The following booklists have been created to help you find resources and materials on a range of themes, topics, and approaches to teaching and learning. These booklists are organized into several broad categories, aligned with the British Columbia Ministry of Education’s Core Competencies and with key areas of Education theory and practice.
Booklists related to different aspects of accessibility and diversity, and of working with diverse learners.
- Accessible Hi-lo Books (High Interest, Lower Reading Level)
- Anti-racism
- Bilingual and Multilingual Picture Books: French – Livres bilingues et multilingues : français
- Bilingual and Multilingual Picture Books: Indigenous Languages
- Bilingual and Multilingual Picture Books: Spanish
- Bilingual and Multilingual Picture Books: Additional Languages
- Climate Justice
- Disabilities Representations in Picturebooks
- Diversify Your Classroom Library
- English Language Learners
- Enseigner le français, langue additionelle – Teaching French Language Learners
- Immigrant and Refugee Experiences
- Inclusive Classrooms
- Indigenous Literature and Education
- Livres bilingues et multilingues français et autochtones – French & Indigenous Bilingual and Multilingual Books
- Neurodiversity
Sexual orientation and gender identity:
- Livres français sur l’orientation sexuelle et à l’identité de genre – French SOGI Books
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI)
Finding More Resources
To find more resources in this area, try the following:
- Search using the General tab on the UBC Library website to look for material in all UBC Library branches.
- Search using “Search Education Resources” box in the left hand bar on the Education Library website to limit your results to materials in the Education Library.
- Use specific search terms to narrow your results, such as “inclusive classrooms”, “inclusive education”, “inclusion”, “english language learners”, “english language–study and teaching”, “SOGI”, or “LGBTQ”.
- To find lesson plans, include “lesson plans”, “lesson planning”, or “activity programs” in your search terms.
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For more help with searching, please visit the Library Service Desk or e-mail ed.lib@ubc.ca.
Booklists related to various areas of and themes in Applied Design, Skills and Technology, as well as resources for teaching in these areas.
- Business Education
- Computational Thinking
- Home Economics and Culinary Arts
- Information and Communications Technology
- Making and Makerspaces
- Technology Education
- Teaching Applied Design, Skills and Technology
Finding More Resources
To find more resources in this area, try the following:
- Search using the General tab on the UBC Library website to look for material in all UBC Library branches.
- Search using “Search Education Resources” box in the left hand bar on the Education Library website to limit your results to materials in the Education Library.
- To find lesson plans, include “lesson plans”, “lesson planning”, or “activity programs” in your search terms.
- Use specific search terms to narrow your results, such as “business education”, “computational thinking”, “home economics”, etc.
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For more help with searching, please visit the Library Service Desk or e-mail ed.lib@ubc.ca.
Below are several booklists related to various areas of and themes in Arts Education, as well as for teaching in Arts disciplines.
- Dance
- Drama
- Music
- Visual Arts
- Cross-Disciplinary and Interdisciplinary Arts
- Teaching Arts Disciplines
Finding More Resources
To find more resources in this area, try the following:
- Search using the General tab on the UBC Library website to look for material in all UBC Library branches.
- Search using “Search Education Resources” box in the left hand bar on the Education Library website to limit your results to materials in the Education Library.
- To find lesson plans, include “lesson plans”, “lesson planning”, or “activity programs” in your search terms.
- Use specific search terms to narrow your results, such as “dance”, “drama”, “theatre”, “music”, etc.
For more help with searching, please visit the Library Service Desk or e-mail ed.lib@ubc.ca.
Booklists related to various aspects of assessment.
- Assessment Design
- Formative Assessment
- Student Self-Assessment and Peer Feedback
Finding More Resources
To find more resources in this area, try the following:
- Search using the General tab on the UBC Library website to look for material in all UBC Library branches.
- Search using “Search Education Resources” box in the left hand bar on the Education Library website to limit your results to physical materials in the Education Library.
- To find lesson plans, include “lesson plans”, “lesson planning”, or “activity programs” in your search terms.
- Use specific search terms, such as “assessment”, “assessment of learning”, “assessment for learning”, “formative assessment”, “educational tests and measurements”, or “self-assessment”.
For more help with searching, please visit the Library Service Desk or e-mail ed.lib@ubc.ca.
There are three core competencies (Communication, Thinking, and Personal & Social) in the current British Columbia curriculum, each of which is further expressed through sub-competencies. Below are links to booklists for each of the seven sub-competencies:
Communication
- Communicating
- Collaborating
Thinking
- Creative Thinking
- Critical and Reflective Thinking
Personal and Social
- Positive Personal & Cultural Identity
- Personal Awareness and Responsibility
- Social Awareness and Responsibility
Finding More Resources
To find more resources in this area, try the following:
- Search using the General tab on the UBC Library website to look for material in all UBC Library branches.
