Turtle Island Voices 6: Contact
9781770583337
Contact is an expository text that surveys the history of Aboriginal and First Nations peoples in Canada, including creation stories, cultural areas, European contact, the spread of disease, the fur trade, missionaries, residential schools, and contemporary activists. The book concludes with Turtle Island Circle, a feature that prompts readers to make connections.
The book has a Contents and is divided into sections. The text is composed of a variety of sentence types. Captioned photographs and illustrations and a map support the text directly and add meaning. Fact boxes add interest. A Dig Deeper feature prompts research.
Potentially unfamiliar words are defined in context.
This title is from the Turtle Island Voices series. Pique students’ interest in learning about Aboriginal peoples and cultures with exciting stories and information texts.
