For Schools
Hot Docs’ Docs For Schools Program offers a series of free programs to help educators and students engage with current issues, raise critical questions, and interact with new perspectives. Elementary and Secondary school educators across Canada can gain unlimited access to Citizen Minutes series one and two to stream in classrooms for the 2024-25 school year, along with accompanying Educator Guides for each short film in the series.
At a time when citizen engagement is needed more than ever, through these short docs students will meet civically minded Canadians making a difference who just might inspire students to engage within their own communities. While themed around civic engagement, there are many subjects and topics to pull from each film.
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Student Views via Docs for Schools Program
Educator's Guides
If you are interested in bringing the films to your school, we encourage you to use our complimentary educational resources. These guides have been designed to help teachers and students enrich their experience of the Citizen Minutes films by providing support in the form of questions and activities. There are a range of questions that will help teachers frame discussions with their class, activities for before, during and after viewing the films and some weblinks that provide starting points for further research or discussion.
