Ontario curriculum subject: Arts (including Visual Arts)
Grade: Grade 1

Program name: Life Sized Collage
Topic: Visual Arts


Description: Students will learn about using materials from their daily lives to create art. Each student will be traced on a piece of mural paper, and will use recycled materials to create a collage that represents his/herself. Additional art materials will be used, and a discussion about recycling will take place.

• Create a life sized collage
  
• Produce 2-D work of art that communicates ideas
  
• Identify a variety of art tools, materials and techniques and demonstrate understanding of their proper and safe use
  
• Recognize that objects can be recycled and demonstrate ways of reusing materials in daily activities
  

Ontario curriculum subject: Arts (including Visual Arts)
Grade: Grade 2

Program name: Japanese Hanging Koi
Topic: Visual Arts


Description: Students will learn about Japanese Culture and symbolism as they create a colourful windsock using the technique of collage.

• Create a Japanese Hanging Koi
  
• Explore use of colour, shape and texture
  
• Collage techniques
  

Ontario curriculum subject: Arts (including Visual Arts)
Grade: Grade 3

Program name: Go Green!
Topic: Visual Arts


Description: Students will explore the elements of design, including space and repetition. A discussion about the history of cotton and natural dyes will take place, setting a framework for students as they create a pattern using natural materials, like fruits and vegetables, to print on cotton market bags.

• Identify the parts of a plant that are used to produce separate products for humans and describe the steps in production
  
• Identify the elements of design
  
• Recognize and name the warm and cool colours
  
• Identify symmetrical and asymmetrical shapes in both the human-made environment and natural world
  

Ontario curriculum subject: Arts (including Visual Arts)
Grade: Grade 3

Program name: Nature in Art
Topic: Visual Arts


Description: Students will explore the inspirational atmosphere of the extensive gardens to aid in the creation of their own works of art. Hands-on exercises in texture and line will teach the techniques used by artists to depict elements of nature.

• Exploring art in the natural world
  
• Experiment with composition, learn about texture and line
  
• Create a painting
  

Ontario curriculum subject: Arts (including Visual Arts)
Grade: Grade 4

Program name: Get Illuminated
Topic: Visual Arts
Topic 2: No topic listed


Description: Students will create a name card, illuminating the first letter of their name, following in the style of medieval artists who created illuminated manuscripts. Students will use calligraphy pens, and other art materials, using knowledge of the elements of design and line in their work. Line exercises will be part of this activity.

• Identify the emotional quality of lines
  
• Use artistic expression to re-create or respond to imaginative works from medieval times
  
• Describe some of the ways in which religion influenced arts in medieval society
  

Ontario curriculum subject: Arts (including Visual Arts)
Grade: Grade 4

Program name: Monochromatic Still Life
Topic: Visual Arts
Topic 2: Light and Sound Energy


Description: Students will learn to mix paint, creating shades, tones and tints for use in a monochromatic still life painting. Shading exercises will be part of this activity.

• Describe changes in properties of materials when the materials interact with each other
  
• Identify colour relationships
  
• Identify monochromatic colour schemes
  
• Identify how the shading of shapes can be used to create the illusion of depth
  

Ontario curriculum subject: Arts (including Visual Arts)
Grade: Grade 4

Program name: Nature in Art
Topic: Visual Arts


Description: Students will explore the inspirational atmosphere of the extensive gardens to aid in the creation of their own works of art. Hands-on exercises in texture and line will teach the techniques used by artists to depict elements of nature.

• Exploring art in the natural world
  
• Experiment with composition, learn about texture and line
  
• Create a painting
  

Ontario curriculum subject: Arts (including Visual Arts)
Grade: Grade 5

Program name: Monochromatic Still Life
Topic: Visual Arts
Topic 2: Light and Sound Energy


Description: Students will learn to mix paint, creating shades, tones and tints for use in a monochromatic still life painting. Shading exercises will be part of this activity.

• Describe changes in properties of materials when the materials interact with each other
  
• Identify colour relationships
  
• Identify monochromatic colour schemes
  
• Identify how the shading of shapes can be used to create the illusion of depth
  

Ontario curriculum subject: Arts (including Visual Arts)
Grade: Grade 6

Program name: Pen and Paintbrush
Topic: Visual Arts


Description: Students will learn pen and ink techniques, including cross-hatching and stippling as well as techniques for illustrating texture. Each student will create a comic strip using these techniques.

• Explore the elements and principles of design
  
• Demonstrate awareness that an artist intentionally uses some of the elements and principles of design to convey meaning, and explain how the artist accomplishes his or her intentions
  
• Produce two-dimensional works of art that communicate a range of ideas for specific purposes and to specific audiences, using pen and ink
  

Ontario curriculum subject: Arts (including Visual Arts)
Grade: Grade 6

Program name: Venetian Masks
Topic: Visual Arts


Description: In this hands-on program students create unique Venetian masks using forms, foam sheets and various embellishments. The history of Venice and the use of masks are explored.

• Create a Venetian mask
  
• Techniques for working with foam sheets and embellishments
  
• Learn about the history of Venetian masks
  

Ontario curriculum subject: Arts (including Visual Arts)
Grade: Grade 7

Program name: Mexican Folk Art
Topic: Visual Arts


Description: Students will create a yarn painting while exploring the elements of design. The history of Mexican Folk Art and symbolism and their use as a vehicle for storytelling are discussed.

• Create a yarn painting
  
• Explore the principles of design and use by artists
  
• Storytelling through art
  

Ontario curriculum subject: Arts (including Visual Arts)
Grade: Grade 7

Program name: Venetian Masks
Topic: Visual Arts


Description: In this hands-on program students create unique Venetian masks using forms, foam sheets and various embellishments. The history of Venice and the use of masks are explored.

• Create a Venetian mask
  
• Techniques for working with foam sheets and embellishments.
  
• Learn abut the history of Venetian masks.
  

Ontario curriculum subject: Arts (including Visual Arts)
Grade: Grade 8

Program name: Venetian Masks
Topic: Visual Arts


Description: In this hands-on program students create unique Venetian masks using forms, foam sheets and varius embellishments. The history of Venice and the use of masks are explored.

• Create a Venetian mask.
  
• Techniques for working with foam sheets and embellishments.
  
• Learn about the history of Venetian masks.
  

Ontario curriculum subject: Arts (including Visual Arts)
Grade: Grade 8

Program name: Women in Art
Topic: Visual Arts


Description: Students will discuss the role of women in the arts, with a focus on Canadian art. Students will explore the totem pole paintings of Emily Carr, and will develop a project plan for the creation of an Emily Carr inspired painting.

• Describe how specific individuals and events helped change the position of women and children in Canada
  
• Describe in their plan for a work of art, the main idea they wish to communicate and the artistic decisions they have made
  
• Explain how the size, scope and intent of a work determines which tools, materials and techniques the artist will use
  

Ontario curriculum subject: ESL
Grade: ESL

Program name: The Howards' Holiday Season Party
Topic: Traditions & Celebrations


Description: Students begin a tour of the site with a seasonal beverage in the historic kitchen.

• Create dialogues about a holiday season party at this 19th century country home.
  
• Emphasis on listening, speaking and group activities.
  
• Christmas Season Programming. Runs late November to the end of December.
  
• Add HST to the price listed below.
  

