Flipped Classroom Canadian Video Resources

I have read, with a great deal of interest, many blog posts this past month on the 'flipped classroom'. I love the idea of having even more opportunities to turn my class into one that allows me to be the 'guide on the side'. It is an excellent way to vary methods and assignments to students with different ability levels and different interests. As I've tried out a number of approaches I have been searching for a way to bring this style of learning to my grade eight history classes. Although we have an excellent online series of texts from Pearson I still was looking for a more media centered way to get the important information across. One approach I've discovered is using the Historica Dominion Institutes wealth of Heritage Minutes clips. But the best discovery has been the CBC series 'Canada: A People's History'. Our school purchased the full set of DVD's. Students are able to set up at either a computer screen or the DVD/Tv setup in our room to watch episode segments. They can use their ear buds to contain the music and narration. They love being able to control the speed at which they watch the show. They can pause the program, rewind or stop it for a break and return later. Students can sign out the DVD to take home to view as well. Previously, we would watch the episodes all together. But this routine, in pairs or solo, is so much better. Students can USE the video as a resource and set their own pace and ask their own questions. I knew I'd hit the jackpot when I looked up from working with another group to see a pair of students googling an answer to one of their queries with the video paused.