish Looks Like includes accessible primers on important Jewish history, a map, quotes, and much more!

Date Published:2024

What Jewish looks like

Kleinrock, Liz,


Compiled by educator and author Liz Kleinrock and author Caroline Kusin Pritchard, this powerful intersectional anthology celebrates thirty-six Jewish heroes from Tracee Ellis Ross, to Ezra Frech, to Dona Gracia Nasi. A first-ever collection that disrupts the narrative of how a Jewish person is perceived, What Jewish Looks Like includes accessible primers on important Jewish history, a map, quotes, and much more!
Date Published:2024

Date Published:2024