Ontario curriculum subject: ESL
Grade: ESL

Program name: The Howards' Party
Topic: No topic listed


Description: Students begin a tour of the site with a seasonal beverage in the historic kitchen

• Create dialogues about a party at this 19th-century country home.
  
• Emphasis on listening, speaking and group activities.
  
• Program is available from January to April.
  
• Add HST to the price listed below.
  

Ontario curriculum subject: Social Studies
Grade: Grade 2

Program name: A Child's Holiday
Topic: Traditions & Celebrations


Description: Experience traditional Christmas celebrations that enchanted children in the 19th century by visiting decorated rooms and engaging in hands-on activities.

• Learn about special holiday foods, early ornaments and traditional decorative greenery.
  
• Enjoy a Christmas treat and cider.
  
• Play with 19th-century toys, and make an ornament by the hearth.
  
• Students see pictures and hear stories about the Victorian version of Santa Claus and holiday fun. Add HST to the price listed below
  

Ontario curriculum subject: Social Studies
Grade: Grade 2

Program name: Holiday Traditions
Topic: Traditions & Celebrations


Description: Experience traditional Christmas celebrations that enchanted children in the 19th century by visiting decorated rooms and engaging in hands-on activities.

• Learn about special holiday foods, early ornaments and traditional decorative greenery
  
• Enjoy a Christmas treat and cider
  
• Play with Victorian toys by the hearth
  
• Add HST to the price listed below.
  

Ontario curriculum subject: Holiday Season Programming
Grade: Grade 3

Program name: A Child's Holiday
Topic: Traditions & Celebrations


Description: Experience traditional Christmas celebrations that enchanted children in the 19th century by visiting decorated rooms and engaging in hands-on activities.

• Learn about special holiday foods, early ornaments and traditional decorative greenery
  
• Enjoy a Christmas treat and cider
  
• Play with 19th-century toys, and make an ornament by the hearth.
  
• Students see pictures and hear stories about the Victorian version of Santa Claus and holiday fun. Add HST to the price listed below.
  

Ontario curriculum subject: Social Studies
Grade: Grade 3

Program name: High Park Settlers through the Seasons
Topic: Early Settlements in Upper Canada
Topic 2: Growth & Changes in Plants


Description: Discover how settlers and children lived and worked througout the year. Participate in three different l.5 hour, hands-on, interactive programs in the Howards' 1837 home over three separate visits to the Lodge.

• During one Visit: Compare and contrast 19th-century tools and technologies with those in their homes
  
• During one Visit: Learn about a child's experience at Christmas and recreate a social activity by making an ornament
  
• During one Visit: Prepare 19th-century recipes in the historic kitchen and play games to reinforce learning
  
• Price covers all three 1.5 hour programs. Add HST to price listed below.
  

Ontario curriculum subject: Social Studies
Grade: Grade 3

Program name: High Park Settlers through the Seasons
Topic: Early Settlements in Upper Canada
Topic 2: Growth & Changes in Plants


Description: Discover how settlers and children lived and worked throughout the year. Participate in three separate hands-on, interactive programs in the Howards' 1837 home.

• Compare and contrast 19th century tools and technologies with those in their homes
  
• Learn about a child's experience at Christmas and recreate a social activity by making an ornament
  
• Prepare 19th century recipes in the historic kitchen and play games to reinforce learning
  
• Price covers all three programs. Add HST to price listed below.
  

Ontario curriculum subject: Social Studies
Grade: Grade 3

Program name: High Park through the Ages
Topic: Early Settlements in Upper Canada
Topic 2: First Nation Peoples and European Explorers
Topic 3: Aboriginal Perspectives


Description: Discover, compare and contrast the lives of High Park's First Nations people and early settler inhabitants.

• Identify the First Nations people who lived in the High Park area
  
• Discover what settlers learned from First Nations people
  
• Enjoy a settler recipe using a First Nations' food
  
• Compare and contrast the tools and technologies of First Nations people and early settlers Add tax to the price per student
  

Ontario curriculum subject: Social Studies
Grade: Grade 3

Program name: Rural Settlers in Early Toronto
Topic: Early Settlements in Upper Canada
Topic 2: Urban and Rural Communities


Description: Discover how people interacted with the environment in early 19th-century Toronto at this 1837 home.

• Hear stories about the Howards' adventures when immigrating to Canada
  
• Investigate how buildings, furnishings, textiles, medicines, food and drink were made See how the Howards lit and heated their home
  
• Compare and contrast settlers' tools with present day tools
  
• 1.5 hours option includes kitchen activity re-creating a beverage using 19th-century methods Add HST to price listed below.
  

Ontario curriculum subject: Social Studies
Grade: Grade 3

Program name: Rural Settlers in Early Toronto
Topic: Early Settlements in Upper Canada
Topic 2: Urban and Rural Communities


Description: Discover how people interacted with the environment in early 19th-century Toronto at this 1837 home.

• Hear stories about the Howards' adventures when immigrating to Canada
  
• Investigate how buildings, furnishings, textiles, medecines, food and drink were made
  
• See how the Howards lit and heated their home
  
• Compare and contrast settlers' tools with present day tolls. Add HST to price listed below.
  

Ontario curriculum subject: Holiday Season Programming
Grade: Grade 4

Program name: A Child's Holiday
Topic: Traditions & Celebrations


Description: Experience traditional Christmas celebrations that enchanted children in the 19th century by visiting decorated rooms and engaging in hands-on activities.

• Learn about special holiday foods, early ornaments and traditional decorative greenery
  
• Enjoy a Christmas treat and cider
  
• Play with 19th-century toys, and make an ornament by the hearth.
  
• Students see pictures and hear stories about the Victorian version of Santa Claus and holiday fun. Add HST to the price listed below.
  

Ontario curriculum subject: Science & Technology
Grade: Grade 4

Program name: High Park Habitats
Topic: Habitats & Communities


Description: Learn how natural systems support life for people by exploring the 1837 home and life of early High Park residents.

• Visit the Howards' historic home and discover how plants and animals were used
  
• Find out how the Howards' stewardship of the land is being continued
  
• 1.5 hour option includes an interactive mapping activity and a lab exploring artefacts and natural objects. Ask about the possible combinations with other programs for full day experience.
  
• Add HST to the price listed below.
  

Ontario curriculum subject: Science & Technology
Grade: Grade 4

Program name: High Park Habitats
Topic: Habitats & Communities


Description: Learn how natural systems support life for people by exploring the 1837 home and life of early High Park residents.

• Visit the Howards' historic home and discover how plants and animals were used.
  
• Find out how the Howards' stewardship of the land is being continued.
  
• Combine with the Nature of High Park walking tour for a full-day program. 1.5 hr. version is also available.
  
• Add HST to the price below.
  

Ontario curriculum subject: Science & Technology
Grade: Grade 4

Program name: The Nature of High Park
Topic: Habitats & Communities


Description: Students observe plant and animal life during an interactive walk in western High Park and learn about efforts to recreate a balanced ecosystem (rain or shine).

• Identify native/non-native plant species and learn how they affect wildlife in the park
  
• See the effects of man-made changes at Grenadier Pond and learn about current efforts to restore it
  
• May be combined with High Park Habitats or a High Park Nature Centre program for a full day experience.
  
