Truth & Reconciliation/Indigenous Teaching Resources
What is Reconciliation? CBC Kids News (K; N Explains Reconciliation; video; 4 mins, 45 secs)
The Aboriginal Lens – Teaching for Reconciliation (BCTF)
Beyond September 30: Doing the Work (BCTF)
Project of Heart – Illuminating the hidden history of Indian Residential Schools in BC (BCTF; also available in French)
Pink Shirt Day (Anti-Bullying Resources)
PREVNet (Promoting Relationships & Eliminating Violence Network)
Pink Shirt Day (CKNW Kids’ Fund)
What Kids Can Do: stopbullying.gov (US site recommended by Focused Resources)
3 Anti-Bullying Lessons for Pink Shirt Day (National Film Board blog)
Remembrance Day
Canadian Virtual War Memorial (Government of Canada; registry of those who gave their lives while in uniform; includes military service personnel and RCMP)
Classroom Materials (Veteran’s Affairs; Government of Canada; resources, lesson plans, activities)
Black History Month
Black History Month: Exploring the Past and Future of February’s Annual Celebration (CBC Kids News)
Black Futures During Black History Month and Beyond (CBC Kids News)
Can Kids Change the World? (Scholastic; video; 6 mins 55 sec)
Virtual Field Trip; Black History Month (National Geographic; video; 34 mins 44 sec) celebrates contributions of Black explorers from the past and present
Core French Resources
French: Cowichan Valley School District (portal with links to online resources)
Core French, Instructional Services, Langley School District (portal with links to online resources and guides)
The French Corner (blog by middle school French teacher Samantha Decker)
Language Arts Resources
41 Short Stories for Middle School: Free PDF Downloads (Reluctant Reader Books)
Best Short Stories for Middle School (Sean Hogan on We Are Teachers)
Terry Fox Run/La course Terry Fox
Terry Fox and the Marathon of Hope 40 Years Later (video; CBC News; 7 mins, 31 secs)
Terry Fox, Anything’s Possible (school video; English; 13 mins, 49 secs)
The Terry Fox Story (video; English; 4 mins)
Canada 150 – Le Marathon de l’espoir (en français; 5 mins, 44 secs)
Lesson Plans & Resources for Teachers (Terry Fox Foundation)
Ressources pour enseignants:
J’enseigne avec la littérature jeunesse
Info-Jeunes (les actualités: articles et activités par les auteurs du Monde en marche)
Le monde est petit (Zone Jeunesse, Radio Canada; courts vidéos sur une grande varitété de sujets)
Zone Jeunesse (Radio Canada; vidéos, jeux, blog; une ressources très riche)
TV5 Monde Plus (TV5Unis; une énorme variété de vidéos et d’émissions venant des pays de la francophonie mondiale)
francolab (TV5Unis; la plateforme éducative gratuite de TV5Unis; vidéos avec fiches pédagogiques)
Carnet de contes (100 contes – Grimm, Andersen, africains – à télécharger et imprimer; quelques fiches pédagogiques)
Resources for Teachers:
Audio Cine Films (Choose Streaming; then Login IP from your SD83 computer)
Keep Learning Open School website from the BC Ministry of Education
Teach BC (learning resources offered through BCTF)
Currents4Kids (online news articles and activities from LesPlan)
SD83 World of Information (World Book Encyclopedia, National Geographic Kids, NoveList and other excellent resources)
Trevor MacKenzie (excellent resources for inquiry projects)
E-cigarettes and Vape Pens (Tobacco Prevention Toolkit, Stanford Medicine)
Focused Education Resources (formerly ERAC; incredible database of evaluated and recommended resources for BC educators. Hint: Works much better with Google Chrome as your browser)
Kathy Schrock’s Guide to Everything (a fabulous portal for educational technology)
Learning to Address Climate Change (video; UMECOSOC)
Invasive Species Council of BC; Invasive-Wise Education
Law Lessons: Curriculum Resources for Teachers (Justice Education Society; lessons aligned with Social Studies curriculum)
Peter Liljedahl – For Teachers (check out his online resources, numeracy tasks, card tricks and good problems)
PhET Interactive Simulations (University of Colorado Boulder) – models and simulations in math & science
Copyright Considerations:
Access Read Aloud Canadian Books Publishers and Authors – revised rules for read-alouds, Canadian publishers and authors
Major U.S. publishers – revised rules for read-alouds at this time
J.K. Rowling – revised rules for read-alouds at this time
Teachers and Copyright (Council of Ministers of Education, Canada)
Virtual Field Trips/Online Experiences to share with students:
Exploring By the Seat of Your Pants (virtual field trips)
Teachers, please also check the resources on our Parent Links page!
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