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• He Said/She Said: Analyzing Gender Roles through Dialogue - This lesson provides an opportunity to analyze gender roles and stereotypes by examining dialogue in a short story or novel. By asking students to explore the gender assumptions in their readings, teachers can encourage students to question more fully the “norms” they see and often tacitly accept.
• Canadian Race Relations Foundation - Students can read news releases, newsletters, and research papers devoted to bringing about a racism-free Canada.
• Canadian Association for the Advancement of Women and Sport and Physical Activity - This site profiles women who have excelled in sport and encourages all Canadian females to participate. Includes links to a site for kids.

Web Quests

• Peace Quest - PeaceQuest is designed to engage society in a dialogue to eliminate hatred and bigotry, to foster understanding and tolerance and to bring peace to our world.
  

Related Novel Sets Available from the Curriculum Materials Centre

• War of the Eagles by Eric Walters - 14-year-old Jed is a proud Canadian, the son of a British fighter pilot and a Tsimshian Indian, he has every reason to be proud of his heritage. But when World War 2 comes about, and his best friend Tadashi, a Japanese Canadian, is interned, Jed begins to question his heritage and his country.
• California Blue by David Klass - When seventeen-year-old John Rodgers discovers a new sub-species of butterfly which may necessitate closing the mill where his dying father works, they find themselves on opposite sides of the environmental conflict.

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