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Table of Contents NFB NFB Table of Contents Education Catalogue 2013-2014 Catalogue Education p. 62 p. 65 p. 68 –71 Education Catalogue 2013-2014 Catalogue Education Interactive Productions Virtual Classrooms Index p. 4 – 5 p. 7– 58 p. 59 – 61 p. 63 p. 66 p. 72 Message from Kristine Collins, All-time favourite CAMPUS Apps for the classroom NFB Space School Stay connected Head of Education and 100 films The online media solution and stay informed Institutional Markets for today’s classroom p. 64 p. 67 p. 73 Educational Workshops L.A. Theatre Works, How to contact us your digital solution for audio plays Table of Contents Table of Contents NFB NFB Message from Kristine Collins, Education Catalogue 2013-2014 Catalogue Education Head of Education and Institutional Markets Dear Educator, We are proud to introduce the also notice that we’ve chosen to Prefer to have your own copy of and experts in subjects related See page 64 for more information. NFB’s 2013–14 lineup of amazing shine the spotlight on some of the your favourite film? In recognition to our vast collection. Open to Our team of engaged education Education Catalogue 2013-2014 Catalogue Education films, interactive projects, learning captivating people and characters of The Copyright Modernization Act students and teachers across specialists will ensure that your resources and audio recordings for you’ll meet in our productions. (Bill C-11), we’ve recently adjusted Canada, these forums provide a experience with us is top-notch, your classroom! For almost 75 years, CAMPUS, the NFB’s education our pricing, so educators can now unique opportunity to interact and that your students leave these the National Film Board of Canada portal, continues to be Canada’s acquire individual titles via our with subject matter experts and sessions with a desire to produce has led the way in educational best choice for online streaming download-to-own service or on Canadian celebrities, live and in their own distinctive works. media, engaging and inspiring in the classroom — and with good DVD, at the same low cost as home your classroom. See page 65 for We invite you to explore our students across the country through reason. This year, we have added consumers — enabling you to more details. catalogue and discover the many our one-of-a-kind productions, hot new releases such as The People stretch your budget even further. Besides these virtual gatherings, ways in which the NFB can enhance workshops and special events. of the Kattawapiskak River and Status In addition to our diverse educators and students in Montreal classroom learning. We hope that We’re proud to continue that Quo: The Unfinished Business of Feminism selection of films, interactive and Toronto and participants in you will think of the NFB when tradition. in Canada. We’ve also refined productions and audio recordings, conferences and festivals across you’re creating your lesson plans — But first things first: this year’s CAMPUS’s teaching tools, including we’re excited to offer a range Canada can join us in person for because we think of you and your catalogue is slightly different from chaptering and playlists, and we are of activities for students across one of our popular, hands-on needs as an educator, every day, in previous editions. We’ve decided continuously exploring new ways Canada, including our Virtual educational workshops. Tackling the course of our work. to share our best educational titles, of making our films and resources Classroom program, which is a range of techniques, from Happy viewing, and have a both past and present, rather searchable and more useful to you now in its third year. The 2013–14 digital storytelling to stop-motion wonderful school year! than focus solely on our great new and your students. To find out if program, presented in partnership animation, our workshops are releases. The remarkable films you already have a subscription with renowned organizations, unforgettable learning experiences Kristine Collins from our collection are invaluable to CAMPUS, contact your school will include live events with that can help students of all ages Head of Education and resources, and they’ve aged very administrator or NFB Customer Commander Chris Hadfield, understand how media messages Institutional Markets nicely; we wanted to remind you Service at [email protected]. See page environmentalist Dr. David Suzuki are constructed, and how they can that they are just a click away. 60 for more information. and Olympic Gold Medallist Adam change the media landscape with a As you peruse these pages, you’ll van Koeverden, alongside academics little creativity and critical thinking. 