Free online animated books, puzzles, pdf stories, and mp3s with a selection of titles available not only in English and French but also in a variety of languages.
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Media Smarts
This website supports media literacy programs and provides teachers with lesson plans to use to develop student media literacy.
A to Z Teachers Printable Books
This page contains a variety of printable books with different levels of the same story to support students at different reading levels.
Ten Great Activities: Teaching with the Newspaper
This website provides ten ideas for teaching using just a newspaper. Ideas include: read and write for meaning, read a map, sequencing, vocabulary work, find the math, and more.
Critical Media Project
This site offers diverse media projects that look at the ‘politics of identity’ with a focus on race, gender, sexuality and class. Although geared towards the high school age group, some of these projects can definitely be used in Grade 7 and 8.