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).
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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