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Provincially Licenced Resources for Teachers & Students (SK)
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"Anywhere, anytime, online resources are great for students, teachers and school division personnel. Access more than 15,000 full-text unique journals, magazines, newspapers, online directories, encyclopedias, and eBooks as well as other online reference materials and video streaming services. These resources are accessible from within your school or over the internet with your EDonline or school login. To learn how to use these online resources, visit your school library or your local public library."

Sask DLC teachers & students: to access these resources: 1. Select and click on the resource you’d like to access. E.g., CBC Curio 2. You will then be prompted to select your school, division or education authority. 3. Scroll down and select “Sask. Distance Learning Centre”. 4. Log in with your Sask DLC credentials and all of these resources will be at your fingertips!

Aboriginal Education Research Centre
Academic OneFile Select
ArcGIS
Auto Repair Source
BBC
Business Source Elite
CBC Curio
CBCA
Canadian Encyclopedia
Canadian Major Daiies
Canadian Points of View
Canadian Reference Centre
Canadian Research Index
Canadiana Online
EXPLORA
Early Canadiana Online
Encyclopedia Britannica
Explore History
Gale in Context
Gale Literature
General OneFile
Health and Wellness
History Reference Centre
IDELLO
LIVE
LegalTrac
National Film Board of Canada
National Geographic Channel
News in Review
NovelList Plus
Our Legacy
PressReader
Rover
Safety Care
Science One
SK History Online
Statistics Canada
The Heritage Project (French)
Universalias Junior & Senior
Virtual Museum of Metis History and Culture

Subject:
Agriculture Studies
Arts Education
Autobody
Business
Computer & Digital Technologies
Education
English Language Arts
French
Geography
Health & Fitness
Indigenous Perspectives
Language Education
Law
Math
Practical & Applied Arts
Psychology
Science
Social Studies
Wellness
Material Type:
Primary Source
Author:
Various
Date Added:
06/15/2023
Putting a Spin on Current Events (Advanced Level)
Read the Fine Print
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Students will compare propagandistic strategies in artworks to modern-day examples of persuasive techniques and create a propaganda poster for a current political leader.

Subject:
Arts Education
Material Type:
Diagram/Illustration
Lesson
Provider:
J. Paul Getty Museum
Provider Set:
Getty Education
Date Added:
10/18/2018
Putting a Spin on Current Events (Intermediate Level)
Read the Fine Print
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Students will examine the influence of Greek and Roman mythology on art, discuss strategies of propaganda in an ancient portrait and a 17th-century cabinet, and create a campaign poster for a classroom candidate that uses Greek or Roman iconography.

Subject:
Arts Education
Material Type:
Diagram/Illustration
Lesson
Provider:
J. Paul Getty Museum
Provider Set:
Getty Education
Date Added:
10/18/2018
ROVER - with access to NFB, Curio (CBC), Safetycare & Edello (French content)
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Click NFB Education - click the black box near the top left of the screen to access all of the NFB's videos. If you are logged onto Blackborad, you have access to every single film in there and other teaching resources for FREE.

CBC Curio - click the red box that says Curio.ca near the top left of the screen. If your are logged in you will be able to see videos, collections and the news.

Safetycare - click the yellow box that says SAFETYCARE at the top of the screen. If you are logged in you will be able to view safety videos

Idello (TFO) - click the white and blue box that says Idello at the top of the screen. If you are logged in you will be able to access French content videos.

ROVER (Recommended Online Video Education Resources) is a video streaming service for Saskatchewan teachers and students in the PreK-12 education system. It is managed and maintained by the Saskatchewan Ministry of Education. ROVER is a video-on-demand service that provides teachers and students with the convenience of immediate access to streamed, educational videos that support curricula. ROVER videos are housed on a server located in a school or school division network so there are no bandwidth issues, resulting in better picture quality and continuous play of videos without pauses. The videos are intended for viewing on the streaming site and not for copying or downloading.

There are approximately 1,500 videos in ROVER’s combined English and French collections that can be accessed by teachers and students to enhance learning in the classroom. All the videos found on this site have been evaluated by educational professionals and recommended to support Saskatchewan’s K-12 curricula. It remains the responsibility of educators to preview and select materials that best meet the needs of their students, school, and community. Educators should choose resources in accordance with their school division’s learning resources selection policy.

ROVER is accessible from within Saskatchewan schools or school division offices without a login. Outside of school, it is possible to access ROVER using a login through a Blackboard account. Every teacher and student in Saskatchewan is registered with a Blackboard account. For more information, please contact networkservices@gov.sk.ca or call our Sector Support Desk at 1-866-933-8333.

