These 52 non-fiction stories are designed to familiarize and develop student awareness of the various Canadian topics while reviewing and strengthening various reading, language, and word study skills.

The topics include:

• Canada’s Capital Cities

• Canadian Bodies of Water and Islands

• Canadian History

• Canadian Folklore

• Canadian Trivia

• Famous Canadians

Teacher Notes

• At A Glance – List of Skills

• Teaching Objectives

• Teaching Strategies

Answer key provided with each story.

Section 1 Canadian Capital Cities

Fact Card # 1: St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador

Skills: Drawing Conclusions | Adjectives/Adverbs | Nouns/Verb Usage

Fact Card # 2: Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island

SKILLS: Classifying Information | Subject/Predicate | Compound Words 

Fact Card # 3: Fredericton, New Brunswick

SKILLS: Recalling Information | Types of Nouns | Root Words 

Fact Card # 4: Halifax, Nova Scotia

SKILLS: Classifying Information | Parts of Speech | Word Meanings 

Fact Card # 5: Québec City, Québec

SKILLS: Classifying Details | Types of Sentences | Synonyms 

Fact Card # 6: Toronto, Ontario

SKILLS: Recalling Details | Parts of Speech | Word Meanings

Fact Card # 7: Winnipeg, Manitoba

SKILLS: Context Clues | Kinds of Nouns | Word Meanings

Fact Card # 8: Regina, Saskatchewan

SKILLS: Sequential Ordering | Adverbs/Expletives | Root Words

Fact Card # 9: Edmonton, Alberta

SKILLS: Classifying | Finding Proof | Verb Usage | Syllabication

Fact Card # 10: Victoria, British Columbia

SKILLS: Forming Opinions | Verb Tenses | Synonyms

Fact Card # 11: Whitehorse, Yukon

SKILLS: Recalling Details | Making Comparisons | Verb Usage | Compound Words

Fact Card # 12: Yellowknife, Northwest Territories

SKILLS: Recalling Details | Verb Tenses | Synonyms | Antonyms

Fact Card # 13: Iqaluit, Nunavut

SKILLS: Locating Information | Verb Tenses | Word Meanings

Fact Card # 14: Ottawa, Ontario

SKILLS: Recalling Details | Verb Usage | Alphabetical Order

Section 2 Canadian Bodies of Water and Islands

Fact Card # 1: The Mackenzie River

SKILLS: Sequential Ordering | Verb Usage | Word Meanings

Fact Card # 2: The St. Lawrence River

SKILLS: Recalling Details | Verb Tenses | Root Words

Fact Card # 3: Yukon River

SKILLS: Recalling Information | Verb Tenses | Syllabication

Fact Card # 4: The Fraser River

SKILLS: Recalling Details | Verb Tense | Word Meanings

Fact Card # 5: The Great Lakes

SKILLS: Main Idea | Using Comparisons | Synonyms, Homonyms

Fact Card # 6: Canadian Waterfalls

SKILLS: Recalling Information | Prepositions | Compound Words | Syllabication

Fact Card # 7: Famous Canadian Islands

Skills: Recalling Details | Researching | Writing a Paragraph | Word Meanings

Section 3 Canadian History

Fact Cards # 1 to #3:

#1 Chronology of Canadian Historical Events Beginning of the World to 1649

SKILLS: Recalling Information | Parts of Speech | Synonyms

#2 Chronology of Canadian Historical Events 1663-1776

SKILLS: Locating Details | Plurals | Root Words | Homonyms | Synonyms

#3 Chronology of Canadian Historical Events 1778-1829

SKILLS: Sequential Ordering | Singular/Plural Words | Vowel Combinations

Fact Card # 4: British North America in the Early 1800s

SKILLS: Recalling Events | Root Words | Syllabication

Fact Card # 5: Famous First Nations Heroes

SKILLS: Cause and Effect | Plurals | Alphabetical

Fact Card # 6 and #7

#6 Rebellion in Lower Canada: Fighting for Independence and Political Rights 

SKILLS: Finding Proof | Sequential Ordering | Parts of Speech | Root Words

#7 Rebellion in Upper Canada: A Time of Political Change 

SKILLS: Recalling Details | Comparative Adjectives | Synonyms

Fact Card # 8: British North America

SKILLS: Recalling Events | Comparative, Superlative Word Forms | Synonyms

Fact Card # 9: People of the Plains

SKILLS: Locating Information | Word Meanings | Homonyms, Synonyms

Fact Card # 10: Fur Trading in the West

SKILLS: Recalling Information | Simple/Compound Sentences | Root Words

Fact Card # 11: The Pacific Northwest

SKILLS: Recalling Details | The Clause | Antonyms

Fact Cards #12 to #14 Confederation Days

# 12: Confederation Days (Part 1) Creating the Dominion of Canada

SKILLS: Locating Details | Parts of Speech | Synonyms

# 13: Confederation Days (Part 2) The Charlottetown Conference

SKILLS: Expressing Ideas / Opinions | Compound Sentences | Syllabication

# 14: Confederation Days (Part 3) The Battle of Confederation

SKILLS: Main Idea | Conjunctions | Spelling Words

Fact Card # 15: The Great War

SKILLS: Sequential Ordering | Paragraph Writing | Synonyms

Fact Card # 16: The Post-War Years

SKILLS: Classifying Events | Word Gender | Plural/Singular Form

Fact Card # 17: World War Two

SKILLS: Cause and Effect | Clauses | Word Me

Section 4 Canadian Folklore

Fact Card # 1: The Boy and the Dragon

SKILLS: Recalling Details | Subordinate Clauses | Synonyms

Fact Card # 2: The Maid of the Mist

SKILLS: Emotional Reactions | Positive, Comparative, Superlative Adjectives | Word Meanings

Fact Card # 3: Nanabozho and the Raccoon

SKILLS: Cause and Effect | Clauses/Conjunctions | Root Words

Fact Card # 4: Lost!

SKILLS: Fantasy / Realism | Subordinate Clauses | Alphabetical Order

Fact Card # 5: White Horse

SKILLS: Sequential Ordering | Types of Clauses | Word Meanings

Section 5 Canadian Trivia

Fact Card # 1: Provincial and Territorial Trivia

SKILLS: Recalling Details | Simple Sentences, Conjunctions | Antonyms

Fact Card # 2: Canadian Trivia

SKILLS: Recalling Details | Kinds of Nouns | Synonyms, Antonyms

Fact Card # 3: Famous Canadian Trivia

SKILLS: Main Idea | Types of Clauses | Word Meanings

Fact Card # 4: Hockey Trivia

SKILLS: Locating Information | Clauses, Conjunctions | Antonyms, Synonyms, Homonyms

Fact Card # 5: Canadian Sports Trivia

SKILLS: Main Idea | Subordinate Clauses | Antonyms

Section 6 Famous Canadians

Fact Card # 1: Incredible Canadian Trailblazers

SKILLS: Main Idea | Creative Thinking | Word Meanings

Fact Card # 2: Famous Canadian Leaders

SKILLS: Recalling Events | Parts of Speech | Double Consonants

Fact Card # 3: Famous Female Athletes

SKILLS: Recalling Details | Conjunctions | Root Words

Fact Card # 4: Famous Male Athletes

SKILLS: Recalling Details | Identifying Clauses | Antonyms, Synonyms, Homonyms

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