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Media Literacy: The Critical Path to a Connected World

Media Literacy: The Critical Path to a Connected World

Educator Carol Arcus’s blog post draws on films from NFB Education’s collection to explore the theme of this year’s Media Literacy Week: “Inclusion in a Connected World.” The learning activities suggested here can help students think critically about media and teach them how to build compassionate global communities.

Rose’s Notebook: A Resource to Teach the History of the Great War (8/10)

Rose’s Notebook: A Resource to Teach the History of the Great War (8/10)

Discover Rose’s Notebook. This historical series follows Rose Dubois, a young French Canadian archivist. She describes her daily life and her thoughts as World War I is unfolding.

Revisit WWI’s History Through Rose’s Notebook (7/10)

Revisit WWI’s History Through Rose’s Notebook (7/10)

Discover Rose’s Notebook. This historical series follows Rose Dubois, a young French Canadian archivist. She describes her daily life and her thoughts as World War I is unfolding.

Uncover History of First World War With Rose’s Notebook (6/10)

Uncover History of First World War With Rose’s Notebook (6/10)

Discover Rose’s Notebook. This historical series follows Rose Dubois, a young French Canadian archivist. She describes her daily life and her thoughts as First World War is unfolding.

Rose’s Notebook: a Diary to Revisit WWI’s History (5/10)

Rose’s Notebook: a Diary to Revisit WWI’s History (5/10)

Discover Rose’s Notebook. This historical series follows Rose Dubois, a young French Canadian archivist. She describes her daily life and her thoughts as World War I is unfolding.

Learn WWI’s History Through Rose’s Notebook (4/10)

Learn WWI’s History Through Rose’s Notebook (4/10)

Discover Rose’s Notebook. This historical series follows Rose Dubois, a young French Canadian archivist. She describes her daily life and her thoughts as World War One is unfolding.

Revisit the History of WWI with Rose’s Notebook (3/10)

Revisit the History of WWI with Rose’s Notebook (3/10)

Discover Rose’s Notebook. This historical series follows Rose Dubois, a young French Canadian archivist. She describes her daily life and her thoughts as World War I is unfolding.

Media Literacy: The Key 21st-Century Competency

Media Literacy: The Key 21st-Century Competency

For Media Literacy Week, we asked Carol Arcus to draw on NFB Education’s collection of films and resources to write a blog post on how to think critically about media technologies while using them in innovative ways.

Rose’s Notebook – Study World War I Differently (2/10)

Rose’s Notebook – Study World War I Differently (2/10)

Discover Rose’s Notebook. This historical series follows Rose Dubois, a young French Canadian archivist. She describes her daily life and her thoughts as World War One is unfolding.

Rose’s Notebook – Another Way of Studying World War I (1/10)

Rose’s Notebook – Another Way of Studying World War I (1/10)

Discover Rose's Notebook. This historical series follows Rose Dubois, a young French Canadian archivist. She describes her daily life and her thoughts as World War One is unfolding.

Can Potatoes Really Buy You Happiness?

Can Potatoes Really Buy You Happiness?

Explore I Love Potatoes with your students! This adventure and strategy game uses humour to tackle sustainable development and social innovation. Yum!

Using the iPad and the NFB’s PixStop app in your classroom

Using the iPad and the NFB’s PixStop app in your classroom

Edited on June 5, 2012 to add: The PixStop app works only with later versions of the iPad that include a camera. This is a guest post by Paul Carrière,...