• Add HST to the price listed below
  

Ontario curriculum subject: Holiday Season Programming
Grade: Grade 5

Program name: A Child's Holiday
Topic: Traditions & Celebrations


Description: Experience traditional Christmas celebrations that enchanted children in the 19th century by visiting decorated rooms and engaging in hands-on activities.

• Learn about special holiday foods, early ornaments and traditional decorative greenery
  
• Enjoy a Christmas treat and cider
  
• Play with 19th-century toys, and make an ornament by the hearth.
  
• Students see pictures and hear stories about the Victorian version of Santa Claus and holiday fun. Add HST to the price listed below.
  

Ontario curriculum subject: Holiday Season Programming
Grade: Grade 6

Program name: A Child's Holiday
Topic: Traditions & Celebrations


Description: Experience traditional Christmas celebrations that enchanted children in the 19th century by visiting decorated rooms and engaging in hands-on activities.

• Learn about special holiday foods, early ornaments and traditional decorative greenery
  
• Enjoy a Christmas treat and cider
  
• Play with 19th-century toys, and make an ornament by the hearth.
  
• Students see pictures and hear stories about the Victorian version of Santa Claus and holiday fun. Add HST to the price listed below.
  

Ontario curriculum subject: Geography
Grade: Grade 7

Program name: High Park Past and Present
Topic: Themes of Geographic Inquiry; Patterns in Human Geography


Description: Observe the history and geography of High Park's landforms during a walk through the south section of the park (rain or shine).

• Trace the history of High Park from the glaciers and Lake Iroquois to John and Jemima Howard's country home.
  
• Observe and discuss how people have changed the park environment.
  
• Lower Photo: Libraries and Archives Canada (C-012718)
  
• Add HST to the price listed below.
  

Ontario curriculum subject: Geography
Grade: Grade 8

Program name: High Park Past and Present
Topic: Themes of Geographic Inquiry; Patterns in Human Geography


Description: Observe the history and geography of High Park's landforms during a walk through the south section of the park (rain or shine).

• Trace the history of High Park from the glaciers and Lake Iroquois to John and Jemima Howard's country home.
  
• Observe and discuss how people have changed the park environment.
  
• Lower Photo: Libraries and Archives Canada (C-012718)
  
• Add HST to the price listed below.
  

Ontario curriculum subject: ESL
Grade: ESL

Program name: Garrison at York - ESL
Topic: No topic listed


Description: Fort York is the birthplace of urban Toronto- the original site of the first British settlement.

• Learn about the founding of Toronto.
  
• Explore the role of the garrison in early 19th-century Canada.
  
• Add HST to the price listed below.
  

Ontario curriculum subject: History
Grade: Grade 10

Program name: First World War and the Canadian Soldier
Topic: Canadian History Since World War I (First World War)


Description: Through the use of artefacts and an authentic reproduction of a soldier's uniform and kit, students explore Canada's contribution to WW1 and the role of the common soldier in that conflict

Ontario curriculum subject: Social Studies
Grade: Grade 3

Program name: A Day and Night in the Life of the Garrison
Topic: Early Settlements in Upper Canada


Description: Soldiers and their families were the pioneers of early Toronto.This program is a hands-on exploration of the activities of men, women and children who lived and worked in this British fort.

• Workshops to choose from include Archaeology, Officers' Kitchen, Music, Lifestyles, Signals, Musket Drill, and more
  
• This program is a full day plus staying overnight at the Fort.
  
• Includes dinner and breakfast.
  
• Please note: This program is only available from October to April. Add HST to the price listed below.
  

Ontario curriculum subject: Social Studies
Grade: Grade 3

Program name: Pioneers at York 1790s to 1830s
Topic: Early Settlements in Upper Canada
Topic 2: Geographic Inquiry


Description: Explore daily life at this 200 year old British fort and discover how the soldiers, officers and their families contributed to the birthplace of urban Toronto.

• See original buildings where officers, soldiers and their families lived and worked
  
• Explore the role of music in the everyday life of the garrison
  
• Discover early cooking methods in a working 1826 kitchen
  
• May be expanded into a full-day experience. Add HST to the price listed below.
  

Ontario curriculum subject: Social Studies
Grade: Grade 6

Program name: A Day and Night in the Life of the Fur Traders
Topic: First Nation Peoples and European Explorers
Topic 2: Heritage & Citizenship


Description: A hands-on exploration of Fur Trade practices and the garrison community at York (now Toronto). Choose from a wide variety of workshops including Archaeology, First Nation Warriors, Lifestyles, Officers' Kitchen, and more.

• This is a full day plus overnight program
  
• Includes dinner and breakfast.
  
• Please note: This program is only available from October to April.
  
• Add HST to the price listed below
  

Ontario curriculum subject: Social Studies
Grade: Grade 6

Program name: A Day in the Life of the Fur Traders
Topic: First Nation Peoples and European Explorers
Topic 2: Heritage & Citizenship


Description: A hands-on exploration of Fur Trade practices and the garrison community at York (now Toronto).

• Choose from a wide variety of workshops including Archaeology, First Nation Warriors, Lifestyles, Officers' Kitchen, and more.
  
• Overnight program available as well.
  
• Lower Photo: Libraries and Archives Canada (C-012718)
  
• Add HST to the price listed below
  

Ontario curriculum subject: Social Studies
Grade: Grade 6

Program name: Toronto and the Fur Trade
Topic: First Nation Peoples and European Explorers


Description: Explore the changing relationships between First Nation peoples and Europeans during Toronto's fur trade era.

• Using maps, models and archaeological artifacts, investigate the patterns and practices of the fur trade
  
• Hands-on examination of trade goods and archaeological artifacts
  
• Also meets Grade 7 New France and Interactions within Ecosystems study objectives
  
• May be combined with other programs for a full day experience. Lower Photo: Libraries and Archives Canada (C-012718) Add HST to the price listed below.
  

Ontario curriculum subject: History
Grade: Grade 7

Program name: A Day and Night in the Life of the Garrison
Topic: British North America


Description: Our most comprehensive living history experience! Hands-on exploration of the activities of the men, women and children who lived and worked in this 200 year old British fort.Workshops can include Officers' Kitchen, Archaeology, Music, and more.

• This is a full day plus overnight program
  
• Includes dinner and breakfast
  
• Add HST to the price listed below.
  

Ontario curriculum subject: History
Grade: Grade 7

Program name: A Day in the Life of the Garrison
Topic: British North America


Description: Our most comprehensive living history experience!

• Hands-on exploration of the activities of the men, women and children who lived and worked in this 200 year old British fort.
  
• Workshops can include Officers' Kitchen, Lifestyles, Archaeology, Music, Signals, Musket Drill, and more.
  
• Please note: Program available only October through April.
  
• Add HST to the price listed below.
  

Ontario curriculum subject: History
Grade: Grade 7

Program name: Fort York and the War of 1812
Topic: British North America
Topic 2: Conflict and Change


Description: Discover the reasons behind the attack on York, and the roles of the fort and its inhabitants in the War of 1812.

• Discuss the causes of the War of 1812 and why York became a target
  
• Examine the fort's defences and discuss fortifications technology
  
• Learn British Musket Drill. Participate in a hands-on interactive board game
  
• May be expanded into a full-day living history experience. Add HST to the price listed below.
  

