Getting to know Turtle Island: Incorporating First Nation, Métis and Inuit perspectives K-8. 2011. This book was written by the Limestone District School Board under the leadership of Kevin Reed, Aboriginal Consultant to the LDSB, with a team of K-8 teachers. The document describes an integrated aboriginal curriculum acoss Kindergarten to Grade 8. It includes provincial learning expectations, suggested teaching strategies, resources (some websites and other print materials), and summative tasks from K to 8. This is an excellent starting point for developing your curriculum for any grade and the the full document is downloadable.

Turtle Island Resource List. This is the list of print resources included in Turtle Island, in case you would like to request them from the Education Library or purchase them for your own collection. These resources are recommended

Other resources to support an Aboriginal curriculum. This includes many free websites as well as print materials that can be requested from the Education Library.

Click here for a demonstration of online lesson plans ;

Online Teacher Resources for Literacy and Numeracy

A portal with free access to resources specifically crafted for Ontario educators seeking to improve their skills and knowledge. The site includes e-learning modules with video and lesson ideas created by Ontario teachers. Also see the Guides to Effective Instruction.

Ontario Educational Resource Bank: Requires username and password from D2L. Browse by grade for lessons across all subjects. This is a repository for online learning objects and lesson plans created by Ontario teachers.

Illuminations: Produced by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM), Illuminations is the math component of thinkfinity.org

Marilyn Burns’ Math Solutions: Select Educator Tools in the top menu, then Free Classroom Lessons.

Google Tips for Teachers.  There are many useful lesson plans on the web, the only problem is finding them. Check out the search tips below.

Commoncraft's Web Search Strategies in Plain English

How do I search for Books in the Education Library?

1. Go to http://library.queensu.ca

2. Click on the tab QCAT Catalogue.

3. Click on the link that says Full Catalogue.

4. Under Limit To, select Education Library to find print materials that are located at the Education Library.

5. Select Keyword Boolean as your Search by method.

Use ? to expand words; use OR to broaden searches with synonyms Use AND to combine terms; use " " around phrases.
e.g. For classroom management ideas at the elementary level: "classroom management" and elementary

6. These items will be sent to you if you send the list along with your name and student number to education.library@queensu.ca.

Click here for a demonstration of how to view library passwords

Teacher Candidates have access to two videostreaming collections and some components of online textbooks for use in classrooms during their practicum. Passwords for these collections are available in the Faculty of Education online course mangement system called Desire2Learn.

To log in:

• Go to the Faculty of Education homepage
• Click Desire2Learn (left menu)
• Log in to D2L
• Click on Resource F002 Faculty of Education Student Resources

Click here for a demonstration of using videostreaming resources

• A multimedia with 8,300 videos, video clips, audio files, speeches, images, newsreels, & articles from Encyclopedia Britannica.
• Licensed for 3 years beginning September, 2010 by Ontario’s Ministry of Education (via OSAPAC) for publicly-funded schools, First Nations schools using the Ontario curriculum, and Ontario Faculties of Education. Includes currciulum correlations.
• Please note that there is limited Aboriginal content here but there are many online videos offering generic curriculum content.

• Offers 3500 full-length videos and 40,000 clips from educational video-streamed programs.
• Curriculum correlations are available for all provinces.
• Programs and producers include Bill Nye the Science Guy, The Eyes of Nye, Animal World, Canadian Geographic Kids, BioMedia, Exploration Productions (Discovery Canada), Intelecom, and VEA.
• Please note that there is limited Aboriginal content here but there are many online videos offering generic curriculum content including all of the Bill Nye science videos.

National Film Board Videos Online

Over 1000 online NFB films are free to all Canadians. Queen’s University Library has paid the classroom public performance rights for this product, so you can show these videos in classrooms. The Ontario Ministry of Education has purchased subscriptions for all publicly funded elementary and secondary schools, school boards and educational programs operated by school boards in the province. This subscription includes First Nations and Native schools operating under the Ontario educational curriculum, publicly-funded faculties of education, and Ontario teacher training institutes.

Please note that there is Canadian Aboriginal content here including aboriginal and Inuit stories but you will still need to screen each video to ensure acceptable content. Check out their latest Aboriginal Studies flyer.

Click here for a demonstration of using online textbook resources

Textbook producers are now making additional components of textbooks available online. The Education Library has purchased access to these and they may include an online copy of the student textbook, a teacher's resource guide that goes with the textbook, and additional materials such as assessment ideas and worksheets, images, PowerPoints, and even SMARTBoard lessons.

Nelson Mathematics 1 and 2 are not password protected sites: Mathematics 1 and Mathematics 2

Nelson Mathematics 3-8: http://mathk8.nelson.com/otr.html (get passwords in D2L). Click on Online Teacher Resource. FIles are downloadable. Complete copies of student text and teacher's guide.
 

TumbleBookLibrary: (get passwords in D2L) An online collection of animated, talking picture books created by adding animation, sound, music and narration to existing picture books in which you can read, or have read to you.

Search NoveList Plus, the online teacher resource for finding children’s books on a theme.  Go to the library home page http://library.queensu.ca >> click on the Databases tab >> type in novelist >> click on NoveList Plus >> search by topic or grade or theme.

You can access NoveList directly at the Knowledge Ontario website. Click on K-6 resources for the link. A great resource for all Ontario teachers.

Click here for a demonstration of NoveList

You can access these from any public library page or from Queen's Library at http://library.queensu.ca/research/databases/subject/k-to-12-education-resources 

For professional development articles for teachers, follow these steps for Queen's resources:

Go to Queen's Library

Click on Connect from Off-Campus. Use your NetID. Click on Library Home.

Summon is the default search tool that is open. Types in your words. Once the results are listed, use the filters to restrict your serach to online resources.