Christmas+&+ORC



Have you thought about using **primary documents** in your classroom? This 1924 photo postcard from //[|Peel's Prairie Provinces]// is just one example of the rich source of primary document material available via the ORC for classroom use. You will find a gold mine of information on Alberta Francophone, Metis and First Nations history at this site.

Oh, how Jasper Avenue has changed since 1924! This photo may not display in the detail it should, but you can find it again searching the "images" database in [|Peel's Prairie Provinces] You'll also find images from Weyburn, Sask and Winnipeg. Or try this link for an interesting story from //The Chronicle: [|Merry Christmas: Christmas Money] from 1950!//

[|Alberta Source: Christmas & the Fur Trade] [|Alberta Source: The Meal at Ukrainian Christmas] //Alberta Source// is also notable for many more teaching units related to Alberta history.

[|Canadian Encyclopedia] How do our economic circumstances affect our cultural celebrations? This article from Maclean's tells an interesting story of a Canadian couple experiencing the effects of recession twice in their married life. "The Recession that Saved Christmas" puts a whole different spin on the holiday season.

[|Histor!ca: History by the Minute!] On Christmas Eve, 1906, Reginald Aubrey Fessenden made the first radio broadcast in history when he beamed a Christmas concert ...well, you have to listen to this to really feel the impact a little known Canadian innovator had on the holiday season and much more of our lives than we know unless you are already familiar with the superheterodyne principle.

**Go to Learnalberta.ca/ORC for links to the following resources that have lots more material to help you celebrate the season!**

Select the "Celebrations" link from the homepage to fiction/non-fiction read-aloud stories about Christmas and many other winter holiday celebrations.

Search in either the "World" or "Kids" version of this resource for information on celebrating Christmas and many other winter holiday traditions around the world. **The recipes are great too!**

Search here for "Christmas", "Hanukkah", "Kwanza" and find images, articles, web links and much more! Great for junior high or middle school students looking for information on Christmas and many other winter holiday celebrations. Search for poetry and prose related to Christmas for Grades 9-12 in Proquest Learning Literature.

Click[| here] for some curious statistics and details about Christmas trees from Stats Canada for K-12.

Sometimes its just great for kids to hear authors read from their own work! Select "guided search" on the homepage, and search for "Christmas" and "all fields". Choose from an ample list of readings, such as [|"Arthur's Christmas Cookies"]or[| Dickens' "Christmas Carol"] or [|A Christmas Story: A Play in 2 Acts]

This resource for the K-3 group has many links to information/images about Christmas, Kwanza, Hanukkah and many other winter holidays around the world.