52 nonfiction stories in this book have been designed to familiarize and develop student awareness of Canada. Each section contains nonfiction stories and follow-ups designed to review, strengthen, and expand students' reading and language skills while familiarizing them with different aspects of Canada.
A year of non-fiction reading in one book! One story a week for bell work, review, indoor recess, enrichment or for the students who are done their work early.
Section 1 First Nations People of Canada
Story #1: The Iroquois - People of the Longhouse
Story #2: First Nations People of the Mackenzie and Yukon River Basins
Story #3: Woodland First Nations - The Micmac
Story #4: People of the Western Plains
Story #5: People of the Plateau
Story #6: Pacific Coast First Nations
Section 2 Early Explorers of Canada
Story #1: The Vikings Come to Canada
Story #2: John Cabot (*1450-1499)
Story #3: Jacques Cartier (1491-1557)
Story #4: Samuel de Champlain - Founder of New France
Story #5: Samuel de Champlain - Building the Habitation
Story #6. Samuel de Champlain - The Enemies of New France
Story #7: Champlain Explores Ontario
Story #8: Etienne Brule (1591-1633)
Story #9: Radisson and Groseilliers
Story #10: Robert De La Salle (1640-1687)
Story #11: Henry Hudson (1565-1611)
Section 3 Famous Disasters
Story #1: The R.M.S. Empress of Ireland
Story #2: Swiss Air Flight
Story #3: The 1910 Rogers Pass Avalanche
Section 4 Famous Games and Sports
Story #1: Crokinole, Trivial Pursuit, Rummoli
Story #2: Basketball and Five-Pin Bowling
Story #3: Lacrosse
Section 5 Famous Inventors and Their Inventions
Story #1: Snowblower, Snow Goggles, Spring Skates
Story #2: The Inventors of Better Lighting
Story #3: The Zipper, The Paint Roller and Garbage Bags
Section 6 Famous Food
Story #1: Peanut Butter, McIntosh Apple, Maple Syrup
Story #2: Split Pea Soup, Tortiere, Poutine, Beavertails
Story #3: Figgy duff, Saskatoon Berries, Butter Tarts, Nanaimo Bars
Section 7 Famous Mysteries and Ghost Stories
Story #1: The Mystery Pit of Oak Island
Story #2: The Legend of the Screaming Tunnel
Story #3: Big Jos Montferrand
Story #4: The Ghosts of Canada
Section 8 Famous Historical Women
Story #1: Marie Jacquelin De La Tour (1602-1645)
Story #2: Marie Anne Gaboury
Story #3: Catherine O'Hare Schubert (1835-1918)
Story #4: Susanna Moodie (1803-1885)
Story #5: Doctor Emily Jennings Stowe (1831-1903) -
Section 9 Famous Historical First Nations Leaders
Story #1: Big Bear - Mistahimaska (1825- 1888)
Story #2: Joseph Brant (1742-1807) Thayendanega
Story #3: Crowfoot (1830-1890)
Story #4: Poundmaker (1842-1886)
Section 10 Famous Canadian Places
Story #1: The Discovery Islands - Chain of 6 000 Islands
Story #2: Butchart Gardens
Story #3: Fortress of Louisburg
Story #4: Cape Spear Lighthouse
Story #5: Prince of Wales Fort
Story #6: Bar U Ranch - An Active Historic Ranch
Story #7: Sainte-Marie Among the Hurons
Story #8: McCrae House
Section 11 Famous Canadian Festivals
Story #1: Winterlude
Story #2: Caribana

From the beginning of Ruth's teaching career, she had written her own lessons and theme units. In the early years, she was inspired by a school board consultant and wrote curriculum with a team of teachers for her school board. With the encouragement from a friend she decided to self-publish. In 1986 Ruth Solski started selling her classroom resources to teachers across Canada, under On The Mark Press.Today On The Mark Pres consistently evolves to comply with current curriculum standards. We want our learning resources to give, teachers and parents an edge for planning and implementing learning. Our activity-based lessons have more focus on practical exercises rather than teaching instructions. These resources can be used from start to finish, choose specific exercises or simply use them to stimulate creativity in the classroom. Our future including providing our resources in print, PDF eBooks/Digital download, and links for lessons for Google Classroom. Ruth's mission continues to be making learning fun for children and a teacher's workload lighter!