Our primary programs introduce young students to the concepts of conflict and remembrance. Through hands-on activities, cooperative learning and immersive environments, your students will learn how war affects people just like them.
“I really like how the program teaches us how to connect with war and make it relevant to the students (it’s not just about guns, bombs,…)”
— Bennett, Lower Elementary Program student, Bishop Hamilton School
The Experience of War
Ontario Teachers: Kindergarten to Grade 2
Quebec Teachers: Kindergarten, Cycles 1 and 2
Using all five senses, students will learn that wars involve people in ways that are often unpleasant and dangerous. This introduction to war, including a visit to the Museum’s re-created First World War trench, helps students understand basic concepts related to war and conflict. They will also engage in an act of remembrance in the Royal Canadian Legion Hall of Honour, which explores the history of honouring and remembrance in Canada.
Curriculum Connections:
| Ontario: | Social Studies; Language: Reading; The Arts: Visual Arts; Remembrance Day |
| Quebec: | Geography, History, and Citizenship: Interpreting the organization of a society in its territory; English; |
| Language Arts: Reading and Listening; Arts Education: Visual Arts; Remembrance Day |
Dates
October 2011 through April 2012
Start Times
9:30 a.m. or 12:30 p.m.
Duration
60 minutes
Memories of War
Ontario Teachers: Grades 3 to 6
Quebec Teachers: Cycles 2 and 3
Working with “mystery boxes” and several paintings from the Beaverbrook Collection of War Art, students will piece together the lives of six different individuals during wartime. They will examine letters, diaries, photographs, and genuine and reproduction artifacts to discover how war affected a wide range of people. Students will then connect their findings to Canada’s involvement in war, and examine the impact of conflict on their own lives today.
Curriculum Connections:
| Ontario: | Social Studies: Canada and the World Connections; The Arts: Visual Arts |
| Language: Reading and Media Literacy; Remembrance Day |
| Quebec: | Geography, History and Citizenship Education: Interpreting change in a society and its territory |
| Language Arts: Reading; Arts Education: Visual Arts; Remembrance Day |
Dates
October 2011 through April 2012
Start Times
9:30 a.m. or 12:30 p.m.
Duration
90 minutes
