Browse the Shelves
Here are some suggested call number ranges to help you browse the shelves:
- D - General World History
- DE - Greco-Roman History
- DF - Ancient Greece
- DG - Ancient Italy
- DS - Asian History
- FC - Canadian History
- G - Geography
- HF & HG - Commerce and Finance
- HM -Sociology and Ideologies
- HT - Communities, Classes, Races
- JL - Political Institutions
- JZ - International Relations
- LB - Education
- PZ - Juvenile Fiction
Edmonton Public School Board (EPSB)
- The Resource Hub at EPSBAudience: Teachers. Contains some parent resources. See "terms" for more information on use.
- EPSB Studying and Teaching ResourcesContains Browns Books, toolkits, guidelines, and other teaching resources
Resources by Topic
Combine your subject keyword terms with JUVENILE to limit to resources appropriate for K-12 when you search the Library Catalogue.
- Juvenile Literature = non-fiction
- Juvenile Fiction = fiction
- Juvenile = fiction and non-fiction
Check the Catalogue Only box to search for books, ebooks, and other items in our collection (but not journal articles).
Try the Advanced Search to combine more keyword terms (scroll down toward the bottom of the page to check the Catalog Only box).
- Elementary Social Studies Subject Keyword TermsThe terms are aligned with the new LearnAlberta elementary curricula.
Study and Teaching Social Studies Resources
Add the "study and teaching" to your catalog search to limit your results to resources that focus on studying and teaching social studies for K-12 students. Also try adding ("social studies" OR "social sciences") to your search. See the Divisions pages for more resources and search tips.
- Social Studies Study and Teaching Library Catalog Search"study and teaching"
AND
kindergarten OR elementary OR primary OR K-12 OR secondary OR 10-12 OR "high school*"
AND
"social studies" OR "social sciences"
Alberta Teachers' Association (ATA) Library
- Social Studies ResourcesGeneral SS teaching resources curated by the ATA Library.
- Topic & Seasonal GuidesCurrent awareness and seasonal topics such as: Elections, National Indigenous People's Day, etc.
Edmonton Public Library
Essential resources for Elementary Social Studies including: PebbleGo Social Studies, Canada in Context, National Geographic Kids, Early World of Learning, World Book Encyclopedia and World Book Kids. All UofA students can access EPL online resources (regardless of geographic location) by registering for an L-Pass.
Book Banks
- CCBC Teacher's Book Bank
These titles in CCBC Teacher's Book Bank may be used by teachers to introduce topics and themes in Canadian history and by students carrying out research projects. Many of the books also offer opportunities for cross-curricular connections in language arts, geography, the arts, science and other subjects. In most cases, publishers have indicated specific grade levels and age ranges to guide selection.
- Books to Build On: Indigenous Literatures for LearningInteractive web resource designed to assist educators with weaving Indigenous ways of knowing, being, and doing into their teaching and learning, starting with story. Audience: preservice and professional teachers.
Social Studies Literature Connections
- Social Studies Literature Connections (K–12)
ATTENTION: this resource has been developed for the previous social studies curriculum. It contains bibliographical information and annotations for a selection of books organized by grade. A template for screening literature connections for social studies is included; teachers can use this to identify literature, videos, pictures, and music samples that best meet the learning outcomes of the Social Studies program of studies.