Ontario curriculum subject: Social Studies
Grade: Grade 7

Program name: Fort York and the War of 1812 - FULL DAY
Topic: British North America
Topic 2: Early Settlements in Upper Canada


Description: Explore the role of the fort and it's inhabitants during the War of 1812. Discover the military context for the founding of York, the causes of the War of 1812 and the relationship between the Fort and the early town. This full day program is new for the bicentennial of the war in 2012.

• Students will learn about the inhabitants of both the Town of York and the Garrison.
  
• Students will discover the causes of the war and the overall theatre of events.
  
• Activities include soldier's drill, walking the fortifications and examining uniforms of the era.
  

Ontario curriculum subject: History
Grade: Grade 7

Program name: Fort York, A Harbour Defence
Topic: British North America
Topic 2: Conflict and Change


Description: This half-day program focusses on the Fort as a harbour defence. Students will discover the origins of the Fort and its role in the establishment of modern, urban Toronto. Through an active, participatory tour, students will learn about the Fort's founding on the original waterfront, how it functioned as a harbour defence, and the dramatic Battle of York in 1813.

• Also offered as a component of Harbourfront's "Revitalization of Toronto's Waterfront" program.
  
• Learn about the science of warfare by examining models, walking the ramparts, and discovering the Fort's natural geography.
  
• Add HST to the price below.
  

Ontario curriculum subject: History
Grade: Grade 7

Program name: John Graves Simcoe and the Birthplace of Toronto
Topic: British North America


Description: Explore the reasons behind the establishment of the Garrison at York and the subsequent growth into modern, urban Toronto.

• See the living quarters of the soldiers, officers and their families, and discover life in the garrison community.
  
• May be expanded or combined with Radicals and Redcoats for a full day program.
  
• Add HST to the price listed below
  

Ontario curriculum subject: History
Grade: Grade 7

Program name: Radicals and Redcoats
Topic: Conflict and Change


Description: Explore the reaction to the 1837 Rebellion from the government perspective, including its effects on the officers, soldiers, and Toronto civilians

• Militia muster and musket drill - how the government prepared to defend its communities
  
• Hands-on examination of 1830's weapons technology
  
• Exploration of the 1837 Officers' Barracks and our subterranean Rebellion money vaults
  
• May be combined with Fort York and the War of 1812 for a full day program. Add HST to the price listed below.
  

Ontario curriculum subject: ESL
Grade: ESL

Program name: In a New Land Called Home - Adult Program
Topic: Early Settlements in Upper Canada
Topic 2: Oral Communications


Description: This program provides an excellent opportunity to build understanding and respect among your students and develop vocabulary skills for Social Studies topics.

• Card and spin sheep’s fleece and explore textile production from sheep to mill.
  
• Make scones and churn butter in the historic kitchen and consider the importance of food to immigrant families
  
• Compare and contrast the contemporary immigrant experience with that of the Gibson family in the 19th century
  
• Add HST to the price listed below
  

Ontario curriculum subject: ESL
Grade: ESL

Program name: In a New Land Called Home - Holiday Version
Topic: Early Settlements in Upper Canada
Topic 2: Oral Communications


Description: This program provides an excellent opportunity to build understanding and respect among your students and develop vocabulary skills for Social Studies and history topics.

• Card and spin sheep’s fleece and explore textile production from sheep to mill.
  
• Make gingerbread in the historic kitchen and consider the importance of food to immigrant families
  
• Compare and contrast the contemporary immigrant holiday experience with that of the Gibson family in the 19th century
  
• Add HST to the price listed below
  

Ontario curriculum subject: ESL
Grade: ESL

Program name: In a New Land Called Home - Youth Program
Topic: Early Settlements in Upper Canada
Topic 2: Oral Communications


Description: This program provides an excellent opportunity to build understanding and respect among your students and develop vocabulary skills for Social Studies or History topics.

• Card and spin sheep’s fleece and explore textile production from sheep to mill.
  
• Make scones and churn butter in the historic kitchen and consider the importance of food to immigrant families
  
• Compare and contrast the contemporary immigrant experience with that of the Gibson family in the 19th century
  
• Add HST to the price listed below
  

Ontario curriculum subject: Social Studies
Grade: Grade 1

Program name: Family Life
Topic: Relationship, Rules & Responsibilities


Description: Experience the rules and responsibilities of family life in the Gibson household through hands-on exploration of 19th-century children’s work and play time.

• Students discover changes to family roles over time as they compare the Gibson children’s experience to their own.
  
• Develop cooperative skills by working together to bake scones and churn butter in the historic kitchen.
  
• Discover how children helped on the farm as they card sheep’s fleece.
  
• Play with 19th-century toys & games. Add HST to the price listed below.
  

Ontario curriculum subject: Holiday Season Programming
Grade: Grade 1

Program name: Family Life during the Holidays
Topic: Traditions & Celebrations
Topic 2: Early Settlements in Upper Canada


Description: Experience the rules and responsibilities of family life during the holiday season through hands-on exploration of 19th-century children’s work and play time.

• Students discover changes to family roles over time as they compare the Gibson children’s experience to their own.
  
• Develop cooperative skills by working together to make gingerbread in the historic kitchen.
  
• Discover how children helped on the farm as they card sheep’s fleece.
  
• Play with 19th-century toys & games and compare an early Scottish families holiday tradtions with their own. Add HST to the price listed below.
  

Ontario curriculum subject: Holiday Season Programming
Grade: Grade 1

Program name: Holiday Preparations
Topic: Traditions & Celebrations
Topic 2: Relationship, Rules & Responsibilities


Description: Contrast the quiet family observances of a mid-19th-century Scottish-Canadian Christmas with the boisterous community celebration of Scottish New Year.

• Make gingerbread over the open hearth
  
• Participate in a traditional Scottish “First Footing” ceremony
  
• Play with 19th-century toys & games
  
• Make a gift to take home. Add HST to the price listed below.
  

Ontario curriculum subject: Holiday Season Programming
Grade: Grade 2

Program name: Family Life during the Holidays
Topic: Traditions & Celebrations
Topic 2: Early Settlements in Upper Canada


Description: Experience the roles and responsibilities of family life during the holiday season through hands-on exploration of 19th-century children’s work and play time.

• Students discover changes to family roles over time as they compare the Gibson children’s experience to their own.
  
• Develop cooperative skills by working together to make gingerbread in the historic kitchen.
  
• Discover how children helped on the farm as they card sheep’s fleece.
  
• Play with 19th-century toys & games and compare an early Scottish families holiday tradtions with their own. Add HST to the price listed below.
  

Ontario curriculum subject: Holiday Season Programming
Grade: Grade 2

Program name: Holiday Preparations
Topic: Traditions & Celebrations


Description: Contrast the quiet family observances of a mid-19th-century Scottish-Canadian Christmas with the boisterous community celebration of Scottish New Year.

• Make gingerbread over the open hearth
  
• Participate in a traditional Scottish “First Footing” ceremony
  
• Play with 19th-century toys & games
  
• Make a gift to take home. Add HST to the price listed below.
  

Ontario curriculum subject: Social Studies
Grade: Grade 3

Program name: Gibson Adventures
Topic: Early Settlements in Upper Canada


Description: Experience the Gibson household at work and play with this activity-packed program. Students immerse themselves into life in the 1850s as they

• Use 19th-century recipes and techniques to prepare and enjoy a mid-day meal.
  
