Start with School Subjects
The NFB’s current help directs opening Education from the main page’s left menu, then More Resources at the top and School Subjects from its dropdown. Use this route when the starting requirement is a learning topic rather than an already known film title. The subject index narrows the collection in a way that an unrestricted keyword search may not.
Refine the subject before setting the age range
Select a subject and then its sub-subject. The resulting film list has an age-selection bar at the top; move its cursors to the intended range. That sequence matters because the age control refines the selected topic’s results. Use it as a discovery aid, then inspect the particular film’s educational context rather than treating a filtered result as a complete lesson plan.
Open the available film-specific material
On the chosen film page, select Education. The educator-guide help says this opens the pedagogical evaluation and a direct guide PDF when one is available for that film. The qualification matters: the tab is a route to the work’s resources, not a promise that every film supplies an identical downloadable teaching pack.
Use the repository for a known work
If you already know the film, NFB also provides an online study-guide repository searchable by title. Use that alternative when the task is finding the companion document rather than browsing another topic list. Keep the guide attached to its actual film and version while planning the activity. Resource discovery does not itself decide the separate licence required for a proposed classroom or public screening.