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The Alberta School Curriculum Historical Bibliography 1885-1985 is a list of the materials authorized for use in Alberta schools during this time period. Many of the materials listed here are housed in the University of Alberta's Research & Collections Resource Facility, and may be viewed by appointment.

This bibliography was made possible by a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council grant. Efforts were made to identify and create a database of all the Kindergarten to grade 12 learning resources that had been authorized by the territorial authorities prior to Alberta becoming a province in 1905, and the provincial authorities responsible for education since then. This project resulted in the Historical Database of Authorized Learning Resources, from which this bibliography was produced.

The project team consisted of: Josie Tong, principal investigator, Ila Scott, project leader, and team members Maureen Beristain and Barbara Owens. Other reference staff in the Herbert T. Coutts Library were involved and provided invaluable assistance as the project progressed.

Metropolitan Readers

Textbook; status: basic; Reading; level: Elementary Course; approved: 1885, 1886, 1887, 1888, 1889, 1890, 1891, 1892, 1893, 1894, 1895, 1896. For Roman Catholic Schools. First reader, 1877 cites: "Adapted on the report of the Catholic members of the Committee, for use in the Catholic schools of the Dominion." Second and third readers approved: 1885-1891. No edition specified. Source cites author as: Mother Angela Gillespie, 1877.

Ontario Readers

Textbook; status: basic; Reading and Literature; level: Standards I, II, III, IV as indicated below; approved: 1889, 1890, 1891, 1892, 1893, 1894, 1895, 1896, 1897, 1898, 1899, 1900, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907. First Reader, Part I, and First Reader, Part II were used for Standard I; Second Reader was used for Standard II; Third Reader was used for Standard III and; Fourth Reader was used for Standard IV. From the title page: Authorized for use in the public schools of Ontario by the Minister of Education. These readers were also published by the Canada Publishing Co. and the W.J. Gage Co..

A Child's Garden of Verse

Fiction; status: other; Literature; level: Gr. 2, approved: 1911. Textbook; status: other; Reading and Literature; level: Gr. 2; approved: 1912, 1913. Fiction; status: other; language; level: Gr. 2; approved: 1914. Fiction; status: basic; Literature; level: Gr. 2; approved: 1918, 1920. Fiction; status: other; Reading and Literature; level: Gr. 2; approved: 1922, 1924, 1929. Teacher reference; status: other; Literature; level: Gr. 1, 2, 3; approved: 1936.

Anderson's Fairy Tales

Fiction; status: other; Language; level: Gr. 2; approved: 1914. Fiction; status: other; Reading and Literature; level: Gr. 3, 5; approved: 1922, 1924. Fiction; status: other; Reading and Literature; level: Gr. 3, 4, 5; approved: 1929. Teachers reference; status: other; Literature; level: Gr. 4, 5, 6; approved: 1936. Source cites: Thos. Nelson and Sons as publishers in 1922, 1924, 1929.

Textbook; status: other; Literature; level: Gr. 1; approved 1918, 1920, 1922. Textbook; status: other; Reading and Literature; level: Gr. 1; approved 1922. Titles recommended: The Three Kittens; Red Riding Hood; Jack and the Beanstalk; Puss in Boots; Hop O'My Thumb; Reynard the Fox; The Little Red Hen; The Three Pigs; The Three Bears; Bow-Wow and Mew-Mew; Tom Thumb.

Textbook; status: basic; Spelling; level: Gr. 4, 5, 6, 7, 8; approved: 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936. Textbook; status: basic; Spelling; level: Gr. 4, 5, 6; approved: 1937, 1938, 1939. No edition specified. From the title page of the 1925 edition: "Compiled under the direction of the Honourable the Minister of Education, and authorized for pupils' use in Grades IV-VIII". New editions published in 1935 and 1936.