• Learn why the farm kitchen plays an important role in the life of an early settler
  
• Explore 19th-century social and family roles through inquiry-based discussion and examination of historic images & clothing
  
• Card and spin sheep’s fleece and explore textile production from sheep to mill. Add HST to the price listed below.
  

Ontario curriculum subject: Social Studies
Grade: Grade 3

Program name: Gibson Adventures
Topic: Early Settlements in Upper Canada


Description: Experience the Gibson household at work and play with this activity-packed program. Students immerse themselves into life in the 1850s as they:

• Use 19th-century recipes and techniques to prepare and enjoy a mid-day meal.
  
• Learn why the farm kitchen plays an important role in the life of an early settler
  
• Explore 19th-century social and family roles through inquiry-based discussion and examination of historic images & clothing
  
• Card and spin sheep’s fleece and explore textile production from sheep to mill. Add HST to the price listed below.
  

Ontario curriculum subject: Social Studies
Grade: Grade 3

Program name: Gibson Children at Home
Topic: Early Settlements in Upper Canada


Description: Immerse your students in rural 19th-century life in Ontario. Explore the work and play time of the Gibsons’ youngest children with hands-on activities. Choose three units from the list below:

• Card and spin sheep’s fleece and explore textile production from sheep to mill
  
• Further investigate textiles with weaving activities
  
• Dip candles and learn about lighting
  
• Play with 19th-century toys & games, and learn about school days. Add HST to the price listed below.
  

Ontario curriculum subject: Holiday Season Programming
Grade: Grade 3

Program name: Gibson Holiday Adventures
Topic: Traditions & Celebrations
Topic 2: Early Settlements in Upper Canada
Topic 3: Early Settlements in Upper Canada


Description: Experience the Gibson household as they prepare for the holidays with this activity-packed program. Students immerse themselves into life in the 1850s as they:

• Use 19th-century recipes and techniques to prepare and enjoy a mid-day meal, including gingerbread!
  
• Learn why the farm kitchen plays an important role in the life of an early settler.
  
• Play with 19th century toys and games and compare an early Scottish family's holiday traditions with your own.
  
• Card and spin sheep’s fleece and explore textile production from sheep to mill. Add HST to the price listed below.
  

Ontario curriculum subject: Holiday Season Programming
Grade: Grade 3

Program name: Holiday Life on a Willowdale Farm
Topic: Traditions & Celebrations
Topic 2: Early Settlements in Upper Canada


Description: Through hands-on activities students explore daily routines in an early settler’s farm house as preparations for the holidays are underway:

• Contrast the tools of early kitchens against modern technologies while preparing a holiday favourite - gingerbread!
  
• Play with toys in the parlour while comparing mid-19th century Scottish holiday traditions with your students experiences.
  
• Card and spin sheep’s fleece and explore textile production from sheep to mill.
  
• Add HST to the price listed below.
  

Ontario curriculum subject: Holiday Season Programming
Grade: Grade 3

Program name: Holiday Preparations
Topic: Traditions & Celebrations
Topic 2: Early Settlements in Upper Canada
Topic 3: Early Settlements in Upper Canada


Description: Contrast the quiet family observances of a mid-19th-century Scottish-Canadian Christmas with the boisterous community celebration of Scottish New Year.

• Make gingerbread over the open hearth
  
• Participate in a traditional Scottish “First Footing” ceremony
  
• Play with 19th-century toys & games
  
• Make a gift to take home. Add HST to the price listed below.
  

Ontario curriculum subject: Social Studies
Grade: Grade 3

Program name: Life on Willowdale Farm
Topic: Early Settlements in Upper Canada


Description: Students explore daily routines in an early settler’s farm house through hands-on activities.

• Contrast the tools of early kitchens against modern technologies while preparing scones and churning butter
  
• Explore 19th-century social and family roles through inquiry-based discussion and examination of historic images & clothing
  
• Card and spin sheep’s fleece and explore textile production from sheep to mill
  
• Add HST to the price listed below
  

Ontario curriculum subject: History
Grade: Grade 7

Program name: In Arms Against the Government
Topic: Conflict and Change


Description: Engage in the events and ideas of the Rebellion through the stories and experiences of one family.

• Identify the issues that led David Gibson and the local community to join the Rebellion
  
• Prepare and enjoy a mid-day meal and learn about the impact of the Rebellion on Eliza Gibson and her children
  
• Explore Rebellion personalities through a re-enactment game or use primary source documents to discover the ideas behind Gibson's actions
  
• Add HST to the price listed below
  

Ontario curriculum subject: Holiday Season Programming
Grade: Kindergarten

Program name: Family Life during the Holidays
Topic: Traditions & Celebrations
Topic 2: Early Settlements in Upper Canada


Description: Experience the rules and responsibilities of family life during the holiday season through hands-on exploration of 19th-century children’s work and play time.

• Students discover changes to family roles over time as they compare the Gibson children’s experience to their own.
  
• Develop cooperative skills by working together to make gingerbread in the historic kitchen.
  
• Discover how children helped on the farm as they card sheep’s fleece.
  
• Play with 19th-century toys & games and compare an early Scottish families holiday tradtions with their own. Add HST to the price listed below.
  

Ontario curriculum subject: Holiday Season Programming
Grade: Kindergarten

Program name: Holiday Preparations
Topic: Traditions & Celebrations
Topic 2: Relationships and Surroundings


Description: Contrast the quiet family observances of a mid-19th-century Scottish-Canadian Christmas with the boisterous community celebration of Scottish New Year.

• Make gingerbread over the open hearth
  
• Participate in a traditional Scottish “First Footing” ceremony
  
• Play with 19th-century toys & games
  
• Make a gift to take home. Add HST to the price listed below.
  

Ontario curriculum subject: ESL
Grade: ESL

Program name: Fireside Happiness
Topic: Canada: A Changing Society


Description: Explore the Mackenzie family's domesticity in 1860s Toronto while touring their restored home.

• Practice language skills and build vocabulary by discussing the Mackenzie family home, daily routines and social customs of the 1850s.
  
• Learn the skill of typesetting and print a calling card on the 1845 press.
  
• Add HST to the price listed below.
  

Ontario curriculum subject: History
Grade: ESL

Program name: Victorian Christmas Traditions
Topic: Traditions & Celebrations
Topic 2: Local Community
Topic 3: Local Community


Description: Exploring the 1858 home of former Mayor William Lyon Mackenzie, discover how everyday life was made cheerful with festive preparations.

• Learn how holiday foods, decorations, music and get-togethers became traditions passed down between generations.
  
• Participate in a sing-a-long as you enjoy a holiday treat and warm mulled cider in our cozy dayroom.
  
• Print your own holiday postcards on the 1845 printing press as you learn about the history of Christmas cards.
  
• Create a thaumatrope as a souvenir. Add HST to the price listed below.
  

Ontario curriculum subject: ESL
Grade: ESL

Program name: William Lyon Mackenzie and the Immigrant Experience
Topic: Heritage & Citizenship
Topic 2: Canada: A Changing Society
Topic 3: Canada: A Changing Society


Description: Visit the restored 1858 home of William Lyon Mackenzie.

• Discover Mackenzie's contributions to his new country, as well as his family's social, political and domestic life.
  
• Practice speaking and listening skills.
  
