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Teacher Resources for 2022-23 – School Subjects (Secondary)

Teacher Resources for 2022-23 – School Subjects (Secondary)

Teacher Resources for 2022-23 – School Subjects (Secondary)

Already prepping for the upcoming school year? Overwhelmed with the amount of content available out there? Look no further!

For this post, we’re providing educational resources for 10 of the most popular school subjects in Canadian curriculums. Below are helpful blogs, playlists, mini-lessons, and films that’re filled with discussions,  questions, and activities that you can use in your classroom—whether it be online or in person!

For primary school subjects, please click here: Teacher Resources for 2022-23 – School Subjects (Primary).

Additional Resources 2021

ART

Now Is the Time, Christopher Auchter, provided by the National Film Board of Canada

PLAYLIST: Stop-Motion Animation

BLOG POST: The Orchid and the Bee: At the Crossroads of Art and Science

STUDY GUIDE: The Portrait | A Study Guide is available for CAMPUS subscribers

DIVERSITY AND PLURALISM

Beauty, Christina Willings, provided by the National Film Board of Canada

PLAYLIST: The Refugee Experience in Canada

MINI-LESSON: In Full Voice

MINI-LESSON: Unspoken Tears (Secondary)

STUDY GUIDE: Black Communities in Canada Through Film | A Study Guide is available for CAMPUS subscribers

FITNESS AND HEALTH

The Great Malaise, Catherine Lepage, provided by the National Film Board of Canada

PLAYLIST: Sexual Health Education

BLOG POST: Kids and Stress: How Much Is Too Much?

STUDY GUIDE: A Dark Room | A Study Guide is available for CAMPUS subscribers

GEOGRAPHY

Borealis, Kevin McMahon, provided by the National Film Board of Canada

PLAYLISTS: Provinces and Territories Playlist

MINI-LESSON: The Magnitude of All Things

STUDY GUIDE: Universe Within | A Study Guide is available for CAMPUS subscribers

HISTORY

Martha, Daniel Schubert, provided by the National Film Board of Canada

PLAYLIST: The Dark Years Series

MINI-LESSON: Trick or Treaty?

STUDY GUIDE: Paris 1919 | A Study Guide is available for CAMPUS subscribers

INDIGENOUS STUDIES

Mary Two-Axe Earley: I Am Indian Again, Courtney Montour, provided by the National Film Board of Canada

PLAYLIST: Orange Shirt Day

MINI-LESSON: Jordan River Anderson, The Messenger

BLOG POST: Drafting a Statement of Reconciliation with Students

STUDY GUIDE: Reel Injun | A Study Guide is available for CAMPUS subscribers

LANGUAGES

Window Horses, Ann Marie Fleming, provided by the National Film Board of Canada

PLAYLIST: Engaging All Voices through Media

PLAYLIST: Poets on Film

MINI-LESSON: Unarmed Verses

MEDIA LITERACY

This is Not a Movie, Yung Chang, provided by the National Film Board of Canada

PLAYLIST: Body Image in the Media

MINI-LESSON: Star Wars Kid: The Rise of Digital Shadows

BLOG POST: Do Social Media and Classrooms Mix?

BLOG POST: NFB Media School: Supporting Engagement through Digital Storytelling

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

PLAYLIST: The Right to Safe and Healthy Water

BLOG POST: Hubert Reeves: Star Teller, Creator of Scientists

STUDY GUIDE: Agence | A Study Guide is available for CAMPUS subscribers

SOCIAL STUDIES

Stateless, Michèle Stephenson, provided by the National Film Board of Canada

PLAYLIST: The Japanese Internment

MINI-LESSON: Birth of a Family

BLOG POST: No Longer Forgotten: Making Space for Métis Stories in the Classroom

STUDY GUIDE: Stateless | A Study Guide is available for CAMPUS subscribers

CAMPUS

CAMPUS is the NFB Education subscription-based VOD service. In addition to the rich collection of free mini-lessons, playlists, and blog posts currently available on NFB.ca/education, a CAMPUS subscription includes:

  • Access to over 6,000 films and interactive productions;
  • Exclusive access to over 1,000 educational films and new releases;
  • One of the world’s largest collections of Indigenous films;
  • Thematic playlists curated by Canadian teachers;
  • A clip creator to select your favourite scenes from NFB films;
  • The ability to create and share playlists with students;
  • Hundreds of teaching guides;
  • Digital mini-lessons that use inquiry-based learning;
  • The ability to search the NFB catalogue by school subject;
  • MARC records to make our collection discoverable through library search system;
  • 100% Canadian content in both English and French.

Click here to find out if you have a subscription | Sign-in to CAMPUS.

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