Resources: Teaching: Your Classroom Library

Evaluating Resources for Your Classroom Library

Design Elements Guide
Examples of design elements used in information resources and should be taken into account when selecting materials.
Digital Privacy Guide
Refer to this 'stop light' table when assessing the privacy risks of digital resources.
Focused Education: K-12 Evaluated Resource Collection
Focused Education evaluates print and digital learning resources, to support teachers with decision-making when selecting resources for classroom instruction. This is an evaluation process, and not an approval process.
Learning Resource Selection Model
A flow chart model for selecting materials for your classroom
Personal Bias Reflection - Interactive PDF
Use this form to reflect on your resource selections.
Social Considerations Graphic and Rationale
The graphic includes 13 areas for social consideration to keep in mind when selecting resources and a brief description of each.

Books to Build On: Indigenous Literatures for Learning
This interactive web resource that is designed to assist educators with weaving Indigenous ways of knowing, being, and doing into their teaching and learning, starting with story.
Authentic First Peoples Resources For Grades K-9
Developed by The First Nations Education Steering Committee and the First Nations Schools Association for BC educators.
Authentic First Peoples Resources For Grades 10-12 and Adult Learning
Developed by The First Nations Education Steering Committee and the First Nations Schools Association for BC educators.
AICL: Indigenous Children's Literature Guide
This blog is run by a Nambé Pueblo Indigenous person with the express intent to help educators choose texts which authentically represent BIPOC people. Note: this website is US site.
Indigenous Literature Kit
A professional learning resource developed for teachers by teachers in Alberta