• Learn how Mackenzie published his newspapers and enjoy a demonstration of the 1845 printing press.
  
• Add HST to the price listed below.
  

Ontario curriculum subject: History
Grade: Grade 1

Program name: Victorian Christmas Traditions
Topic: Traditions & Celebrations
Topic 2: Local Community
Topic 3: Local Community


Description: Exploring the 1858 home of former Mayor William Lyon Mackenzie, discover how everyday life was made more cheerful with festive preparations.

• Learn how holiday food, decorations, music and get-togethers became traditions passed down between generations.
  
• Participate in a sing-a-long as you enjoy a holiday treat and warm mulled cider in our cozy dayroom.
  
• Print your own holiday postcards on the 1845 printing press as you learn about the history of Christmas cards.
  
• Create a thaumatrope as a souvenir. Add HST to the price listed below.
  

Ontario curriculum subject: History
Grade: Grade 2

Program name: Victorian Christmas Traditions
Topic: Traditions & Celebrations
Topic 2: Local Community
Topic 3: Local Community


Description: Exploring the 1858 home of former Mayor William Lyon Mackenzie, discover how everyday life was made more cheerful with festive preparations.

• Learn how holiday foods, decorations, music and get-togethers became traditions passed down between generations.
  
• Participate in a sing-a-long as you enjoy a holiday treat and warm mulled cider in our cozy dayroom.
  
• Print your own holiday postcards on the 1845 printing press as you learn about the history of Christmas cards.
  
• Create a thaumatrope as a souvenir. Add HST to the price listed below.
  

Ontario curriculum subject: Holiday Season Programming
Grade: Grade 3

Program name: An Urban Toronto Christmas
Topic: Urban and Rural Communities
Topic 2: Habitats & Communities


Description: Let the seasonal magic unfold as you tour the last home of Toronto's first mayor, William Lyon Mackenzie, to learn how city-dwellers celebrated in the 1850s.

• Explore the festively-decorated parlours to discover the history of modern decorations and customs, and share your own.
  
• Visit our printshop and learn how greeting cards, newspapers and books were printed on our 1845 printing press.
  
• Add HST to the price listed below.
  

Ontario curriculum subject: Social Studies
Grade: Grade 3

Program name: Printer's Devils
Topic: Early Settlements in Upper Canada
Topic 2: Media Literacy


Description: Discover what daily life and the printing trade were like in mid 19th-century Toronto while visiting the home of a famous Toronto printer. Students are trained as "Printer's Devils," compositors and pressmen on an 1845 press.

• Examine 19th-century family life, roles and pastimes through artifact investigation.
  
• Try on a hoop skirt, look through a stereoscope and handle a flat iron.
  
• Learn to write with a steel nib pen in Victorian penmanship.
  
• Discover how levers and pulleys work together by printing a newspaper. Add HST to price listed below.
  

Ontario curriculum subject: Social Studies
Grade: Grade 3

Program name: Toronto Settlers and Life in a Victorian Community
Topic: Early Settlements in Upper Canada
Topic 2: Diversity in Urban and Rural Communities
Topic 3: Diversity in Urban and Rural Communities


Description: Discover the unique composition of Victorian Toronto communities. Learn about the everyday life of urban children and their families. Investigate the experiences of new arrivals, their origins, and the push/pull factors that brought them here.

• Explore aspects of geometry, shapes and dimensions with reproduction Victorian quilts.
  
• Choose a popular style of Victorian Toronto architecture and print a depiction on the 1845 printing press.
  
• Dress for the occasion and learn a popular group dance from the era, complete with etiquette lessons drawn from Victorian dance manuals.
  
• Add HST to the price listed below.
  

Ontario curriculum subject: History
Grade: Grade 3

Program name: Victorian Christmas Traditions
Topic: Traditions & Celebrations
Topic 2: Local Community
Topic 3: Local Community


Description: Exploring the 1858 home of former Mayor William Lyon Mackenzie, discover how everyday life was made more cheerful with festive preparations.

• Learn how holiday foods, decorations, music and get-togethers became traditions passed down between generations.
  
• Participate in a sing-a-long as you enjoy a holiday treat and warm mulled cider in our cozy dayroom.
  
• Print your own holiday postcards on the 1845 printing press as you learn about the history of Christmas cards.
  
• Create a thaumatrope as a souvenir. Add HST to the price listed below.
  

Ontario curriculum subject: Social Studies
Grade: Grade 4

Program name: Printer's Devils
Topic: Media Literacy
Topic 2: Early Settlements in Upper Canada


Description: Discover what daily life and the printing trade were like in mid 19th-century Toronto while visiting the home of a famous Toronto printer. Students are trained as "Printer's Devils," compositors and pressmen of an 1845 press.

• Examine 19th-century family life, roles and pastimes through artifact investigation.
  
• Try on a hoop skirt, look through a stereoscope and handle a flat iron.
  
• Learn to write with a steel nib pen in Victorian penmanship.
  
• Discover how levers and pulleys work together by printing a newspaper. Add HST to the price listed below.
  

Ontario curriculum subject: Language
Grade: Grade 4

Program name: Victorian Black Press
Topic: Media Literacy
Topic 2: Urban and Rural Communities


Description: Investigate newspapers as mass media while working in a recreated 1860s print shop. Study primary sources to understand why Black residents created their own newspapers.

• Learn about influential editors Henry Bibb and Mary Ann Shadd Cary.
  
• In the role of editor, students create a front page banner and assemble the content for an 1850s newspaper.
  
• Compose a "Letter to the Editor" with a steel nib pen.
  
• Discover how early newspapers were constructed by printing a copy of The Provincial Freeman on the 1845 press. Lower Photo: Library and Archives Canada / C-029977 (Add HST to price below)
  

Ontario curriculum subject: History
Grade: Grade 4

Program name: Victorian Christmas Traditions
Topic: Traditions & Celebrations
Topic 2: Local Community
Topic 3: Local Community


Description: Exploring the former home of Mayor William Lyon Mackenzie, discover how everyday life was made more cheerful with festive prepartions.

• Learn how holiday foods, decorations, music and get-togethers became traditions passed down between generations.
  
• Participate in a sing-a-long as you enjoy a holiday treat and warm mulled cider in our cozy dayroom.
  
• Print your own holiday postcards on the 1845 printing press as you learn about the history of Christmas cards.
  
• Create a thaumatrope as a souvenir. Add HST to the price listed below.
  

Ontario curriculum subject: Social Studies
Grade: Grade 5

Program name: Victorian Black Press
Topic: Diversity in Urban and Rural Communities
Topic 2: Early Settlements in Upper Canada


Description: Investigate newspapers as mass media while working in a recreated 1860s printshop. Study primary sources to understand why Black residents created their own newspapers.

• Learn about influential editors Henry Bibb and Mary Ann Shadd Cary.
  
• In the role of editor, students create a front page banner and assemble the content for an 1850s newspaper.
  
• Compose a "Letter to the Editor" with a steel nib pen.
  
• Discover how early newspapers were constructed by printing a copy of The Provincial Freeman on the 1845 press. Add HST to price below.
  

Ontario curriculum subject: History
Grade: Grade 5

Program name: Victorian Christmas Traditions
Topic: Traditions & Celebrations
Topic 2: Local Community
Topic 3: Local Community


Description: Exploring the 1858 home of former Mayor William Lyon Mackenzie, discover how everyday life was made more cheerful with festive preparations.

