Teacher Resources – 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 – School Subjects (Primary).

ART AND MUSIC

Ever Deadly, Chelsea McMullan & Tanya Tagaq, provided by the National Film Board of Canada

PLAYLIST: Indigenous Music Traditions (Ages 12-14)

PLAYLIST: Metis Peoples and Stories (Ages 12-14)

PLAYLIST: The Impact and Influence of Black Music (Ages 15-17)

DIVERSITY AND PLURALISM

Lay Down Your Heart, Marie Clements, provided by the National Film Board of Canada

PLAYLIST: Films with Described Video (Ages 12-14)

MINI-LESSON: A Passage Beyond Fortune

MINI-LESSON: Unspoken Tears (Secondary)

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

MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLBEING

Tales of Ordinary Fatphobia, Josiane Blanc, provided by the National Film Board of Canada

PLAYLIST: Healthcare in Canada (Ages 15-17)

BLOG POST: love, amma | A Mother’s Journey to Healing

MINI-LESSON: Into the Light

GEOGRAPHY AND ENVIRONMENTALISM

Force of Nature: The David Suzuki Movie, Sturla Gunnarsson, provided by the National Film Board of Canada

PLAYLISTS: Human Impact on Ecosystems (Ages 15-17)

PLAYLISTS: Climate Change Impact on Communities (Ages 15-17)

PLAYLISTS: Environment and Sustainability Films (Ages 12-14)

MINI-LESSON: What Rhymes with Toxic

HISTORY

Holy Angels, Jay Cardinal Villeneuve, provided by the National Film Board of Canada

PLAYLIST: Canada at War Series (Ages 15-17)

MINI-LESSON: Forgotten Warriors

FILM: Mary Two-Axe Earley: I Am Indian Again | A Study Guide is available for CAMPUS subscribers

INDIGENOUS STUDIES

Heartbeat of a Nation, Eric Janvier, provided by the National Film Board of Canada

MINI-LESSON: Inconvenient Indian

MINI-LESSON: Bill Reid Remembers

MINI-LESSON: Honour to Senator Murray Sinclair

LANGUAGES

French Enough, Alexis Normand, provided by the National Film Board of Canada

BLOG POST: French Enough | What Francophonie Means to My Family

BLOG POST: Social and Emotional Learning and Literacy through Poetry

BLOG POST: 5 Tips for Facilitating a Film Discussion in the Classroom

MEDIA LITERACY

Star Wars Kid: The Rise of the Digital Shadows, Mathieu Fournier, provided by the National Film Board of Canada

BLOG POST: 3 Anti-Bullying Lessons for Pink Shirt Day (Secondary Level)

BLOG POST: Media School | Get ‘Meta’ With Your Classroom

PLAYLIST: Engaging All Voices through Media (Ages 15-17)

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Hubert Reeves: Star Teller, Iolande Cadrin-Rossignol, provided by the National Film Board of Canada

PLAYLIST: Films About Science and Technology (Ages 12-14)

BLOG POST: Ocean School | Why Are Pacific Herring Important?

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

SOCIAL STUDIES

Standing on the Line, Paul Émile d’Entremont, provided by the National Film Board of Canada

BLOG POST: Human Rights Day Resources for Primary and Secondary

PLAYLIST: The Big Reset (Ages 12-14)

PLAYLIST: Health Equity (Ages 15-17)

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: