NEW Curriculum Resource Titles, June 10

Check out NEW Curriculum Resource titles in TWU’s Curriculum Resource Centre (CRC).

This specialized education resource library serves Trinity’s School of Education and local educators, and it provides a variety of resources for curriculum planning, research and teaching (including curriculum guides), teacher’s resources, and K-12 student resources.

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Dinosaurs From Head to Tail by Stacey Roderick and illustrated by Kwanchai Moriya
(Interest Level: Grades 1-3)
From one dinosaur’s head to another’s tail, this informational picture book challenges readers to guess which prehistoric creature each of eight different body parts belongs to. For each question, the answer is given on the following spread, with an overview that includes the name of the dinosaur, an illustration of the entire animal in its habitat and facts about the featured body part, such as why it looked the way it did and how scientists believe it was used.

Go Show the World: a Celebration of Indigenous Heroes by Wab Kinew and pictures by Joe Morse
(Interest Level: Grades 3-7)
Celebrating the stories of Indigenous people throughout time, and a tribute to historic and modern-day Indigenous heroes, this picture book features important figures such as Tecumseh, Sacagawea and former NASA astronaut John Herrington. The text is based from rap song that the author wrote.

Samuel Morse, That’s Who!: The Story of the Telegraph and Morse Code by Tracy Nelson Maurer and illustrated by el primo Ramón
(Interest Level: Grades 2-4)
Back in the 1800s, information traveled slowly. Who would dream of instant messages? Samuel Morse, that’s who! Who traveled to France, where the famous telegraph towers relayed 10,000 possible codes for messages depending on the signal arm positions―only if the weather was clear? Who imagined a system that would use electric pulses to instantly carry coded messages between two machines, rain or shine? Long before the first telephone, who changed communication forever? Samuel Morse, that’s who!

Secret Engineer: How Emily Roebling Built the Brooklyn Bridge by Rachel Dougherty
(Interest Level: Grades 2-4)
This is the story of Emily Roebling, the secret engineer behind the Brooklyn Bridge who supervised the building while her husband and chief engineer was bedridden after falling sick mid-construction. Emily understood the project and believed that she could assist in completing the bridge through her supervision.