- Search using “Search Education Resources” box in the left hand bar on the Education Library website to limit your results to materials in the Education Library.
- Use specific search terms to narrow your results, such as “core competencies”, “core competency”, “creative thinking”, “critical thinking”, “identity”, “cultural identity”, or “social responsibility”.
- To find lesson plans, include “lesson plans”, “lesson planning”, or “activity programs” in your search terms.
For more help with searching, please visit the Library Service Desk or e-mail ed.lib@ubc.ca.
Photo credit: http://jjewell.yukonschools.ca/core-competencies.html
Booklists related to different aspects of language arts in English, and to teaching English language arts.
- Accessible Hi-lo Books
- Board Books
- Dual Language Picture Books: Additional Languages
- Dual Language Picture Books: French
- Dual Language Picture Books: Indigenous Languages
- Dual Language Picture Books: Spanish
- Early Chapter and Hybrid Books
- Easy Readers
- Expository Texts
- Figurative Language
- Literature Circles
- Narrative Texts
- Persuasive Texts
- Phonemic and Phonological Awareness
- Picture Books in Rhyme
- Poetry
- Procedural Texts
- Read-Alouds
- Wordless Picture Books
- Teaching English Language Arts
Finding More Resources
To find more resources in this area, try the following:
- Search using the General tab on the UBC Library website to look for material in all UBC Library branches.
- Search using “Search Education Resources” box in the left hand bar on the Education Library website to limit your results to physical materials in the Education Library.
- Use specific search terms, such as “English language–composition and exercises”, “English language–study and teaching”, “language arts”, “rhyme”, “poetry”, etc.
- To find lesson plans, include “lesson plans”, “lesson planning”, or “activity programs” in your search terms.
For more help with searching, please visit the Library Service Desk or e-mail ed.lib@ubc.ca.
Booklists related to resources in French, and to teaching French immersion or French as a second language.
- Easy and Level Readers – Lecteurs faciles (français)
- Enseigner le français, langue additionelle – Teaching French Language Learners
- Études sociales en français – French Social Studies
- La science en français – French Science
- Livres bilingues et multilingues français et autochtones – French & Indigenous Bilingual and Multilingual Books
- Livres d’images autochtones en français – French Indigenous Picture Books
- Livres français sur l’orientation sexuelle et à l’identité de genre – French SOGI Books
Finding More Resources
To find more resources in this area, try the following:
- Search using the General tab on the UBC Library website to look for material in all UBC Library branches.
- Search using “Search Education Resources” box in the left hand bar on the Education Library website to limit your results to materials in the Education Library.
- To find lesson plans, include “lesson plans”, “lesson planning”, or “activity programs” in your search terms.
- Use specific search terms, such as “french language–study and teaching”, “Indigenous”, “picture books”, “juvenile literature”, etc.
For more help with searching, please visit the Library Service Desk or e-mail ed.lib@ubc.ca.
Several booklists related to various areas of and themes in Indigenous Literature and Education.
- Connections to Land
- Creation and Origin Stories
- Livres bilingues et multilingues français et autochtones – French & Indigenous Bilingual and Multilingual Books
- Livres d’images autochtones en français – French Indigenous Picture Books
- Integrating First Peoples’ Perspectives and Principles of Learning
- Novels and Graphic Novels by Indigenous Authors
- Picture Books by Indigenous Canadians
- Residential School History and Impact
- Storytelling and Oral Traditions
- Truth and Reconciliation in Education
Finding More Resources
To find more resources in this area, try the following:
- Search using the General tab on the UBC Library website to look for material in all UBC Library branches.
- Search using “Search Education Resources” box in the left hand bar on the Education Library website to limit your results to materials in the Education Library.
- Use specific search terms to narrow your results, such as “Indigenous”, “First Nations”, “Aboriginal”, “Residential schools”, “graphic novel”, etc”.
- To find lesson plans, include “lesson plans”, “lesson planning”, or “activity programs” in your search terms.
For more help with searching, please visit the Library Service Desk or e-mail ed.lib@ubc.ca.
Booklists related to different areas of and themes in Mathematics, as well as for teaching Mathematics.
- Data Management and Probability
- Financial Literacy
- Geometry and Spatial Sense
- Measurement
- Number Sense and Numeration
- Patterning and Algebra
- Teaching Mathematics
Finding More Resources
To find more resources in this area, try the following:
- Search using the General tab on the UBC Library website to look for material in all UBC Library branches.
- Search using “Search Education Resources” box in the left hand bar on the Education Library website to limit your results to materials in the Education Library.
