Youth: Links for Librarians, Teachers, and Parents

• ALAN Review
  The journal of The Assembly on Adolescent Literature of the National Council of Teachers of English.
• BC Ministry of Education Publications of Interest to Parents
  These handbooks (some in PDF version only) are intended to build stronger links between home and school for B.C. parents and children, and provide information on the expected learning outcomes of each grade from K to Grade 12.
• BCLA Young Adults and Children's Services (YAACS)
  Homepage of YAACS (Young Adults and Children's Services), a section of the British Columbia Library Association. Members include librarians, teacher-librarians and others interested in services to youth in B.C. Public Libraries.
• British Columbia Ministry of Education Curriculum
  Provincially-required curricula, ideas for instruction and learning resources, and methods of student evaluation.
• Community Learning Network
  Part of the Open Learning Network. An excellent site designed to help K-12 teachers integrate technology into their classrooms. Includes more than 3,800 annotated links to educational sites.
• EZ Library Programs Database
  The EZ Library Program database offers program and craft ideas.
• Educator's Reference Desk
  Resources include a collection of more than 2,000 unique lesson plans, over 3,000 resources on a variety of educational issues, and a link to the ERIC Database.
• Family Corner
  Articles about stay-at-home parenting, single parenting, foster parenting, grandparenting, step-parenting and much more.
• Frontline: Inside the Teenage Brain
  Frontline's fascinating documentary about what really is happening inside the teenage brain and how "science may help to explain the mysteries of the teen years".
• Histor!ca Teaching & Learning
  Over 25,000 articles, 5,000 photographs, maps, graphs, audio clips, animations and Histor!ca Youth Links for projects and ideas.
• Images Canada: Educational Resources
  Canadian historical photographs.
• Kids' Site of Canadian Trains
  From Library and Archives Canada. Trains have played a big part in Canada's history. Discover Canada's train stories from the people who were there.
• Librarian's Guide to Anime and Manga
  An excellent site geared toward librarians, teachers, and parents who want help evaluating and purchasing Anime and Manga. Llinks to clubs, conventions, recommended titles and more.
• Librarians' Index to the Internet
  Provides a comprehensive annotated list of sites that are updated daily on many subjects of interest to librarians.
  Links to numerous arts web sites.
• PFLAG Canada
  Provides support, education and online information to parents, friends, employers, and anyone who needs information on sexual orientation or gender identity.
• Reference Works for Educators
  U of Alberta links to reference resources for educators.
• Statistics Canada's Teacher's Resource page
  Also available in French. Provides lesson plans and other tips and ideas on using the the statistical information provided.
• Teachers for Peace and Justice
  A network of Nova Scotia teachers who came together during the Iraq crisis and are working to extend principles of peace and justice from the school to the global community.
• The Kids' Site of Canadian Settlement - Library and Archives Canada
  You can understand more about Canadian culture and heritage today by understanding who some of Canada's ancestors are, and how they settled Canada. This website showcases just some of the pictures and other documents that are part of Library and Archives Canada's collection.
• UNICEF - Convention on the Rights of the Child - Understanding the Convention on the Rights of the Child
  This compilation and clarification of children’s human rights sets out the necessary environment and means to enable every human being to develop to their full potential.
• Vandergrift's Young Adult Literature Page
  Associate Professor Kay Vandergrift of Rutgers University created this page as a means of sharing ideas and information with those interested in youth literature.
• Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA)
  A division of the American Library Association concerned about providing quality library service to young adults.
• Youth Violence: A Report of the Surgeon General
  Full text report from David Satcher, Surgeon General of the United States, with information on risks, prevention, and more on this important topic.
• ePALS Classroom Exchange
  An international classroom community where teachers and their students can connect with other classes to exchange cultural information, practice language skills or engage in other collaborative learning.

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