A Guide to First Spring on the Grand Banks

A Guide to First Spring on the Grand Banks
Author: Stanley Sparkes
Publisher: James Lorimer & Company
Total Pages: 84
Release: 1981-01-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9780888624314

This guide has been prepared to assist teachers at the senior elementary and early secondary levels who would like to use Bill Freeman's First Spring on the Grand Banks young adult novel in English and in Canadian history classes. Stanley Sparkes has written a comprehensive guide includes a commentary on Newfoundland literature; an historical background on the social, political and economic setting of the story; a selection of varied teaching methods by which the novel may be approached; and a list of resources relevant to the themes of the book.

First Spring on the Grand Banks

First Spring on the Grand Banks
Author: Bill Freeman
Publisher: James Lorimer & Company
Total Pages: 244
Release: 1978
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9780888622204

In this exciting tale set in the 1870s, John and Meg Bains and their friend Canso arrive in Nova Scotia to find that Canso's father has died and his schooner seized for debts. Refused credit for a fishing trip by the merchant Hunter, they take the schooner and flee to Tower Rock, Newfoundland, intending to make enough money fishing to repay the debts. But then the law arrives and Canso is jailed. Their only hope is to persuade the women of Tower Rock to catch cod with them. And that is just what happens. The story ends with Canso's trial and the final showdown with Hunter.

Skills Mania

Skills Mania
Author: Bob Davis
Publisher: Between The Lines
Total Pages: 233
Release: 2000
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1896357334

In Skills ManiaBob Davis argues passionately that the emphasis in the secondary school classroom must shift from a technocratic, skills-based approach, to teaching and discussion that focuses on real, substantive issues. He also calls for a new emphasis on the teaching of history, a practice that has been sadly lacking in recent years. Two central qualities warm up this book: first the story is told through the author's own teaching, and second, the author presents us with an original and frank point of view. This is a stiring, engaged, and practical book.

Canadiana

Canadiana
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 812
Release: 1985
Genre: Canada
ISBN:

The Storymakers

The Storymakers
Author:
Publisher: Pembroke Publishers Limited
Total Pages: 180
Release: 2000
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9781551381084

Explore the lives of 83 of the most talented children's authors writing today. Told in the authors' own words, these lively biographies describe the creative process, and offer advice to today's young writers. Learn how they crate wonderful books, where they get their ideas, what their desks look like, and what their favourite books were when they were growing up.