4 5 Message from Kristine Collins, Head of Education and Institutional Markets Message from Kristine Collins, Head of Education and Institutional Markets NFB NFB Legend ALL-TIME 2013-2014 Catalogue Education faVOURITE 100 FILMS Education Catalogue 2013-2014 Catalogue Education c DVD+ GUIDE Streaming online at NFB.ca DVD includes bonus material, chaptering, Study guide available online CAMPUS licence required only for closed captioning and subtitled or dubbed password-protected films version DTO GUIDE Download-to-own films in the language of Thematic study guide available online your choice, in standard or high definition at nfb.ca/education/downloads/ This offer is intended for educational institutions. Any other institution must pay a fee for public performance rights. Please contact us if you have any questions or need more information about digital formats. 6 7 Please visit nfb.ca/about/important-notices/ for more details about our purchase policy. Legend All-time favourite 100 films 55 Socks A Step Towards the Arctic NFB NFB ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS Reflections and Visions of the North HISTORY ABORIGINAL STUDIES Based on a poem by Marie HISTORY AND CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION 2013-2014 Catalogue Education Jacobs, this animated short by GEOGRAPHY Oscar®-winning director Co Yves Delaunay, a European, wants to Hoedeman pays tribute to the understand how the Inuit are coping Dutch people during a dark period with the rapid changes taking place of their history—the Hunger Winter in the Arctic. In Sachs Harbour, he (1944–45). In this lyrical film of discovers a small community that rare beauty, a group of women struggles daily to face the chal- in occupied Holland unravels a lenges of modernity and wonders beautiful bedspread to knit socks what can be preserved of their old that can be bartered for food. way of life. Education Catalogue 2013-2014 Catalogue Education 2011 (8 min) 2012 (52 min) 10+ GUIDE DTO $3.95 c 13+ GUIDE DTO $14.95 Nº A Aboriginality ABORIGINAL STUDIES A Sea Turtle Story ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS SCIENCE Meet world champion hoop dancer ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS and hip-hop artist Dallas Arcand, This exquisite stop-motion anima- a seventh-generation First Nations tion film captures the beauty of the Canadian from the Alexander ecosystems that sea turtles inhabit— (Kipohtakaw) Plains Cree Nation. and the many dangers the creatures Many believe the seventh genera- face. An entertaining short that will tion will bring positive change to the appeal to all audiences, A Sea Turtle world. In Aboriginality, which fuses Story also educates children about animation with live-action dance, these fascinating inhabitants of the the power and spirit of Cree culture sea. No dialogue. transcend time and space. 2012 (10 min) 2008 (14 min) 8 6+ GUIDE DVD+ $34.95 6+ DVD+ $17.95 c 9 Nº A A Alanis Obomsawin Antoine Arctic Circle NFB NFB The Collection: 270 Years of Resistance Health / PERSONAL DEVelopMENT ABORIGINAL STUDIES SOCIAL STUDIES SCIENCE ABORIGINAL STUDIES Languages GEOGRAPHY 2013-2014 Catalogue Education FAMILY STUDIES / HOME ECONOMICS Shot in HD, in some of the world’s HISTORY AND CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION most desolate and stunning loca- Alanis Obomsawin is a cultural A sensitive portrait of the real and tions, Arctic Circle marries dramatic leader of fearlessness and grace, imaginary lives of five-year-old footage with hard science and and one of the most important Antoine, a blind detective. Born striking computer graphics to tell filmmakers of our time. Her lifelong one hundred days prematurely, the story of climate change, which is documentary project finds vibrant Antoine was integrated into Mon- hitting the Arctic harder and faster expression and focus in this remar- treal’s regular school system with than any other region on Earth. kable quartet of films, which reveals unprecedented success. Over the 2010 (81 min) the almost three centuries of Native course of two years, he recorded the resistance. sounds surrounding him, thus co- 13+ GUIDE DVD+ $34.95 c Education Catalogue 2013-2014 Catalogue Education creating the soundtrack of this film. 2008 (312 min) 2010 (52 min) 13+ DVD+ $44.95 6+ GUIDE DVD+ $34.95 Assembly Animate Everything! Apples and Oranges History AND CITIZENSHIP Education Arts Education Arts Education Health / PERSONAL DEVelopMENT MEDIA Education SOCIAL STUDIES An experimental short, written and FAMily STUDIES / HOME EconoMICS Divided into short, easy-to- directed by Jenn Strom, featuring a understand chapters, Animate An equity educator leads a lively rhythmic soundscape and paint-on- Everything! introduces basic discussion with elementary school glass animation. This hand-painted concepts of animation to a young students about name-calling and work was inspired by the audience. With visual explanations stereotyping. Juxtaposed with the Studio D filmmakers and is dedi- and colourful images, siblings in-class talk are two short animated cated
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