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This fantastic course plan cover the curriculum expectations for HFC3M/3E while exploring the connection between food and culture in a deep and meaningful way. This excellent was written by experiences Family Studies teachers, tested in pilot classrooms across Ontario, and then reviewed in-depth prior to launching.
The course plan free for everyone, and additional resources are available to OFSHEEA members only.
These course-specific financial literacy resources are available for HPW, HNL, HFN, HIP, and HHS! Meet curriculum expectations for these courses while teaching students the skills they need to make good financial decisions for themselves and their households or families.
The detailed mini-unit plans are free for everyone, and additional resources to complement these plans are available to OFSHEEA members only.
This plan for the Food and Nutrition course give a detailed overview of the course, day-by-day. Whether you are teaching the course for the first time or looking for ideas and resources to add to your current teaching, there is sure to be something here that you can use. This plan covers the expectations of the Ontario curriculum in an up-to-date way that reflects our food landscape in 2025.
The detailed course plan is free for everyone, but includes links to activities and assignments that are available to OFSHEEA members only.
This plan for the Raising Healthy Children course is packed with ideas and resources to engage students! Whether you are teaching the course for the first time or looking for some fresh ideas, there is sure to be something here that you can use. This plan covers the expectations of the Ontario curriculum in an up-to-date way that reflects the realities of parenting in 2025.
The detailed course plan is free for everyone, but includes links to activities and assignments that are available to OFSHEEA members only.
We are so excited to launch this Research and Inquiry resource! Research and Inquiry are so important to helping our students develop critical thinking skills and ensuring that their voices and areas of interest are part of their learning experiences in our classrooms. The resources we have developed support professional learning in this area while also providing classroom-ready materials.
This is our fourth Curriculum Advisory – Including 2SLGBTQIAP+ Identities and Experiences in Family Studies. Because so many of our courses touch on themes of identity and relationships, it is essential for us to be informed on this topic so that all students feels seen and welcome in our courses. Explore this resource to learn how we can celebrate and understand these identities.
OFSHEEA is excited to announce the release of our third Curriculum Advisory – Dismantling Anti-Black Racism in Family Studies. As an association we recognise the importance of integrating anti-racist practices into our work, and we hope that this document will guide educators in the work the do for themselves and for their students.
OFSHEEA is excited to announce the release of our newly created materials for Fashion and Foods teachers in Ontario! As an association we believe that instruction about safety is a key part of our mandate, to facilitate the professional development and personal growth of educators. With this in mind, OFSHEEA has created two new resources for you to use in your classroom.
OFSHEEA is excited to announce the release of our newly created materials for Fashion and Foods teachers in Ontario! As an association we believe that instruction about safety is a key part of our mandate, to facilitate the professional development and personal growth of educators. With this in mind, OFSHEEA has created two new resources for you to use in your classroom.
Created by OFSHEEA as an advisory to the Ontario Social Sciences and Humanities Curriculum, 2013. This document is intended to support Family Studies teachers in incorporating First Nations, Métis, and Inuit perspectives, knowledge, and content while covering the curriculum expectations for their courses.
This series encourages Family Studies teachers to recognise how Diet Culture can easily infiltrate our Foods courses, and provides resources for teachers to examine their own relationship to diet culture with the goal of removing it from our teaching and replacing it with more positive and inclusive approaches to addressing bodies and nutrition.
Funded by the OSSTF, these FREE resources are designed to support ELL students in the HIF1/2O, HFN1/2O, and HNL2O courses.
OFSHEEA, in partnership with the Aga Khan Museum and the Ministry of Ontario, is proud to release NEW resources and learning activities for teachers, created with the goal of building a foundational knowledge of the Muslim world by encouraging our students to make connections to their own personal cultures with familial faith journeys. These resources encourage students to investigate the experiences we all share as humans through purposeful and engaging interactions with others outside of their cultural groups.
Over the summer and fall of 2016, OFSHEEA undertook a large-scale writing project, funded by the Ministry of Education, to update Family Studies-focused financial literacy resources. These new resources align with the 2013 curriculum expectations revisions. These new resources embed a financial literacy focus into 7 select courses offered in the Family Studies discipline: