The Mountie
The Mountie

Author: Michael Dawson

Publisher: Between the Lines

Published: 1998-04-01

Total Pages: 250

ISBN-13: 1926662660

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Historian Michael Dawson digs deep into the written and pictorial record to reveal how the RCMP, since its inception, has constructed and zealously guarded its public image. Drawing on previously untapped sources, Dawson documents how consultants and entrepreneurs deliberately transformed and modernized the traditional symbolism of the Mountie. His trenchant analysis extends to the ironies of the recent licensing of the hallowed Mountie image to the ultimate dream-merchants—Disney.

Mounties for Kids: Rcmp Activity Book
Mounties for Kids: Rcmp Activity Book

Author: Tom Hunter

Publisher:

Published: 2019-05-21

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781772032833

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In Mounties for Kids, acclaimed wildlife artist Tom Hunter turns his pen to creating fun activities for children about the history of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Founded in 1873, the RCMP has gone through many changes, from a force that travelled by horse and dogsled to one that uses modern investigation techniques. The activities in these pages will introduce kids to different types of police work--from enforcing traffic laws to tracking suspects--and expand their appreciation of the RCMP's role in Canada's history. Tom Hunter's activity books have won wide praise from children, parents, and teachers for the quality of the artwork and their originality. Mounties for Kids is an engaging and educational resource for the whole family.

Mendel's Children
Mendel's Children

Author: Cherie Smith

Publisher: University of Calgary Press

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 193

ISBN-13: 1895176859

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Cherie Steiman Smith is the daughter of Iser Steiman (1898-1981) and Laura Shatsky. She was born in Kamsack, Saskatchewan. Steiman ancestry is traced to Mendel Steiman (1846-1924) who married (1) Dova (2) Hannah Zelda Friedman. Mendel was born near Rezhitse, Latvia. He and his family joined his son, Robert, in Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1905. Laura Shatsky was the daughter of Samuel Shatsky (1879-1954) and Elizabeth Finn (1882-1950). The Shatsky and Finn families came to Canada in 1882. David (Fayn) Finn (1847-1949) was born in Vilna, Lithuania. He and his wife, Sheindel Shane (1845-1914), immigrated to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1882.

Real Justice: A Police Mr. Big Sting Goes Wrong
Real Justice: A Police Mr. Big Sting Goes Wrong

Author: Richard Brignall

Publisher: James Lorimer & Company

Published: 2015-02-07

Total Pages: 138

ISBN-13: 1459408640

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On the night of June 23, 1990, teenage friends Kyle Unger and John Beckett made a last-minute decision to attend a music festival near Roseisle, Manitoba. They were loners, not the popular kids at school. But on this night they seemed to finally fit in. They had fun, played games, drank, and hung around bonfires with other people. The next morning, a sixteen-year-old girl was dead. By the next week, Kyle was charged with her murder. Due to insufficient evidence he was let go, but the Mounties were convinced he was the killer. They laid a trap, called the Mr. Big operation, for Kyle. With offers of money, friends, and a new criminal lifestyle, the RCMP got Kyle to confess to the murder. But the confession was false -- he had not been the killer. He was convicted and sent to prison. For the next twenty years Kyle fought for his freedom. He was finally acquitted in 2009. This book tells the story of an impressionable but innocent teenager who was wrongfully convicted based on the controversial Mr. Big police tactic. [Fry reading level - 4.9

Critical Literacy Across the K-6 Curriculum
Critical Literacy Across the K-6 Curriculum

Author: Vivian Maria Vasquez

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2016-09-01

Total Pages: 199

ISBN-13: 1317282515

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Through stories from kindergarten to sixth grade classrooms where students and teachers have attempted to put a critical edge on their teaching, this book shows critical literacy in action across the curriculum. Readers see students and teachers together using critical literacy discourse to frame conversations in ways that engage students in examining the meaning of the texts they read and acting on local and global social issues that emerge. Drawing on multiple perspectives such as cross-curricular explorations, multimedia, and child-centered inquiry pedagogies, the text features a theoretical toolkit; demonstrations from across the content areas including art, music, and media literacy; integration of technology; and attention to how critical literacy can inform decisions about standards and assessment. Annotated booklists, examples of students’ work, Reflection Questions, Try This (practical classroom strategies), and Resource Boxes can be used to encourage and support engaging in critical literacy work in different areas of the curriculum.