• Learn how holiday foods, decorations, music and get-togethers became traditions passed down between generations.
  
• Participate in a sing-a-long as you enjoy a holiday treat and warm mulled cider in our cozy dayroom.
  
• Print your own holiday postcards on the 1845 printing press as you learn about the history of Christmas cards.
  
• Create a thaumatrope as a souvenir. Add HST to the price listed below.
  

Ontario curriculum subject: History
Grade: Grade 6

Program name: Victorian Christmas Traditions
Topic: Traditions & Celebrations
Topic 2: Local Community
Topic 3: Local Community


Description: Exploring the 1858 home of former Mayor William Lyon Mackenzie, discover how everyday life was made more cheerful with festive preparations.

• Learn how holiday food, decorations, music and get-togethers became traditions passed down between generations.
  
• Participate in a sing-a-long as you enjoy a holiday treat and warm mulled cider in our cozy dayroom.
  
• Print your own holiday postcards on the 1845 printing press as you learn about the history of Christmas cards.
  
• Create a thaumatrope as a souvenir. Add HST to the price listed below.
  

Ontario curriculum subject: History
Grade: Grade 7

Program name: Black Press in Canada West
Topic: Media Literacy
Topic 2: British North America
Topic 3: British North America


Description: Topics: Canada: A Changing Society. Note: Also meets Gr. 7 British North America study objectives.

• Working in a re-created 1860s printshop: Invent a banner and select historical articles from The Voice of the Fugitive and Provincial Freeman to create a new front page for your own newspaper.
  
• As a fugitive slave or freedom seeker,write a letter with a steel nib pen,relating your experiences and feelings to editors Henry Bibb or Mary Ann Shadd Cary.
  
• Discover how 19th-century printing was done by learning to typeset and print your own copy of The Provincial Freeman on the 1845 printing press.
  
• Please add HST to the price below.
  

Ontario curriculum subject: Language
Grade: Grade 7

Program name: Mackenzie's Toronto Walking Tour
Topic: Conflict and Change
Topic 2: British North America
Topic 3: British North America


Description: On a walk through William Lyon Mackenzie's Toronto

• Investigate the social and political issues facing Toronto's residents from the 1820s to the 1860s and discover how Muddy York became the provincial capital
  
• Visit original buildings and locations such as St Lawrence Hall and Hangman's Square.
  
• Hear original accounts of how Mackenzie and his contemporaries felt about the issues facing 19th-century Toronto.
  
• Add HST to the price listed below.
  

Ontario curriculum subject: History
Grade: Grade 7

Program name: Radical Press
Topic: Conflict and Change
Topic 2: Canada: A Changing Society


Description: Visiting the retired rebel's home, students examine the personal side of the Rebellion of 1837.

• In the role of reporters or rebels, interview key personalities from the Upper Canadian Rebellion.
  
• Hero or traitor? Using steel-nib pen and ink, present your verdict on Mackenzie's legacy.
  
• Explore the rebel leader's writings and print your own newspaper.
  
• Add HST to the price listed below.
  

Ontario curriculum subject: History
Grade: Grade 7

Program name: Rebellion
Topic: Conflict and Change
Topic 2: Canada: A Changing Society
Topic 3: Canada: A Changing Society


Description: Learn what led some ordinary citizens to take drastic measures against the government.

• "Travel" to market and learn about the hardships of pioneer travel.
  
• Re-enact an Assembly debate as Tory and Reform members of government.
  
• Identify social and political issues in the colony and complete a petition using primary documents
  
• Learn how and why Mackenzie printed his newspapers and create a souvenir rebel poster printed on the 1845 hand press. (Add HST to the price listed below.)
  

Ontario curriculum subject: History
Grade: Grade 7

Program name: Victorian Christmas Traditions
Topic: Traditions & Celebrations
Topic 2: Local Community
Topic 3: Local Community


Description: Exploring the 1858 home of former Mayor William Lyon Mackenzie, discover how everyday life was made more cheerful with festive preparations.

• Learn how holiday foods, decorations, music and get-togethers became traditions passed down between generations.
  
• Participate in a sing-a-long as you enjoy a holiday treat and warm mulled cider in our cozy dayroom.
  
• Print your own holiday postcards on the 1845 printing press as you learn about the history of Christmas cards.
  
• Create a thaumatrope as a souvenir. Add HST to the price listed below.
  

Ontario curriculum subject: History
Grade: Grade 8

Program name: Black Press in Canada West
Topic: Canada: A Changing Society
Topic 2: British North America
Topic 3: British North America


Description: Working in a re-created 1860s printshop:

• Invent a banner and select historical articles from The Voice of the Fugitive and the Provincial Freeman to create a new front page for your own newspaper.
  
• As a fugitive slave or a freedom seeker, write a letter with a steel nib pen relating your experiences and feelings to editors Henry Bibb and Mary Ann Shadd Cary.
  
• Discover how 19th-century printing was done by learning to typeset and print your own copy of The Provincial Freeman on the 1845 printing press.
  
• Note: Also meets Gr. 7 British North America study objectives. Add HST to the price listed below.
  

Ontario curriculum subject: History
Grade: Grade 8

Program name: Life in the Confederation Era
Topic: Confederation
Topic 2: Canada: A Changing Society


Description: Discover daily life in Confederation-era Toronto while exploring the home and recreated printshop of Toronto's famous printer, William Lyon Mackenzie.

• Discover the challenge of becoming a printer by typesetting and printing a souvenir copy of an 1860 newspaper.
  
• Explore the roles and routines of everyday life in an urban home through artifact-based activities.
  
• Learn to write with a steel nib pen and express an opinon on Confederation.
  
• Add HST to the price listed below.
  

Ontario curriculum subject: History
Grade: Grade 8

Program name: Mackenzie's Toronto Walking Tour
Topic: Canada: A Changing Society
Topic 2: Conflict and Change
Topic 3: Conflict and Change


Description: On a walk through William Lyon Mackenzie's Toronto:

• Investigate the social and political issues facing Toronto's residents from the 1820s to the 1860s and discover how Muddy York became the provincial capital.
  
• Visit original buildings and locations such as St Lawrence Hall and Hangman's Square.
  
• Hear original accounts of how Mackenzie and his contemporaries felt about the issues facing 19th-century Toronto.
  
• Add HST to the price listed below.
  

Ontario curriculum subject: History
Grade: Grade 8

Program name: Politicians! Parties! Plots!
Topic: Confederation
Topic 2: Canada: A Changing Society
Topic 3: Canada: A Changing Society


Description: Discuss the politics of Confederation in William Lyon Mackenzie's home and recreated printshop.

• In role as provincial delegates, re-enact the Quebec Conference.
  
• Examining artifacts, discover some common occupations of Confederation-era Torontonians.
  
• Exploring the media's role in public perception, learn about the importance of newspapers and help print a souvenir poster on the 1845 press. (Add HST to price)
  
• Using reproduction calling cards, learn about the Fathers of Confederation and the "behind the scenes" gossip of the day.
  

Ontario curriculum subject: History
Grade: Grade 8

Program name: Victorian Christmas Traditions
Topic: Traditions & Celebrations
Topic 2: Local Community
Topic 3: Local Community


Description: Exploring the 1858 home of former Mayor William Lyon Mackenzie, discover how everyday life was made more cheerful with festive preparations.

