Primary Source Websites for Teachers
Early Canadiana Online
http://www.canadiana.org/
Early Canadiana Online (ECO) is a digital library of primary sources in Canadian history from the first European contact to the early 20th
century. The collection is particularly strong in the subject areas of literature, women's history, travel and exploration, native studies and the history of French Canada.
Exploration, the Fur Trade and the Hudson's Bay Company
http://www.canadiana.org/hbc/intro_e.html
This site is about the fur trade in Canada and how it led to the exploration of the country and the formation of the oldest and largest company in Canadian history: Hudson's Bay Company.
Canada in the Making
http://www.canadiana.org/eco/index.html
This educational resource center is intended to help high school and undergraduate university students, as well as the general public, acquire knowledge about key government acts and treaties.
The site includes: electronic text versions of the acts and treaties, short descriptions of the individual documents, biographies of key figures, contextual essays, period maps, an activities section, lesson plans for teachers, a bibliography, and a glossary of terms.
Canadian Heritage Gallery
http://www.canadianheritage.org/
A public service web site to promote Canadian Heritage containing image galleries.
About Canadian Online Publications
http://www.pch.gc.ca/progs/pec-csp/src-acs/index_e.cfm
These documents examine unique Canadian topics and issues and are produced in conjunction with Canadian Studies at Mount Allison University
History Television: The Ultimate History Archive
http://www.historytelevision.ca/
History web links and teacher resources.
Historica (Histor!ca)
http://www.histori.ca/
Presents Canadian history, heritage, geography, and culture
for students, teachers, history activists, and average
Canadians. Contains teacher resources, biographies of
Canadians, and Heritage Minutes.
Canadian History of the 18th and 19th Centuries
http://www.sd68.bc.ca/cedj/Library/
A huge collection to links on this time period.
Canadian Memory Virtual Exhibitions
http://www.collectionscanada.ca/topics/index-e.html#bbb
A collection of exhibits about Canadian history and culture from the National Archives of Canada.
The Virtual Museum
http://www.virtualmuseum.ca/English/Exhibits/
A gateway to over 50 virtual exhibitions, with an Image Gallery, a Fun and Games section and a Teachers' Centre.
Canada Science and Technology Museum
http://www.science-tech.nmstc.ca/english/index.cfm
Explore Canada's scientific and technological heritage.
Industry Canada: Canada's Digital Collections
http://collections.ic.gc.ca/
As part of its SchoolNet initiative, Industry Canada has sponsored and supported an extensive program of
digitization. A large number of projects completed to date relate to the First World War, including information on war memorials, Newfoundland's contribution to the War, diaries, letters, etc. This site serves as a gateway to these
digitized collections.
Canadian Museum of Civilization
http://www.civilization.ca
Online Resources for Canadian Heritage, part of the Virtual Museum's Library Web site, includes many useful links.
Canadian War Museum (CWM)
http://www.civilization.ca/cwm/cwme.asp
This site directs the user to the Museum's excellent library resources on Canadian military history and to the impressive war art collection maintained by the
CWM.
Impressions: 250 Years of Printing in the Lives of Canadians
http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/2/10/index-e.html
This exhibition shows two aspects of the printed word: the tool of learning and the communication of public information.
It contains Information about children's literature and education, immigration and transportation, household and family, agriculture and trades, judicial and political, newspapers and magazines, leisure and literature, religion, health and book-objects.
Canada's National History Society
http://www.historysociety.ca/
Website for Canadian history enthusiasts.
Canadian Heritage
http://www.pch.gc.ca/english.htm
Information for teachers on many current aspects of Canada.
Introduction to the Government of Canada Official Site
http://www.canada.gc.ca/main_e.html
Government of Canada Primary Internet Site (Canada Site) is the Internet electronic access point through which Internet users around the world can obtain information about Canada, its government and its services.
Canada Place
http://canadaplace.gc.ca/canada.htm
This site is filled with information on Canada. If you want to learn more about the history of Canada, embark on a virtual voyage, look at a museum's digital collection or read the country's major newspapers on line, it's all
there.
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