- To find lesson plans, include “lesson plans”, “lesson planning”, or “activity programs” in your search terms.
- Use specific search terms to narrow your results, such as “data”, “geometry”, “algebra”, “mathematics–study and teaching”, etc.
For more help with searching, please visit the Library Service Desk or e-mail ed.lib@ubc.ca.
UBC Education Library’s Inquiry-Based Learning booklists are separated by grade level:
- All Grades
- Elementary Grades (K- Grade 6)
- Middle Years and Secondary Grades (Grades 7-12)
- Picture Books for Inquiry-Based Learning
Finding More Resources
To find more resources in this area, try the following:
- Search using the General tab on the UBC Library website to look for material in all UBC Library branches.
- Search using “Search Education Resources” box in the left hand bar on the Education Library website to limit your results to physical materials in the Education Library.
- To find lesson plans, include “lesson plans”, “lesson planning”, or “activity programs” in your search terms.
- Use specific search terms, such as “inquiry”, “inquiry-based learning”, “guided inquiry”, etc.
For more help with searching, please visit the Library Service Desk or e-mail ed.lib@ubc.ca
Below are several booklists on topics related to planning for teaching and learning.
- Active Learning
- Differentiated and Personalized Learning
- Integrating Technology
- Project-Based Learning
- Understanding by Design (Backwards Design)
- Universal Design for Learning
Finding More Resources
To find more resources in this area, try the following:
- Search using the General tab on the UBC Library website to look for material in all UBC Library branches.
- Search using “Search Education Resources” box in the left hand bar on the Education Library website to limit your results to physical materials in the Education Library.
- To find lesson plans, include “lesson plans”, “lesson planning”, or “activity programs” in your search terms.
- Use specific search terms, such as “active learning”, “differentiated learning”, “problem-based learning”, “understanding by design”, “universal design for learning”, or “educational planning”.
For more help with searching, please visit the Library Service Desk or e-mail ed.lib@ubc.ca.
Below are several booklists related to various aspects of and themes in the sciences, as well as to teaching in the Science disciplines.
- Biodiversity and Biomes
- Earth Sciences
- Energy
- Environmental Science and Sustainability
- Forces and Motion
- Gardening for Bees
- Life Sciences
- Matter
- Scientific Thinking
- Seasons
- Seeds and Gardening
- The Water Cycle
- Teaching Science Disciplines
Finding More Resources
To find more resources in this area, try the following:
- Search using the General tab on the UBC Library website to look for material in all UBC Library branches.
- Search using “Search Education Resources” box in the left hand bar on the Education Library website to limit your results to materials in the Education Library.
- To find lesson plans, include “lesson plans”, “lesson planning”, or “activity programs” in your search terms.
- Use specific search terms to narrow your results, such as “scientific thinking”, “water cycle”, “geology”, “energy”, “biomes”, “science–study and teaching”, etc.
For more help with searching, please visit the Library Service Desk or e-mail ed.lib@ubc.ca.
Below are several booklists related to the seasons of the year and various community celebrations.
- Community Celebrations
- Asian Heritage Month (May)
Finding More Resources
To find more resources in this area, try the following:
- Search using the General tab on the UBC Library website to look for material in all UBC Library branches.
- Search using “Search Education Resources” box in the left hand bar on the Education Library website to limit your results to materials in the Education Library.
- To find lesson plans, include “lesson plans”, “lesson planning”, or “activity programs” in your search terms.
- Use specific search terms to narrow your results, such as “seasons”, “spring”, “Diwali”, “Christmas”, “halloween”, “lifecycles”, etc.
For more help with searching, please visit the Library Service Desk or e-mail ed.lib@ubc.ca.
Below are several booklists related to various aspects of and themes in Social Studies, as well as to teaching Social Studies.
- Ancient Civilizations
- Black History in North America
- Communities
- Government
- Immigrant and Refugee Experiences
- History of British Columbia
- Landforms and Natural Resources
- Maps and Mapping
- Media Literacy and Media Studies
- Rights, Roles and Responsibilities
- Teaching History and Social Studies
Finding More Resources
To find more resources in this area, try the following:
- Search using the General tab on the UBC Library website to look for material in all UBC Library branches.
- Search using “Search Education Resources” box in the left hand bar on the Education Library website to limit your results to physical materials in the Education Library.
- To find lesson plans, include “lesson plans”, “lesson planning”, or “activity programs” in your search terms.
- Use specific search terms to narrow your results, such as “media literacy”, “social studies–study and teaching”, “mapping”, “immigrant”, etc.
For more help with searching, please visit the Library Service Desk or e-mail ed.lib@ubc.ca.
