Useful Weblinks
Go to this site for all your info re: the Celtic Colours International Festival. See venue maps, artist bios, background information, etc.
This website gives you a cartoon-like introduction to Scottish and Irish Gaelic as well as Welsh, the traditional language from Wales. Very interactive. The “Little Black Book” of phrases is very handy!
The Office of Gaelic Affairs for Nova Scotia. It offers fabulous background information, audio clips, photos, place names, contact info, etc.
The Gaelic College of Arts and Crafts Website. Lots of audio files, some quick lessons in Gaelic. Information about Gaelic culture, workshop offerings, etc.
Comhairle na Gaidhlig / Gaelic Council of Nova Scotia website. Links to learning about Gaelic, Gaelic in Nova Scotia, events calendar. Great articles on storytelling, music and dance traditions.
A comprehensive digital resource of material relating predominantly to Nova Scotia’s living Gaelic tradition.
A collection of online resources for learning Scottish Gaelic from Sabhal Mor Ostaig, the Gaelic-medium university in Scotland.
An online course for learning Scottish Gaelic. Animated. Very well laid out. Very popular in Scotland.
Feis an Eilein, the Christmas Island Feis, website. Great, again, for back ground information
Cape Breton’s Diversity in Unity site.
From the Beaton Institute online educators resource. Lessons, linked with audio/video clips and also linked to the curriculum outcomes at various levels!
The well-known folklore magazine online, with audio clips as well. Searchable, so you can find the topics you’re interested in. Also has a curriculum area which links to specific articles fitting the curriculum outcomes: Note: ones on Storytelling and Folklore, as highlighted in the Celebrating Our Celtic Culture document.
Celtic Regions information and coloring pages. Very neat. PDFs.
http://www.houseoftartan.co.uk/interactive/designer/index.htm
http://houseoftartan.co.uk/interactive/romance/index.html
http://www.activityvillage.co.uk/make_your_own_tartan_craft.htm
http://www.activityvillage.co.uk/st_andrews_day_links.htm
All sites on which you can Design own tartan
http://houseoftartan.co.uk/interactive/romance/index.html
http://www.activityvillage.co.uk/make_your_own_tartan_craft.htm
http://www.activityvillage.co.uk/st_andrews_day_links.htm
All sites on which you can Design own tartan
A site where you can find the story behind the Cape Breton tartan.
http://www.virtualmuseum.ca/Exhibitions/Ceilidh/index_splash_en.html
Capre Breton Ceilidh website. Includes the pdf lessons on the Ceilidh, Storytelling, The Heart of the Song (in packet of hand outs)
http://www.maryjanelamond.com/music.html
Mary Jane Lamond's website which includes the mp3 clips of the Seinn O Ho Ro Seinn song in the packet of handouts, and also the Ill U Ill O 'Illean's O song that the student presentation group will be singing with your students at the school.
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2006/03/celtic-realm/video-interactive
THe National Geographic website mentioned in the Celebrating Our Celtic Culture: A Teaching Resource document.
http://resourcesforhistory.com/map.htm
Interactive Celtic Regions map website mentioned in the presentation.
YouTube Videos Worth Checking Out:
A clip from YouTube called. “Cape Breton Gaels”. Great for students to hear the local language being spoken.
This clip shows a milling frolic taking place at the Gaelic College in St. Ann’s.
This is another clip of a milling frolic / milling song with many of the few living local Gaelic speakers singing!
Tourism Nova Scotia video promoting Gaelic Cape Breton.
Discovery Channel Video clip re: Gaelic, in Scotland.
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Celebrating Our Celtic Culture powerpoint
This is a link to the powerpoint presentation from the workshop.
This is a link to the powerpoint presentation from the workshop.
