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The following resources are available to provide families and communities with additional information on Black culture, history, achievement and excellence. This list will be updated periodically throughout the school year.

Websites
  • Teaching Beyond the Surface - Lessons (Slide Decks) & Blogs  
  • Canadian Trailblazers for the Black Community  

  • Canadian Encyclopedia: Black History in Canada 365 Black Canadian Curriculum – ETFO 

  • Canadian Black History - Slide Deck  

  • Teaching African Canadian History – lesson plans and teacher guides  

  • A Different Booklist Cultural Centre - ADBCC 

  • Durham Black Educators Network Canadian Encyclopedia - Black Canadians 

  • Government of Canada – Black History Month 

  • The history of Canadian slavery goes back 400 years, except we’re blind to it  

  • Black History Month Facebook Page: Durham Black History Month Group 

  • Teaching Tolerance: mission is to help teachers and schools educate children and youth to be active participants in a diverse democracy. 

  • Ontario Black History Society: The Ontario Black History Society (OBHS) is a registered Canadian charity, dedicated to the study, preservation and promotion of Black History and heritage. 

  • Facing History and Ourselves

  • Toronto Star, Classroom Connection Resources for Black History Month Black History in Canada Education Guide: from Historica Canada Educational Posters from Public Service Alliance of Canada.

  • Scholastic Mini-Posters

  • Black Canadians - A list, with links in English and French, that can be used to further investigate the positive contributions that Black Canadians have had on Canada and the inequities they have faced.  
    • Black Canadians
    • Canadiens noir
Videos 

The following videos are from Historica Canada - Heritage Minutes

  •  Maurice Ruddick – Heritage Minutes
  • Viola Desmond – Heritage Minutes
  • Underground Railroad – Heritage Minutes
  • Richard Pierpoint – Heritage Minutes

Black History in Canada ~ A live, roundtable discussion, How Much Do We Know About Black History in Canada?

TED Talk – The Danger of Silence by Clint Smith

TED Talk – The Danger of a Single Story by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

 
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  • Black History Month Library 
  • Picture book Library 
French Resources
  • C'est qui Nelson Mandela? Cette vidéorésume la vie de Nelson Mandela. Elle raconte comment il a réussi à abolirl’Apartheid et ce qui luien a coûtépersonnellement. 

  • Fiers de notre histoire - Courte vidéo de Patrimoine Canada soulignant les contributions des Noirs au Canada. 

  • Canada patrimoine - Lisez les biographies de personnesremarquables qui ontcontribué à façonnerl’histoire des Noirs au Canada.   

  • De l'esclavage à la liberte - " De l'esclavage à la liberté" retrace le chemin périlleux de ces Noirs du XIXe siècle qui ontfuivers le sanctuaire du Nord ensuivant les voiessilencieuses du chemin de fer clandestin, aidés par des abolitionnistes et des sympathisants des deux côtés de la frontière.

  • C'est qui Harriot Tubman? - A l’occasion du 100e anniversaire de sa mort, cettevidéo rend hommage à Harriet Tubman qui, au 19e siècle, a risqué sa propre vie pour aider les esclaves à retrouverleurliberté grâce au chemin de fer clandestine. 

  • Livre audio - La détermination de Viola Desmond - Viola Desmond estunehéroïne du combat menéen Amérique du Nord contrel’injustice et la discrimination raciale.Lerécitémouvant de cettehistoirevraie nous estlivré par Jody Nyasha Warner dans le style de la tradition oraleprovenant de sesorigines afro-canadiennes. 

  • Top 3 sur Viola Desmond  Historica Canada - Viola Desmond 

 

  • Historica Canada - Jackie Robinson - Les membres des Royaux de Montréal et leurs partisans accueillent le premier joueur afro-américain.Cetévénement marque le début de l'élimination de la barrière de la couleur dans les ligues majeures du baseball (1946). 

  • Rosa Parks - Une femme qui n'avait peur de rien - A l'heureoù les États-Unis donnaienttous les droits aux Blancs, Rosa Parks a refusé de cédersa place dans un bus. Cette histoireestdevenue le symbole de la lutte des Noirs pour leurs droits. Qui était-ellevraiment ? 

 

 

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Canadian Black History Periodic Table – created by CatMeowCollabs (Two DCDSB intermediate students and their peers at St. Bernard Catholic School) in Scratch 

Book Suggestions 

Visit our book suggestions webpage for a variety of picture, young adult, non-fiction and French books.

 

A Different Booklist - “is an African-Canadian bookstore specializing in literature from the African and Caribbean Diaspora and the Global South”.

  • Featured titles list
  • Books that highlight Black Voices 

  • BlackLivesMatter booklist 

  • Teaching Beyond the Surface - Lessons (Slide Decks) & Blogs  

  • Canadian Trailblazers for the Black Community  

  • Canadian Encyclopedia: Black History in Canada 365 Black Canadian Curriculum–ETFO 

  • Canadian Black History - Slide Deck  

  • Teaching African Canadian History– lesson plans and teacher guides  

  • A Different Booklist Cultural Centre - ADBCC 

  • Durham Black Educators Network Canadian Encyclopedia -Black Canadians 

  • Government of Canada–Black History Month 

  • The History of Canadian slavery goes back 400 years, except we’re blind to it  

  • Black History Month Facebook Page: Durham Black History Month Group 

  • Teaching Tolerance: mission is to help teachers and schools educate children and youth to be active participants in a diverse democracy. 

  • Ontario Black History Society: The Ontario Black History Society (OBHS) is a registered Canadian charity, dedicated to the study, preservation and promotion of Black History and heritage. 

  • Facing History and Ourselves 

  • Toronto Star, Classroom Connection Resources for Black History Month Black History in Canada Education Guide: from Historica Canada Educational Posters from Public Service Alliance of Canada 

  • Scholastic Mini-Posters 

 

 

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