The Elson-Gray Basic Readers

Textbook; status: other; Reading; level: Gr. 1, 2, 3; approved: 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943. Textbook; status: other; Social Studies; level: Elementary; approved: 1940, 1941, 1942. Textbook; status: basic; Reading; level: Gr. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6; approved: 1944, 1945, 1946. Textbook; status: basic; Reading; level: Gr. 1, 2, 3; approved: 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957 (only the primer, and level 1 readers of Gr. 1, 2, 3 are authorized as basic). Textbook; status: other; Reading; level: Gr. 4, 5, 6; approved: 1949, 1950. Textbook; status: other; Reading; level: Gr. 1, 2, 3; approved: 1958. Titles in series: Before We Read; We Look and See (Pre-pre-primers); We Work and Play; We Come and Go (Pre-primers); Fun with Dick and Jane (Primer); More Dick and Jane Stories (second pre-primer); Our New Friends (First reader); Friends and Neighbours (level 1); More Friends and Neighbours (level 2) (Second readers); Streets and Roads (level 1); More Streets and Roads (level 2) (Third readers); Times and Places (Fourth reader); Days and Deeds (Fifth reader); People and Progress (Sixth reader). Accompanied by workbooks and teacher guides. The 1940 and 1942 sources cite the title as: Curriculum Activity Readers. The 1949 source refers to the series as the New Basic Readers.

Textbook; status: other; Reading; level: Gr. 1, 2, 3; approved: 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943. Textbook; status: basic; Reading; level: Gr. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6; approved: 1944, 1945, 1946. Source cites: Copp Clark Co. as publishers in 1944. Replaces High Roads to Reading Series. Titles in series: Rides and Slides (basic pre-primer), Here and There (absorption pre-primer), Day In, Day Out (basic primer), Round About (basic first reader), Down the River Road (readiness second reader), Friendly Village (basic second reader), If I Were Going (basic third reader). Prior to 1944 sources cite this title as part of a "Minimum List of Classroom Library Books for Pupils' and Teachers' Use in Division I". Accompanied by workbooks.

The New Work-Play Books

Textbook; status: other; Reading; level: Gr. 1, 2, 3; approved: 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943. Textbook; status: basic; Reading; level: Gr. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6; approved: 1944, 1945, 1946. Textbook; status: basic; Reading; level: Gr. 1, 2, 3; approved: 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957 (first level reader of each grade authorized as basic only). Includes textbooks, preparatory books, general manual, manuals, supplements. Titles include: Beginning Days, All Aboard (pre-reading), Off We Go, Now We Go Again (pre-primers), Jim and Judy (primer), The Surprise Box, In Came Pinky, The Painted Calf, Bruce and Barbara (unit readers for Jim and Judy), Down Our Street (first reader), The Animal Parade, Tip, Mr. Joey and the Pig, Sing Canary Sing, Polly the Kid, Elsie Elephant (unit readers for Down Our Street), We Grow Up (second reader), Animals Are Fun, Always Ready, Brownie and his Friends, Animals Work Too, Pueblo Indian Stories, We Go Away (unit readers for We Grow Up), Wide Wings (third reader), Year-Round Fun, Little Bear the Indian Boy, Tony and Jo-Jo, Fifty Winters Ago, Trails in the Woods, Kurti and Hardi, The Sad Prince (unit readers for Wide Wings), Let's Look Around (fourth reader), Let's Travel On (fifth reader), Let's Go Ahead (sixth reader). A revision of the Work-Play readers series.

The Basic Readers

Textbook; status: basic; Reading; level: Gr. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6; approved: 1944, 1945, 1946. Textbook; status: basic; Reading; level: Gr. 1, 2, 3; approved: 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957 (only the primer, and level 1 readers of Gr. 1, 2, 3 are authorized as basic). Textbook; status: other; Reading; level: Gr.4, 5, 6; approved: 1949, 1950. Textbook; status: other; Reading; level: Gr. 1, 2, 3; approved: 1958. Titles in series: Before We Read; We Look and See (pre-pre-primers); We Work and Play; We Come and Go (pre-primers); Fun with Dick and Jane (primer); Our New Friends (first reader); Friends and Neighbours (level 1); More Friends and Neighbours (level 2) (second readers); Streets and Roads (level 1); More Streets and Roads (level 2) (third readers); Times and Places (fourth reader); Days and Deeds (fifth reader); People and Progress (sixth reader). Accompanied by workbooks and teacher guides. The 1949 source refers to the series as the New Basic Readers. See also the 1956 edition authorized from 1958 to 1973.

