Homeschool resources: Canadian Government study!

Well here I am in the busiest season.... Spring, and lo' and behold I have not tackled that PLO called ~Government~ Sigh, perhaps I have been procrastinating.

If you are in the same persnickety position I am in, here are some resources that just may save your bacon!

I am going to be reading these books to the children, and designing my unit from them:

Coming to Canada: by Robert Livesey, Discovering Canada's Government: by Oxford University Press, Canada votes: by Linda Granfield and lastly, Who Runs this country Anyway? by Joanne Stanbridge.

I also came across this nifty lap book, and really who doesn't love a lap book!
It has websites to reference, more books and links to other sites.

http://truenorth-bchomeschoolmom.blogspot.ca/2011/08/british-columbia-geography-lapbook.html


This is Natalie Sing, she has such a cool website filled with lap book resources. LOVE IT!  

Update:
Here is the finished product.

We had such fun! With the election happening it was a perfect opportunity to visit the offices of the candidates and "interview them" So we included the pamphlets that were compiled, along with newspaper clippings of noteworthy campaign articles. The children enjoyed this unit so much, also we have had many discussions about who to elect and why in our home. What a practical way to learn about the government and the process of elections.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9BuqjfcyFg
~ If you have no idea what a lap book is, here is a demo on how to make a lap book~

To top it off we will be taking a trip to the parliament buildings.
 I so enjoy putting our book learning to practice, I remember when I was in school this was what I truly recalled from my lessons...the fun!

Really shouldn't school be fun?

I will update this post with pictures of the "end results"

Hope this helps and have fun!!