What is Take Action?
The Take Action series is made up of 12 student magazine-style books (32-pages each), online anchor videos on each topic, and a companion Teacher’s Guide.
Titles and topics
Ethical Citizenship, Social Justice, Sustainability, and Our Canadian Society!
Activist Art
How do we use art to make the world a better place?
Community Cares
How can we build strong communities?
Earth Action
How can we make better choices to help the Earth?
The Media Effect
Why should you question the media?
School for All
How can education change lives?
Lead the Way
How can you be a good leader?
Every Drop Counts
Why should we care about water?
Your Mind Matters
Why is talking about mental health important?
The Best Buy
Who really pays when we buy?
In Our Hands
How can we be active global citizens?
Are You Hungry?
What will it take to feed the world?
Animal Relations
What is our responsibility to animals?
Key Features
- Built on inquiry and project-based learning
- Social justice action initiative for each topic
- Cross-curricular connections to literacy, social studies, science, arts, health, math, and citizenship
- Teaching support with strategies for deep comprehension, critical thinking, and inquiry-based learning
- A website for each title with anchor videos and additional supports
What’s included?
Minds on Reflection (Before Reading)
Questions that allow students to reflect on their own background knowledge.
Interdisciplinary Connections
Each selection has interdisciplinary suggestions and questions to extend conceptual learning and understanding.
Links to Inquiry Question
Prompts to help students reflect on the inquiry question and revise their thinking.
Taking Action
This section provides information about individuals, groups, or organizations taking action and questions about the different issues.
Think About It!
Contains additional facts or questions for the reader to explore.
Further Inquiry
This section examines concepts/themes within the selections and suggests possible topics for further inquiry.
Teaching Support Included
Teaching support is included in every spread for all 12 titles with the same elements, so you can help students understand and go deeper into each topic.
Series EditorDr. Jeffrey D. Wilhelm
“Take Action… comes from the passion to help students become more engaged and able readers and writers, and to involve them not only with some of the challenges facing all of us, our cultures, and environments, but also with positive ways forward in addressing these challenges.”
Take Action is available in multiple configurations
| Packs | Includes |
|---|---|
| Complete Packs | 26 copies of 1 title, a Teacher’s Guide, and storage box |
| Topic Packs | 16 copies of 1 title, a Teacher’s Guide, and storage box |
| 6-packs | 6 copies of 1 title |