Subject:
Arts Education
Biology
Chemistry
Economics
Education
Elementary Education
English Language Arts
Faith Studies
Forensic Science
French
Geography
Higher Education
History
Indigenous Perspectives
Journalism Studies
Language Education
Language Education (EAL, ESL)
Law
Math
Media Studies
Native Studies
Physical Science
Physics
Psychology
Science
Social Studies
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Homework/Assignment
Provider:
NFB Education
Author:
CBC
NFB
Saskatchewan Government
Date Added:
04/11/2019
Science News for Students - News from all fields of science for readers of any age
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"Teachers can use the site as in-class reading material to supplement units in science, math, and language arts. The readings are streamlined, age-appropriate versions of articles on the adult Science News site and provide helpful tools for tackling the task of reading scientific texts. The Going Deeper link for each article takes students to a related article on the companion Science News site with more detailed information. Kids can also use the simpler readings on Science News for Students as support articles to build their basic understanding before moving on to more complex text of the same topic. If you scroll to the bottom of the articles, many of them contain “Power Words” and their definitions. Reviewing the words in advance can help kids better understand the text. Some articles also contain questions for kids to answer while reading." (Common Sense Media)

Subject:
Education
English Language Arts
Math
Science
Material Type:
Primary Source
Reading
Author:
Alison Pearce Stevens
Beth Geiger
Bruce Bower
Carolyn Wilke
Colorado Public Radio
Douglas Fox
John Pickrell
Jonathan Lambert
Sid Perkins
Silke Schmidt
Date Added:
01/22/2020
Teaching Kids News
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This site offers readable, teachable news that students in grades 2-8 would be interested in. Teaching Kids News posts weekly news articles, written by professional journalists. It’s free to read and use in the classroom. Please also use TKN’s Search feature to search the more than 1,000 articles in our archives. There are sections on news, arts and entertainment, science (technology, environment, animals, health), sports, politics, and even "Fake News Resources". Read about how to talk to kids about difficult news as well. There are also tips on how to use the site for parents, teachers and students.

Subject:
Social Studies
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Homework/Assignment
Lesson
Reading
Author:
Monique Conrod
teaching kids news
Joyce Grant
Date Added:
12/07/2020
Technology, Simplified
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"Founded in 2007, MakeUseOf is an online publication that issues tips and guides on how to make the most of the internet, computer software, and mobile apps. Our mission is to help users understand and navigate modern trends in consumer technology."

A great first stop when trying to troubleshoot or fix your tech problems!

Definitely check out the cheat sheets. The productivity bundle is great.

Subject:
Computer Science
Education
Educational Technology
Science
Material Type:
Primary Source
Author:
MAKEUSEOF
Date Added:
10/11/2019
TweenTribune - Articles for kids, middle school, teens from Smithsonian
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A great non-fiction news site with a wide variety of articles written at differentiated Lexile levels.

There are daily quizzes and immediate feedback for students.

The site offers several resources, links and tips for teachers. The critical thinking prompts at the end of each article help spark student discussions and response or reflection opportunities.

Articles are divided into K-4, 5-6, 7-8 and High School.

Subject:
English Language Arts
Science
Social Studies
Material Type:
Primary Source
Reading
Author:
Smithsonian
Date Added:
01/22/2020
YR Media - It's Your Media
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Dynamic site harnesses creative young talent to speak truth to power

"YR Media has strong politically and socially progressive content that will speak to students' interests and inspire them. Yearbook and journalism advisers might model part of their program on YR Media. ...

Check out the DIY guides. These tutorials offer colorful visuals, detailed explanations, and student samples on topics from ethics to writing opinion pieces to social media reporting and more. There has to be at least one idea in these guides that can be incorporated into your curriculum. Media classes from film to journalism to graphic arts can use YR Media's work as a springboard for discussion and then creation. ELA classes can analyze the arguments put forth in articles (especially in the Opinion section), videos, or podcasts. Students could use this analysis to create their responses in a similar or different format. The videos on compelling topics like hate speech, social media influencers, and parental pressure will definitely spark discussion and can be structured in a Socratic seminar or four-corners format. Double-entry journals might be more fitting for student responses on more sensitive subjects, such as deportation, mass shootings, LGBTQ or straight pride, and housing. Health and psychology classes will also find surprisingly suitable content in teen-friendly language on important issues like reproductive health, mental illness, and anxiety. " (Review from Common Sense Media)

Subject:
Business
Communication Media
English Language Arts
Media Studies
Science
Social Studies
Material Type:
Podcast
Primary Source
Author:
YR
Date Added:
01/22/2020
Youth Voices - Their Perspective
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"YourCommonwealth would be an excellent supplement to classroom learning, especially for middle and high school students. With its focus on global current events and social issues, the site is a great resource for students to find out what kids like them consider important and reflect deeply on their own thoughts about the world's big ideas. Exercises and debates can be created around the opinions expressed on YourCommonwealth through text and video.

YourCommonwealth is an international site created by young people for young people who are interested in addressing global concerns such as injustice, poverty, and the environment. On the site, students from the 54 countries of The Commonwealth of Nations submit articles and videos to share their stories, experiences, and opinions. U.S. students can read about global social issues from a personal point of view –- and from someone around their age. Kids will have the opportunity to make up their own minds about pressing topics and, through discussion with parents and peers, learn how to express opinions.

It's organized by continent: Click on Africa and you'll get all the content relating to that area of the world. Young people from all over the world contribute articles and video to the site, which are then posted in a news-like format. By reading articles, kids can view opinions and timely issues from their global peers. Offsite, kids can get involved in Twitter chats and Facebook discussions on “the present, past and future of the planet.”" (Common Sense Media review)

Subject:
History
Science
Social Studies
Material Type:
Primary Source
Author:
YourCommonwealth
Date Added:
01/22/2020