The following documents are the BC Ministry of Education's lists of recommended texts and learning resources for selected subjects that UBC has in its holdings. Because new resources are evaluated and added to the Grade Collections on a regular basis, please check the IRPs online (specifically the Grade Collections) in addition to these lists for the most current recommendations. |
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Applied Skills
Business Education 8 to 10 (1997)
[ List Created: September 2006 ]Business Education 11 and 12 and Economics 12 (1998)
[ List Updated: May 2007 ]
Home Economics: Family Studies 10 to 12 IRP (2007)
[ List Created: October 2008 ]Previous Version:
Home Economics 8 to 10 IRP (1998)
[ Archived List : March 2007 ]Home Economics: Food and Nutrition 8 to 12 IRP (2007)
[ List Updated: June 2009 ]Previous Version:
Home Economics 11 and 12 IRP (1998)
[ Archived List: May 2007 ]Home Economics: Textiles 8 to 12 IRP (2007)
[ List Updated: June 2009 ]
English Language Arts
Communications 11 and 12 (1998)
[ List Created: August 2006 ] [ Archived List: August 2001 ]English Language Arts K to 7 (2006)
Resources previously recommended for the 1996 version of the curriculum, where still valid, continue to support this updated IRP.
[ List Updated: June 2007 ] [ Archived List: September 2001 ]
English Language Arts 8 to 12 (2007)
[ List Created: October 2008 ]Previous Version:
English Language Arts 8 to 10 (1996)
[ List Updated: March 2007 ] [ Archived List: October 2002 ]Previous Version:
English Language Arts 11 and 12 (1996)
[ List Created: June 2006 ] [ Archived List: September 2001 ]English Literature 12 (2003)
[ List Created: June 2006 ]
Fine Arts
Visual Arts 8 to 10 (1996)
[ List Updated: March 2007 ] [ Archived List: February 2002 ]Visual Arts 11 and 12 - Art Foundations and Studio Arts (2002)
[ List Updated: March 2007 ]
Health & Career Education
Career and Personal Planning 8 to 12 (1997)
[ List Created: September 2006 ]
Health and Career Education K to 7 (2006)
[ see Personal Planning K to 7 (1999) ]Personal Planning K to 7 (1999)
[ List Created: September 2006 ]Health and Career Education 8 and 9 (2005)
[ List Created: May 2006 ]Planning 10 (2004)
[ List Created: June 2006 ]
International Languages
Core French 5 to 12 (2001)
[ List Created: September 2006 ] [ Archived List: April 2002 ]
Mathematics
Mathematics K to 7 (2007)
[ List Created: November 2009 ]
Previous Version (before IRP revision) called:
Mathematics K to 7 (1995)
[ List Created: July 2007] [ Archived List: May 2002 ]
Mathematics 8 and 9
[ List Created: Dec 2010 ]
Previous Version (before IRP revision) called:
Mathematics 8 and 9 (2001) IRP 113
[ List Created: July 2006 ]
Mathematics 8 to 10 (1996) IRP 31
[ Archived List: April 2002 ]
Mathematics 10 to 12
[ List Created: Dec 2010 ]Previous Version (before IRP revision) called:
Mathematics 11 and 12 (1995)
[ Archived List: April 2002 ]
Mathematics 10 to 12 (2000) IRP 110
[ List Created: August 2006 ]
Physical Education
Physical Education K to 7 (2006)
[ List Created : September 2007]Previous Version:
Physical Education K to 7 (1995)
[ Archived list : October 2006 ]Physical Education 8 to 10 (1995)
[ List Created: October 2006 ]Physical Education 11 and 12 (1998)
[ List Created: October 2006 ]
Sciences
Applications of Physics 11 and 12 (2008)
(list in progress)
Biology 11 and 12 (2006)
Resources previously recommended for the 1996 version of the curriculum, where still valid, continue to support this updated IRP.
Biology 11 and 12 (1996)
[ List Updated: April 2008 ]
[ Archived List: Sept 2001 ]
Chemistry 11 (2006)
[ List Updated: August 2008 ]Chemistry 12 (2006)
[ List Updated: August 2008 ]
Previous Version:
Chemistry 11 and 12 (1995)
[ Archived List: July 2006 ]
[ Archived List: Sept 2001 ]
Earth Science 11 (2006)
[ List Updated: August 2008 ]Geology 12 (2006)
[ List Updated: August 2008 ]
Previous Version:
Earth Science 11 and Geology 12 (1995)
[ Archived List : July 2007 ]Physics 11 (2006)
[ List Created: September 2007 ] [ Archived List: June 2007 ]Physics 12 (2006)
[ List Created: September 2007 ] [ Archived List: June 2007 ]Resource Sciences 11 and 12 Forests (1997)
[ List Created: August 2006 ] [ Archived List: August 2001 ]
Science K to 7 (2005)
[ List Updated: October 2007 ]Previous Version:
Science K to 7 (1997)
[ Archived List: December 2002 ]Science 8 (2006)
[ List Created: September 2007 ]Science 9 (2006)
[ List Created: September 2007 ]
Science 10 (2008)
(list in progress)Science 10 (2006)
[ List Created: August 2008 ]Science 8 to 10 (1996)
To be used for Grades 9 & 10 during the 2006/07 school year and for Grade 10 only during the 2007/08 school year.
[ List Created: August 2006 ] [ Archived List: Sept 2001 ]Science & Technology 11 (2008)
(list in progress)Sustainable Resources 11 and 12 (2008)
[ List Created: October 2008 ]
Social Studies
BC First Nations Studies 12 (2000)
[ List Created: August 2006 ] [ Archived List: Sept 2001 ]Civic Studies 11 (2005)
[ List Created: May 2006 ]Comparative Civilizations 12 (1997)
[ List Updated: April 2007 ]Geography 12 (1998)
[ List Created: July 2006 ]History 12 (1997)
[ List Created: July 2006 ]Law 12 (1997)
[ List Created: July 2006 ]Social Justice 12 (2008)
(list in progress)Social Studies K to 7 (1998)
[ List Created: August 2006 ] [ Archived List: August 2001 ]Social Studies 8 to 10 (1997)
[ List Updated: March 2007 ] [ Archived List: May 2002 ]
Social Studies 11 (2005)
[ List Created: April 2006 ]Previous Version:
Social Studies 11 (1997)
[ Archived List: May 2001 ]