Textbook; status: other; Reading; level: Gr. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6; approved: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979. Textbook; status: other; Reading; level: Gr. 1, 2, 3; approved: 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984. Titles include: Funny Surprises (pre-primer Gr. 1), Kittens and Bears (pre-primer Gr. 1), Pets and Puppets (pre-primer Gr. 1), Mr. Whiskers (primer Gr. 1), The Toy Box (Gr. 1), Magic and Make Believe (Gr. 2), Treats and Treasures (Gr. 3), Young Canada Readers 4 (Gr. 4), Young Canada Readers 5 (Gr. 5), Young Canada Readers 6 (Gr. 6). 1978 edition titles: Hickory Hollow ABC (readiness) (Gr. 1), Surprise! Surprise! (Gr. 1), Kittens and Bears (Gr. 1), Pets and Puppets (Gr. 1), Whiskers (Gr. 1), Toy-Box (Gr. 1), Magic Story-Box (Gr. 2), Saturday Magic (Gr. 2), Heads and Tails (Gr. 2), Make-Believe Time (Gr. 2), Treat Street (Gr. 3), Wonder Time (Gr. 3), Finders Keepers! (Gr. 3), Treasure Chest (Gr. 3), Backpacks and Bumblebees (Gr. 4), Rowboats and Rollerskates (Gr. 4), Driftwood and Dandelions (Gr. 5), Hockey Cards and Hopscotch (Gr. 5), Northern Lights and Fireflies (Gr. 5) Kites and Cartwheels (Gr. 6), Sleeping Bags and Flying Machines (Gr. 6), Toboggans and Turtlenecks (Gr. 6) Includes teacher guide books, workbooks, I Can Read... for each title in Gr. 1-3 and studybooks to accompany each title for Gr. 4-6, and reading activities books for all grades. This is the new edition of the "Young Canada Reading Series".

Textbook; status: basic; Language; level: Gr. 3, 4, 5, 6; approved: 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985. Titles include: Magic Seasons (Gr. 3), Multiworlds (Gr. 4), Manspace (Gr. 5), Mediamind (Gr. 6). Supplementary material for each grade is as follows: Barker the Seal (Gr. 3), Grumpkin the Pumpkin (Gr. 3), Hercules Vast the Snowman (Gr. 3), Miss Styck the Nut Doll, Magic Seasons Activity Cards, Poems for Magic Seasons, Magic Seasons Toolkit (Gr. 3); Multi 1: World of Photographs (Gr. 4), Multi 2: Fantastic Worlds, (Gr. 4) Multi 3: A Kid's World (Gr. 4), Multi 4: A World of Things to Make and Do (Gr. 4), Multiworlds: Toolkit (Gr. 4), Multi-poems (Gr. 4), People in Space (Gr. 5), Places in Space (Gr. 5), Space Shots (Gr. 5), Spaces to Share (Gr. 5), Manspace: Toolkit (Gr. 5), Media 1: The Making of Mediamind, (Gr. 6), Media 2: Media Sampler (Gr. 6), Media 3: Media Mix (Gr. 6), Media 4: Media Shots (Gr. 6), Mediamind: Toolkit (Gr. 6).

Starting Points in Reading

Textbook; status: basic; Language Arts; level: Gr. 4, 5, 6; approved; 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984. Level A (Gr. 4), Level B (Gr. 5), Level C (Gr. 6). Accompanied by teacher's manuals and skill books for each level. A revised edition was published in 1981. Both the 1971 edition and the revised edition were authorized as basic until 1984.

Bonjour Line

Textbook; status: basic; French as a Second Language; level: Gr. 4, 5, 6; approved: 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975. Textbook; status: other; French as a Second Language; level: Gr. 4, 5, 6; approved: 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984. Accompanied by teacher guide and Livre d'images de Bonjour Line, Part 1 (Lesson 1-12 and Lessons 14-26). Other authors: May Hassan, Herbert Gross, Barbara Mason.

A grands pas

Textbook; status: basic; French as a Second Language; level: Gr. 6; approved: 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984. Comes in a text or a "complete kit". Used for the "Nine year program" as well. Contents of the kit include: 1 student book, 1 teacher book, 3 sound cassettes, 12 storyboards, 17 characters, 2 magnetic strips, 49 flash cards and 132 worksheets.

En avant: stage 2

Textbook; status: basic; French as a Second Language; level: Gr. 6; approved: 1980, 1981, 1982. At head of title: Nuffield Introductory French Course. Contents include: 10 sound cassettes, 4 booklets (10 copies of each) and 137 pictures on 75 sheets. Titles of booklets are: Le pauvre Xavier (reader workbook 1) -- Neron et Brigette (reader workbook 2) -- Les pommes du fermier (reader workbook 3) -- Georges aide Maman (reader workbook 4).