Lesson plans for Canadian classrooms

The Yorkton Film Festival offers access to the best Canadian short films, allowing schools to provide films that will inspire, educate, and captivate their students.

The festival has curated five films and lesson plans which are ready to be used in Canadian classrooms. Each film, with its lesson plan, details Canadian cultures, society, and everchanging landscapes.

Choose from the lesson plans, each with themes and resources designed for various levels of student ability and interests.

To access the lesson plans, click the links below. On the last page of the lesson plan is a questionnaire that we ask you to email to us when you have used a lesson plan.

Please note that the films are unavailable for download and may be linked to a third-party website, such as the National Film Board of Canada.

Lesson themes are: 

• Contemporary Indigenous issues
• Environmentalism
• Immigration
• Gender based issues.

The links below include recommended grades and subjects, but educators are free to use them as they see fit for their students.