Culture Databases

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The following resources are helpful to parents and teachers:

1. Book: Supporting Successful Transition from Primary to Secondary School by Tina Rae (2014)
2. Book: Book: Last Child in the Woods by Richard Louv (2008)
3. Book: Digital Tools for Teaching: 30 E-tools for Collaborating, Creating, and Publishing across the Curriculum by Steve Johnson (2013)
4. DVD video: Canadian Popular Music in the '60's, '70's & '80's by EMI Music Canada (2012)
5. DVD video: Canada: A People's History produced by Mark Starowicz (2001).
6. Book: Fire in the Bones: Bill Mason and the Canadian Canoeing Tradition by James Raffan (1999)

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Culture Databases

The following culture databases are online web sites with searchable databases providing information on the culture of the respective country or region.

1. "Canadian culture is a term that embodies the artistic, musical, literary, culinary, political and social elements that are representative of Canada and Canadians, to not only its own population, but also people all over the world." - Wikipedia

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/shelly-glover-cultures-new-cop/article13319750/?page=all http://www.pch.gc.ca/ http://www.canadainternational.gc.ca/france/cultural_relations_culturelles/index.aspx

1. Europeana Explore millions of items from a range of Europe's leading galleries, libraries, archives and museums. Books and manuscripts, photos and paintings, television and film, sculpture and crafts, diaries and maps, sheet music and recordings, they’re all here. Europeana is the trusted source of cultural heritage brought to you by the Europeana Foundation and a large number of European cultural institutions, projects and partners.
   Objects include:
   a) Images - paintings, drawings, maps, photos and pictures of museum objects
   b) Texts - books, newspapers, letters, diaries and archival papers
   c) Sounds - music and spoken word from cylinders, tapes, discs and radio broadcasts
   d) Videos - films, newsreels and TV broadcasts
   Some items and topics are world famous, like Isaac Newton's book about the Laws of Motion, the drawings of Leonardo da Vinci, Johannes Vermeer's painting of the Girl With A Pearl Earring or objects about the Berlin Wall and family histories during World War One. Others are hidden treasures, waiting for you to discover them. Renowned names such as the British Library in London, the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam and the Louvre in Paris are featured alongside smaller organisations across Europe. Together, their assembled collections allow you to explore Europe's history from ancient times to the modern day.
   Learn more about Europeana on these social media sites Europeana on Pinterst and Europeana on Twitter