Voici Tom Longboat

Ce livre de 32 pages offre aux jeunes lecteurs une nouvelle approche pour comprendre un célèbre coureur de fond des Six Nations de la rivière Grand qui a participé au marathon de Boston. Tom Longboat a été nommé au Panthéon des sports canadiens et la […]

C’est ce qu’on m’a dit

Dans cette histoire de préservation de la langue, l’auteure, illustratrice et enseignante de langue anishnaabemowin Juliana Armstrong met en lumière un certain nombre de mots anishnaabemowin avec leurs liens culturels transmis de ses ancêtres ojibwés. Elle a grandi à Christian Island et est membre de […]

Nutshimit : un bain de forêt

Ce documentaire ludique, raconté à la première personne du singulier, s’adresse à tous les amateurs de la nature, petits et grands. Au fil des pages, Melissa nous amène au coeur de la forêt, sa forêt. Elle y décrit le territoire si important pour sa nation […]

Alex partage sa ceinture wampu

Il s’agit d’un livre illustré de huit pages sur l’importance des ceintures wampum créée à l’intention des élèves du primaire et comporte une page de suggestions d’activités pour le personnel enseignant. Au niveau primaire, c’est un livre non-décodable qui est lu à voix haute par l’enseignante […]

Knowledge and Practice: The Real Keys to Critical Thinking

In this Knowledge Matters Campaign article, Daniel Willingham explores the factors that lead to critical thinking skills, noting that background, or domain knowledge, plays a key factor. Willingham notes, « background knowledge is absolutely integral to effectively deploying important cognitive processes, » suggesting that facts that are […]

How to Teach Critical Thinking

In this Occasional Paper Series from Education Future Frontier, cognitive scientist Daniel Willingham takes a deep dive into the science behind teaching critical thinking and offers strategies such as understanding the domain knowledge required for understanding, creating conditions for transferable skills, and understanding the structure […]

Comparing Real Families to TV Families

In this lesson, students delve into how media constructs reality through the lens of TV families, paralleling them with their real-life counterparts—personal and peer families. The session commences with a survey of students’ beloved family-oriented TV shows and their allures. Organized in groups, students opt […]

Can You Spot the Ad?

During this lesson, students will explore branded content and develop the ability to distinguish between branded and non-branded images and videos online and offline. This distinction will be cultivated through a series of questions and interactive discussions.

Adversmarts: Understanding Food Advertising Online

This instructional content is tailored for educators guiding students through the lesson, equipping them to explore online advertising, understand marketers’ strategies, and engage critically in media literacy discussions. During the session, students grasp online advertising concepts, observing how marketers create immersive digital environments for children. […]

Break the Fake Lesson Plan: What’s in the Frame?

This instructional content is tailored for educators guiding students through the lesson. It introduces students to the concept that media can be misleading and encourages exploration of how creators intentionally frame media presentations, prompting contemplation of what remains beyond the scope. The objectives of this […]