Annotated Bibliography
Baldwin, Patricia and Douglas Baldwin. Canada Through the Decades: The
1930’s.Calagary: Weigl Education Publishers, 2000. Print.
This book is a great starting point for students who are beginning a research project or starting a
unit on the 1930’s. It covers all aspects of society from fashion to politics and economics. It does
not just provide a general overview of the Great Depression, but offers different perspectives.
The text is easy to read and there are many primary sources, diary exerts and pictures that
students can use to help guide their thinking. This source should be only used as a starting point,
Academic grade 10 students should be using more challenging sources for research papers and
other Culminating assignments
Canada a People’s History: Hard Times: 1920-1940.2001.CBC Archives. Web.
This online website is a great resource for students and teachers. There is an array of different
topics students and teachers can go find for specific topics in Canadian History. It provides
useful background information on the topic and uses primary sources to support their
information. It is an extremely easy to navigate website, and there are supplementary videos to
watch for each topic. There is a section for teacher’s resources that provide activities and lessons
for each topic or episode. Teachers should be careful in choosing any lessons or activities from
this website as some are not challenging enough for a grade 10 class.
“The Famous Five.” Library and Archives Canada.
This particular page contains many primary sources dealing specifically with the Persons’ case,
including letters and petitions written and signed by the Famous Five, and the October 18, 1929
Decision of the Lords of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council granting women the status
of “persons.”
Freeman-Shaw, Elizabeth and Jan Haskings-Winner, ed. Canadian Sources: Investigated,
1914 to the Present. Toronto: Emond Montgomery Publications, 2008. Print.
This school textbook contains countless primary sources from multiple perspectives, providing
cues to students that invite them think critically about what they are reading. This text also builds
literacy through “Before/During/After” reading exercises.
Historica Minutes. History by the Minutes. Web.
This multimedia website provides one-minute clips on various historical figures and events,
including Agnes Macphail, Nellie McClung, Emily Murphy, Joseph-Armand Bombardier, and
many others. This is an excellent tool for Minds-On that would not only provide a visual for
students, but also a means for historical discussion that is accessible and does not take up
significant classroom time.
Humpries, Charles. The Great Depression Jackdaw. Toronto: Clarke, Irwin & Company
Limited, 1968.
Jackdaw documents are folders that contain sample primary sources that relate to a specific
theme. I found The Great Depression Jackdaw very useful for both the teacher and the student.
For the student, they can physically touch and look at sources that have come from the time they
are studying, the physical aspect of holding these sources can intrigue and engage the students in
analyzing sources. This may also help students to take historical perspective. For teachers, the
documents can be scanned or used in learning centers, they are already prepared by topic and
each primary source is contextualized in a table of contents that describes each source in the
folder.
Johnson, Mary J. Primary Source Teaching the Web 2.0 Way. Ohio: Linworth Books, 2009.
This book is an excellent resource especially for history teachers as it offers a variety of ways
students can analyse primary sources using technology as the median. Each chapter is dedicated
to different kinds of primary sources such as Teaching with Text, Teaching with Historic
Newspapers, Artifacts and Ephemera and Teaching Maps. Within each chapter the author gives
different ways to use these materials using blogs, flikr, creating virtual museums etc. For those
teachers who are not technologically savvy, the author provides guides on how to set up class
websites and blogs, podcasting and digital storytelling. This guide also provides some useful
templates for teachers to for primary source analysis.
Statistics Canada. CYB Historical Collection.
This is an excellent online resource that provides primary and secondary sources for events and
figures that have defined Canadian History. There are many tools that can be accessed by
teachers and students that provide valuable information on a wide variety of historical topics.