Canadianized AO Year 1

There are some ideas on Canadianizing AO here, but for Years 1-3, we just didn't have access to any of the Canadian History books recommended.  I am still not totally satisfied with the history books we have found - but will make use of what is available.

My general plans for all the years, are available here, (there are some changes) - but this post will give much more detailed information for Year 1, including fitting it in the AO Year 1 schedule.  Note that there are changes from the last time we did Year 1 - so there may be changes in the future.

Most of the year will be based on AO's Year 1

There are some changes listed here which are personal changes instead of Canadianizing....

Booklist Change Summary:

• Remove - Benjamin Franklin
• Remove - George Washington
• Remove - Buffalo Bill
• Add - Hudson - Janice Weaver
• Add - Laura Secord - Janet Lunn
• Add - Alexander Graham Bell - Elizabeth MacLeod
• Add - Canadian Minutes (the Canadian Minute ads from Historica - we watch them online)
• Remove - Blue Fairy Book (We didn't enjoy many of the Blue Fairy Stories selected by the AO Advisory.)
• Add - Rainbow Fairy Book (We bought this at a good price - so our Fairy Stories are from here)
• Add - Selina and the Bear Paw Quilt
• Add - A Fiddle for Angus
• Add - Very Last First Time
• Add - Dragonfly Kites
• Optional in Free Reads- Pocahontas, Red Fairy Book)
• Note - we also don't do Trial and Triumph

Note - I generally tried not to add something without removing something, so as not to overburden the year. I was quite careful to balance out the Rainbow Fairy Books, similar to how the Blue Fairy Book stories were scheduled.

Weekly Changes 
(I haven't noted the readings by week that you don't read from the AO schedule for the books that were removed.)

Week 2

• Selina and the Bear Paw Quilt (Entire Book)

Week 3

• Rainbow Fairy Book - The Nightingale

Week 6

• Rainbow Fairy Book - Snow White and Rose Red

Week 8

• Hudson (1/3+)

Week 9

• Hudson (1/3+)

Week 10

• Hudson (finish book)

Week 12

• Rainbow Fairy Book - Hansel and Gretel

Week 6

• Rainbow Fairy Book - Master Cat

Week 15

• Rainbow Fairy Book - Jack and the Beanstalk

Week 17

• A Fiddle for Angus (Entire Book)

Week 18

• Rainbow Fairy Book - The Six Swans

Week 19

• Laura Secord (1/3+)

Week 20

• Laura Secord (1/3+)

Week 21

• Laura Secord (finish book)

Week 26

• Rainbow Fairy Book - Cinderella

Week 27

• Very Last First Time (entire book)

Week 28

• Alexander Graham Bell (1/3+)

Week 29

• Alexander Graham Bell (1/3+)

Week 30

• Alexander Graham Bell (finish book)

Week 31

• Rainbow Fairy Book - Rumplestiltzkin

Week 32

• Dragonfly Kites

Week 36

• Rainbow Fairy Book - East of the Sun, West of the Moon

Canadian Literature

Books being looked at for possible Canadian Literature selections. This is not a final list by any means, and will change.

(Note added: Although most selections are set in Canada or are about Canadians, some are not. All have been written by Canadian authors.)

Year K

• The Hockey Sweater - Carrier - (?) - Hockey in Canada - Picture Book
• Something from Nothing - Gilman - (2-8) - Reuse, reuse, reuse! - Picture Book
• Just like New - Manson - (4-7) - WWII - Child gives cherished doll - Picture Book

Year 1

• Selina and the Bear Paw Quilt - Smucker - (?) - Family leaves States to avoid war Picture Book
• A Fiddle for Angus - Wilson - (?) - Picture Book
• Very Last First Time - Andrews - (4-8) - Inuit Story - Picture Book
• Dragonfly Kites - Highway - (4-8) - Cree Story - Picture Book

Year 2

• Owls in the Family - Mowatt - (7-12) - Life in Saskatchewan
• The Fishing Summer - Jam - (6-9) - Atlantic Fishing - Picture Book
• The Fabulous Song - Gillmor - (4-7) - Child becomes Composer - Picture Book

Year 3

• Beethoven Lives Upstairs - Nichol - (6-10) - Beethoven - Picture Book
• The Secret World of Og - Pierre Berton

Year 4

• Emily - Bedard - (6+) - About Emily Dickinson - Picture Book (although this is a picture book, it is well worth it.
• Incredible Journey - Burnfield - (9-12) - already on AO schedule
• Charlotte - Lunn - (7-10) - 1783, American / Loyalists - Picture Book
• Bully Boys - Walters - (?) - war of 1812
• Jeremy's War - Ibbitson - (?) - war of 1812

Year 5

• Underground to Canada - Smucker - (10-12) - Young girl / slavery
• A Bushel of Light - Harrison - (10-13) - Twins Separated - Barnardo Children
• The Root Cellar - Lunn - (10+) - Civil War time
• Emily of New Moon - Montgomery - (10+) - life in 1890's.
• Anne of Green Gables - Montgomery - (?) - orphan girl - already scheduled in AO
• Rilla of Ingleside - Montgomery - (?) - - already scheduled in AO

Year 6

• Hana's Suitcase - Levine - (10+) - Holocaust - non-fiction
• A Foreign Field - Chan - (11+) - WWII RAF pilot friends a Cdn. Child. note he dies
• Wish me Luck - Heneghan - (10-14) - WWII - English child shipped to Canada, incl boat ride.
• The Secret of Gabis Dresser - Kacer - (8-12) - WWII - Hiding from Nazis (noted as good for "younger" children intro to this topic)
• A Child in Prison Camp - Takashima - (10+) - WWII Japanese Internment - non-fiction

Year 7 or 8?

• The Dream Carvers - Clark - (10-13) - Viking boy captured by Indians to "replace" their son
• Lost in the Barrens - Mowatt - (10+) - Inuit life