Literature References for Overarching Critical Inquiries

Grade 8—Overarching Critical Inquiry—Japan: From Isolation to Adaptation

Critical Challenge

Literature References

Title:	Ainu: Spirit of a Northern People
Description:	This compilation of information and illustrations depicting Ainu history and culture was published by the Smithsonian Institute to accompany its major exhibit and Web site on the Ainu.
Author/Editor:	Arctic Studies Center, Smithsonian Institute
Published by:	Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution, 1999

Title:	The Ainu: A Story of Japan’s Original People
Description:	The author is a noted Ainu Elder. Although the book looks like a picture book, it provides content appropriate for Grade 8 students.
Author/Editor:	Shigeru, Kayano
Published by:	Boston: Tuttle Publishing, 2004

Looking Inward or Outward in Edo Japan

Title:	Ainu: Spirit of a Northern People
Description:	This compilation of information and illustrations depicting Ainu history and culture was published by the Smithsonian Institute to accompany its major exhibit and Web site on the Ainu.
Author/Editor:	Arctic Studies Center, Smithsonian Institute
Published by:	Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution, 1999

Title:	The Ainu: A Story of Japan’s Original People
Description:	The author is a noted Ainu Elder. Although the book looks like a picture book, it provides content appropriate for Grade 8 students.
Author/Editor:	Shigeru, Kayano
Published by:	Boston: Tuttle Publishing, 2004

Title:	Japan: An Illustrated Encyclopedia
Description:	This definitive resource on Japan is a richly illustrated two-volume edition of on an earlier ten-volume edition. The set includes pictorial essays and feature articles on art, culture, history, economy, government and politics of Japan.
Published by:	Tokyo: Kodansha International, 1993

Commodore Perry and the Opening of Japan

No literature references identified.

Rapid Adaptation in the Meiji Period

Title:	Sources of Japanese Tradition: 1600 to 2000. Vol. 2
Description:	This collection presents writings from Japan's most important philosophers, religious figures, writers and political leaders. It includes essays and commentaries.
Author/Editor:	de Bary, William Theodore, Carol Gluck and Arthur E. Tiedemann (eds.)
Published by:	New York: Columbia University Press, 2005

Depicting the Edo or the Meiji Worldview

No literature references identified.

What Lessons Can Canada Learn?

No literature references identified.

Grade 8—Overarching Critical Inquiry—Renaissance Europe: Origins of a Western Worldview

Critical Challenge

Literature References

What Was the Renaissance Worldview?

No literature references identified.

Trading Centres

No literature references identified.

Great City-states of the Renaissance

Title:	Encyclopedia of the Renaissance
Description:	This six-volume encyclopedia includes nearly 1200 articles on the Renaissance as a period in history and as a cultural movement. The emphasis is on humanism and social conditions.
Author/Editor:	Grendler, Paul F., ed.
Published by:	New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1999

The Knowledge Explosion

Title:	"Humanism in the Renaissance"
Description:	Topics covered in this six-volume encyclopedia are architecture and design, dance, fashion, literature, music, philosophy, religion, theater and visual arts. Information is presented in chronologies, sidebars, primary documents, biographies and critical narrative analysis.
Author/Editor:	Soergel, Philip M., ed.
Published by:	Arts and Humanities through the Eras, Renaissance Europe, 1300–1600.Vol. 4, pp. 225–232.Detroit: Gale, 2005

Evolving Worldview

Title:	Arts and Humanities through the Eras, Renaissance Europe, 1300–1600
Description:	This richly illustrated six-volume encyclopedia includes articles on architecture and design, dance, fashion, literature, music, philosophy, religion, theater and visual arts. Information is presented in chronologies, sidebars, primary documents, biographies and critical narrative analysis.
Author/Editor:	Soergel, Philip M., ed.
Published by:	Detroit: Gale, 2005

Title:	Encyclopedia of the Renaissance
Description:	This six-volume encyclopedia includes nearly 1200 articles on the Renaissance as a period in history and as a cultural movement. The emphasis is on humanism and social conditions.
Author/Editor:	Grendler, Paul F., ed.
Published by:	New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1999

First-hand Accounts

No literature references identified.

Witness to Yesterday

No literature references identified.

Grade 8—Overarching Critical Inquiry—The Spanish and the Aztecs: Worldviews in Conflict
Critical Challenge	Literature References
When Worldviews Meet	No literature references identified.
Remembering the Aztecs	No literature references identified.
Preparing for a Voyage	No literature references identified.
Identifying Contributing Factors	No literature references identified.

Grade 8—Overarching Critical Inquiry—The Foundations of Worldview

Critical Challenge

Literature References

Exploring Personal Worldviews

No literature references identified.

Worldviews Expressed

No literature references identified.

Folk Tales and Worldview

Title:	The Annotated Mother Goose: Nursery Rhymes Old and New, Arranged and Explained
Description:	Fascinating historical notes and information about the origins of 884 nursery rhymes. Includes early woodcuts and print illustrations.
Author/Editor:	Baring-Gould, William S. and Ceil Baring-Gould
Published by:	New York: Meridian Books, 1962

Title:	The Brothers Grimm: From Enchanted Forests to the Modern World
Description:	A leading authority on fairy tales, Zipes explores the transformation of Grimms' tales to reflect the values of their world. Includes legacy of Grimms in East and West Germany.
Author/Editor:	Zipes, Jack
Published by:	New York: Routledge, 1988

Title:	Contes et légendes du monde francophone
Description:	A beautifully illustrated French-language anthology of 16 tales from the French-speaking world, including Québec, the Caribbean and Southeast Asia.
Author/Editor:	Vary, Andrée and Claire Brouillet, eds.
Published by:	New York: Meridian Books, 1962

Title:	The Great Cat Massacre and Other Episodes in French Cultural History
Description:	An entertaining collection of essays on daily life in 18th century France, ranging from fairy tales to stories of cat massacres
Author/Editor:	Darnton, Robert
Published by:	New York: Random House, 1984

Title:	"Hansel and Gretel as Abandoned Children: Timeless Images for a Postmodern Age"
Description:	Informative critical analysis of illustrations and retellings in four picture-book versions: Joan Anglund's Nibble, Nibble Mousekin, Adrienne Adams' Hansel and Gretel, Anthony Browne's Hansel and Gretel and James Marshall's Hansel and Gretel. Walter recommends Marshall's version as "right on target for the media-blitzed, sweet, and savvy children of the 1990s."
Author/Editor:	Walter, Virginia A.
Published by:	Children's Literature in Education 23, 4 (1992), 203–214

Title:	"Intellectual and Cultural History"
Description:	Darnton surveys the status of intellectual and cultural history in university history departments and publications in the 20th century. He concludes with a brief look at the recent interest in popular culture and the use of anthropological methods.
Author/Editor:	Darnton, Robert
Published by:	Kammen, Michael G., The Past Before Us: Contemporary Historical Writing in the United States (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1980), 327–349

Title:	One Fairy Story Too Many: The Brothers Grimm and Their Tales
Description:	Ellis promotes the theory that the Grimms' tales were not from German folklore, but rather from French sources. He explores the question of why there have been no serious challenges to the authenticity of their work.
Author/Editor:	Ellis, John
Published by:	Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1983

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