Junior High Resource Manuals and Videos

 

Written by Nick Newbery

Published by Branch 168 Royal Canadian Legion, Iqaluit

2004

In 2004 these ten junior high resource manuals, supported by a variety of videos, were placed in all Nunavut schools with junior high classes. They offer relevant, field-tested units developed especially for use with Nunavut students in both regular classes and in remedial literacy programs. Because they have proved popular with teachers and students these resources have now been made available on the Nunavut Teachers’ Association website.

The manuals, endorsed by the GN, come in ready-to-use format thus giving teachers practical, badly-needed, northern-related ESL resources in fundamental areas while providing students with attractive, culturally-appropriate materials. They are backed by a variety of exercises, activities and films which complement the Department of Education’s programming while easing the workload of teachers by offering ready-to-download-and-use projects over a broad range of subject areas.

Note that all materials are copyrighted to the original owners. All films are the ones originally used. Some may seem older but are still appropriate.

The manuals and videos are as follows:

 

Manual

    Description

Download

1

Northern Comprehension Passages Part 1 (Grade 7)
25 northern-related stories with comprehension, grammar, spelling and writing exercises

 

2

Northern Comprehension Passages Part 2 (Grade 8)
30 northern-related stories with comprehension, grammar, spelling and writing exercises

 

3

Northern Comprehension Passages Part 3 (Grade 9)
30 northern-related stories with comprehension, grammar, spelling and writing exercises

 

4

Teenagers and Their Relationships (Grades 8 & 9)
A life skills and language arts unit based on the initial CBC Degrassi series

 

 

 

Video

 

 

 

 

            

1 A. Degrassi High        

A New Start 1 

25 min

 

 

2

A New Start 2

25 min

 

 

3

Breaking up is Hard to Do      

25 min

 

 

4

Dream On

25 min

 

 

5

Everybody Wants Something

25 min

 

 

6

Nobody’s Perfect

25 min

 

 

7

Just Friends

25 min

 

 

8

Little White Lies

25 min

 

 

9

Sixteen 1

25 min

 

 

10

Sixteen 2

25 min

 

 

11

All in a Good Cause

25 min

 

 

12

Natural Attraction

25 min

 

 

13

Testing 1,2,3

25 min

 

 

14

It Creeps!        

25 min

 

 

15

Stressed Out

25 min

 

 

16 B. Degrassi Talks

Sex     

25 min

 

 

17

Alcohol           

25 min

 

 

18

Drugs  

25 min

 

 

19

Abuse 

25 min

 

 

20

Depression      

25 min

 

 

21

Sexuality          

25 min

 

 

22 C. Dealing with Problems

A Summer in the Life of Louisa

25 min

 

 

23

Nobody’s Perfect

25 min

 

 

24

Feeling Yes, Feeling No

44 min

 

 

25

Show Time 1

25 min

 

 

26

Show Time 2

25 min

5

Junior High Social Studies and Civics Units (Grades 7-9)
Selected units covering Canada, levels of government, Inuit history and The Third World

 

 

Video

 

 

 

 

            

27 A. Introduction toCanada            

Destination Canada  

50 min

 

 

28 B. Heritage Minutes

Heritage Minutes

60 min

 

 

29 C. Inuit

People of the Seal 1  

52 min

 

 

30

People of the Seal 2  

52 min

 

 

31

The Conquered Dream

52 min

 

 

32

Yesterday Today The Netsilik Eskimo 

18 min

 

 

33

Broken Promises

52 min

 

 

34 D. Inuit & Whalers in Nunavut

In Search of the Bowhead Whale

52 min

 

 

35 E. The Northwest Passage

Frozen in Time

47 min

 

 

36

The Conquered Dream

52 min

 

 

Note: Videos 37 through 44 are no longer available

 

 

37 F. The Third World

UNICEF The First Forty Years  

 

 

 

38

Life Line to Children

 

 

 

39

Journey for Survival

 

 

 

40

Hayati-Water for All Kordofan

 

 

 

41

A Tough Place to Play

 

 

 

42

Remember Me

 

 

 

43

Beyond the Hunger

 

 

 

44

It’s the Same World                          

160 min

6

Nunavut (Grade 9)
The land claim and the Government of Nunavut

 

 

Video

 

 

 

 

            

45 A. The Land Claim       

Nunavut: Changing the Map of Canada

25 min

 

 

46

The Signing of the N.L.C.A.   

28 min

 

 

47

A Living Agreement

30 min

 

 

48 B. The Government

Nunavut Kanatami

28min

 

 

49

The People’s Iglu

30 min

7

Career and Life Skills Units (Grade 9)
Units on careers, personal identity, life skills and current affairs

 

 

Video

 

 

 

 

 

50 A. Careers

I Had a Dream

28 min

8

Junior High Language Arts (Grades 8 & 9)
ESL exercises in writing, spelling, grammar and dictionary use

9

Junior High Language Arts Themes (Grades 8 & 9) 
English language units on Christmas, Halloween, Remembrance Day and Broadcasting

 

 

Video

 

 

 

 

            

51 A. Remembrance Day      

Canada & The Great War 1914-18        

20 min

 

 

52

Christmas in the Trenches

7 min

 

 

53

Canada Remembers Holland

22 min

 

 

54

Remembrance Day in Ottawa 

45 min

 

 

55 B. Broadcasting in Nunavut

Starting Fire with Gunpowder

60 min

10

Junior High Math (Grades 7 & 8)
Review exercises in selected fundamental areas