Canada and the American
Revolution
Introduction
Another one that came together reasonably well. "With Nothing But Our Courage" is not great literature, but my daughter likes it.
Booklist Time Table Internet Learning-Links
Beginnings, Stories of Canada's Past, edited by Ann Walsh
Canadian History for Dummies, by Will Ferguson
With Nothing But Our Courage: The Loyalist Diary of Mary MacDonald, by Karleen Bradford (from Scholastic's "Dear Canada" series)
Great Canadian Animal Stories, edited by Muriel Whitaker
The Spirit of Canada, edited by Barbara Hehner
The Story of Canada, by Janet Lunn and Christopher Moore
Rachel: A Mighty Big Imagining, by Lynne Kositsky (from Penguin's "Our Canadian Girl" series)
The Story of Canada, p. 78-79, "The Colonists" Intro
Great Canadian Animal Stories, p. 55-66, "The Blind Man and the Bird"
Day 2.
Canadian History for Dummies, p. 145-148, "The Pot Boils Over"
Beginnings: Stories of Canada's Past, p. 86-98 and 213-215, "Farewell the Mohawk Valley" and "Historical Notes"
Day 3.
*note ? before reading "With Nothing But Our Courage" warn the child that the baby mentioned in the early part of the book does not survive to the end. Mary's little sister Margaret gets sick and dies.
The Story of Canada, p. 79-84 (minus p. 82 and the bottom of 83), "Refugees"
With Nothing But Our Courage, p. 3-23, October 6th to the end of October 12th, 1783
Day 4.
The Story of Canada, p. 98-99, "Three Native Heroes" (Remind child, *one* of these heroes will be mentioned in "Courage" today, see if she can spot which one.)
With Nothing But Our Courage, p. 23-41, October 13th to the end of October 23rd, 1783
Day 5.
Canadian History for Dummies, p. 148-150, "1775: The Invasion of Canada"
With Nothing But Our Courage, p. 42-62, October 24th to the end of November 5th, 1783
Day 6.
*Give the child her reader, "A Mighty Big Imagining," this morning
The Story of Canada, p. 82 and p. 83, "The Black Loyalists in Nova Scotia," and "The Loyalist Cow"
With Nothing But Our Courage, p. 62-81, November 10th to the end of November 26th, 1783
Day 7.
Canadian History for Dummies, p. 151-152, "Nova Scotia: The Fourteenth Colony?"
With Nothing But Our Courage, p. 81-101, December 1st to the end of January 7th, 1784
Day 8.
Canadian History for Dummies, p. 152-153, "A Tale of Two Islands"
With Nothing But Our Courage, p. 101-118, January 9th to the end of March 25th, 1784
Day 9.
Canadian History for Dummies, p. 154-157, "The Loyalists" (to the end of "New Brunswick") *Review what we've learned so far about the Black Loyalists, referring back to Day 6's readings.
With Nothing But Our Courage, p. 118-138, April 6th to the end of June 14th, 1784
Day 10.
The Story of Canada, p. 84?86, "Gentlemen and Governors" (minus, "Elizabeth Simcoe")
With Nothing But Our Courage, p. 138-158, June 21st to the end of July 30th, 1784
Day 11.
Canadian History for Dummies, p. 157-159, "The Loyalists" (finish)
With Nothing But Our Courage, p. 158-178, August 2nd to the end of October 6th, 1784
Day 12.
Canadian History for Dummies, p. 159-161, "Upper Canada is Created" (to the end of "The Constitutional Act of 1791")
With Nothing But Our Courage, p. 178-192, October 7th to the end of the Epilogue
Day 13.
Canadian History for Dummies, p. 161-163, "Upper Canada is Created," (finish)
The Story of Canada, p. 84?85, "Elizabeth Simcoe"
With Nothing But Our Courage, p. 193-216, "Historical Notes"
Day 14.
Canadian History for Dummies, p. 163-164, "Into the Interior" (to the end of "The North West Company")
The Spirit of Canada, p. 97. "The Train Dogs"
Day 15.
The Story of Canada, p.114-118, "The Great Northwest" (intro)
The Spirit of Canada, p. 36, "The Great Northwest"
Day 16.
The Story of Canada, p. 118-122, "The Fur Trader's Rivalry"
The Spirit of Canada, p. 37-38, "A Coppermine Feast"
Day 17.
Canadian History for Dummies, p. 164-165, "Into the Interior" (finish)
The Story of Canada, p. 64-65, "Chasse-galerie"
Great Canadian Animal Stories, p. 163-177, "The Hunger Cry" (excerpted from "White Fang" by Jack London)
Day 18.
The Story of Canada, p. 138-139, "Mountains and Oceans" Intro
Great Canadian Animal Stories, p. 123-130, "Blackstreak's Courting"
Day 19.
Canadian History for Dummies, p. 165-166, "On the Pacific Coast" (to the end of "James Cook")
The Story of Canada, p. 140-141, "The Nootka Traders"
Day 20.
Canadian History for Dummies, p. 166-168, "On the Pacific Coast" (finish)
The Story of Canada, p. 142-146, "People of the Salmon"