Mini-Lesson for Losing Blue
Humans are kind of obsessed with blue—look at how often we use it in advertising, company logos and in decor. We love blue, and that might be because it is so rare in our natural world.
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Higher Learning | Le son des Français d’Amérique
The songs, dances and music of francophones in the Americas come from incredibly rich yet often fragile traditions. Le son des Français d’Amérique takes us on a sonic journey to meet these survivors of history, charting the memory of time.
Commemorating the 30th Anniversary of the Genocide of the Tutsi People in Rwanda
In 1994, a million Tutsis were killed in Rwanda as the world stood by. Wars and other genocides continue, killing innocents and endangering the future of humanity. Education in a culture of peace is the best antidote to a culture of war.
Three Films to Empower Young People for Human Rights Day
Mark the 75th-anniversary of the Declaration of Human Rights by drawing on three NFB films that invite even our youngest students to think about the impact they can have locally on their environments and communities.
Mini-Lesson for Unarchived
This mini-lesson on Unarchived provides teachers with activities and questions to lead discussions on archiving and history for students aged 15-17.
Higher Learning | Beyond Paper
Oana Suteu Khintirian’s documentary Beyond Paper takes us from the intimacy of family archives to the immensity of universal libraries, showing how paper is integral to every facet of our shared humanity.
Mini-Lesson for Honour to Senator Murray Sinclair
This mini-lesson on Honour to Senator Murray Sinclair provides teachers with activities and questions to lead discussions on the history of colonialism for students aged 15-17.
Ocean School | Why Are Pacific Herring Important?
Ocean School had an interactive collection about the importance of herring to the Haíɫzaqv (Heiltsuk) People on BC’s Central Coast. This blog post will share how I used part of Ocean School’s “The Harvest (Bák̓vṇx̌)” collection and other resources to teach my students about the herring.
love, amma | A Mother’s Journey to Healing
love, amma is a mother’s beautiful and revealing truth in the form of a letter written to her young daughter.
Ocean School in Action: “Micro-mystery”
Kira Janisse, a biology, environmental science, and health science teacher, has incorporated the Ocean School's resource, Micro-mystery, into her classroom lessons. In this article, she explains how she used this resource to get her students thinking about waste management. Kira's classroom activity is available in this article.
Social and Emotional Learning and Literacy through Poetry
Poetry is often seen as a very specific thing. People tend to think of when they had to analyze poems that are not easy to connect with.
Media School | Get ‘Meta’ With Your Classroom
A school within a school, to quote my students, is “so meta.” But that was the best part of the NFB’s Media School resource.