• Learn how holiday foods, decorations, music and get-togethers became traditions passed down between generations.
  
• Participate in a sing-a-long as you enjoy a holiday treat and warm mulled cider in our cozy dayroom.
  
• Print your own holiday postcards on the 1845 printing press as you learn about the history of Christmas cards.
  
• Creat a thaumatrope as a souvenir. Add HST to the price listed below.
  

Ontario curriculum subject: History
Grade: Kindergarten

Program name: Victorian Christmas Traditions
Topic: Traditions & Celebrations
Topic 2: Local Community
Topic 3: Local Community


Description: Exploring the 1858 home of former Mayor William Lyon Mackenzie, discover how everyday life was made more cheerful with festive preparations.

• Learn how holiday foods, decorations, music and get-togethers became traditions passed down between generations.
  
• Participate in a sing-a-long as you enjoy a holiday treat and warm mulled cider in our cozy dayroom.
  
• Print your own holiday postcards on the 1845 printing press as you learn about the history of Christmas cards.
  
• Create a thaumatrope as a souvenir. Add HST to the price listed below.
  

Ontario curriculum subject: ESL
Grade: ESL

Program name: Take a Step Back in Time
Topic: Early Settlements in Upper Canada


Description: Students of ESL enjoy an illustrated talk on the changing history of the St. Lawrence Neighbourhood and Market.

• Students enhance vocabulary, listening and writing skills
  
• Worksheet is available for intermediate to advanced level students
  
• Explore the many different and unique foods offered at the market
  
• A self-guided walking tour sheet of the St. Lawrence Neighbourhood is also available for free upon request.
  

Ontario curriculum subject: Social Studies
Grade: General Audience

Program name: History Talk
Topic: Early Settlements in Upper Canada
Topic 2: Conflict and Change


Description: Enjoy a presentation on the founding and development of Toronto, the St. Lawrence Neighbourhood and the St. Lawrence Market, from 1793 to the present.

• Topics include the founding of York, the War of 1812, the construction of Toronto's first and second City Halls, and the building of the railways.
  
• Visual aids include archival photos and maps.
  
• Suitable for all ages and grades and community groups
  

Ontario curriculum subject: Social Studies
Grade: General Audience

Program name: Town to City: St. Lawrence Neighborhood in the 1830's - self-guided walking tour
Topic: No topic listed


Description: Students and teachers explore the oldest neighbourhood in Toronto during a decade of growth and upheaval. The walking tour is available to all grades and ages.

• Students and teachers visit the places of some of Toronto's most interesting and historical sites
  
• Students receive booklets with historical information and space to sketch current buildings and record their thoughts
  
• Teacher's receive maps and guides to lead the group
  

Ontario curriculum subject: Social Sciences & Humanities
Grade: Grade 12

Program name: Local/Global: Food Sources in the historic St. Lawrence Market
Topic: Family Studies
Topic 2: Food and Nutritional Sciences


Description: Using the St. Lawrence Market as a resource, students investigate the issues surrounding the production and distribution of food in Toronto, particularly access to local and global food sources.

• Students create a map of food sources in their neighbourhood
  
• Students visit the Market and source local and/or organic ingredients for the provided recipe
  
• Students present and discuss what they found and the issues raised
  
• This program meets the course requirements of secondary school Food and Nutritional Sciences programs
  

Ontario curriculum subject: Social Studies
Grade: Grade 3

Program name: Building Toronto
Topic: Early Settlements in Upper Canada
Topic 2: Urban and Rural Communities


Description: In a discussion format using visual aids, students trace Toronto’s development through its 200 year history. Using ideas developed during the discussion, students will map out their own town/city.

• Discuss the patterns of a successful settlement
  
• Examine the impact of industry and immigration on growth and diversity
  
• Map their own city/town
  

Ontario curriculum subject: Science & Technology
Grade: Grade 4

Program name: A Trip to the Market
Topic: Healthy Living


Description: Students discuss healthy eating habits by examining Canada’s Food Guide. In smaller groups with a supervisor, students explore the market and must develop an interesting and nutritional meal to feed all members of the group.

• Working as a group explore the market and devise a nutritional meal using Canada’s Food Guide
  
• Compare prices, look for specials, search for unusual or ethnic foods
  
• Create a poster of the meal plan and share with the rest of the class
  
• 3 hour program length includes time taken for lunch break. Can be modified to 1.5 hours.
  

Ontario curriculum subject: Social Studies
Grade: Grade 5

Program name: All Come to Order, A Look at Toronto's Government
Topic: Aspects of Citizenship & Government in Canada


Description: Students explore the different levels of government through visual aids and activities. Students work in groups as a city council to sort information obtained from newspaper articles. They take a position & debate the issue at hand.

• Discover Canada’s governments, focusing on municipal government
  
• Examine documents and relevant newspaper articles
  
• Debate, as a municipal council, issues presented
  
• 3 hour program length includes time taken for lunch break.
  

Ontario curriculum subject: Geography
Grade: Grade 7

Program name: Exploring the Don Valley
Topic: Interactions with Ecosystems
Topic 2: Natural Resources


Description: Students examine the impact of geological, agricultural, industrial and human development on the Don Valley’s natural environment.

• Trace the history and geography of the Don Valley through visual aids and hands-on activity
  
• Explore the influential factors in the revitalization of the Don River with an interactive exercise
  
• Discuss the environmental costs of large scale urban expansion
  
• 3 hour program length includes time taken for lunch period. Can be modified to a 1.5 hour program.
  

Ontario curriculum subject: History
Grade: Grade 7

Program name: The War of 1812 and the Battle of York
Topic: British North America


Description: This program accompanies our newest exhibition, Finding the Fallen: The Battle of York Remembered which runs from March 3 to September 8, 2012. Curated by Wayne Reeves and Richard Gerrard with Museum Services, City of Toronto, this exhibition brings to light the sacrifices of combatants on both sides in the Battle of York and illustrates the long-term consequences of the battle.

• Using a map and compass students explore the historic St. Lawrence neighbourhood searching for historic sites that existed in the Town of York during the War of 1812
  
• Students participate in a debate on the merits and drawbacks of the war
  
• Students engage in role playing using historical figures from the Battle of York
  
• Teachers pick one of the three options listed above
  

Ontario curriculum subject: Geography
Grade: Grade 8

Program name: Change in Toronto's Landscape
Topic: Patterns in Human Geography


Description: Students explore Toronto’s history using visual aids & identifying key components of the St. Lawrence Neighbourhood using a map from the 19th century. Students analyze & describe the development of various Toronto neighbourhoods throughout the City.

• Examine patterns in human geography
  
• Discuss issues of urban development, including population distribution, density and residential, industrial and recreational land use
  
• Explore, with photographs, Toronto’s neighbourhoods
  
• A self-guided walking tour of the neighbourhood is also available for Grades 3-8 (free).
  

Ontario curriculum subject: Geography
Grade: Grade 8

Program name: Mapping Toronto's History
Topic: Patterns in Human Geography


Description: Working in smaller groups students are assigned a time period in the 19th century and must use orienteering and mapping skills to find the sites on the map. The groups come together and share their findings and create a map together.

• Working as a group students discover where the City of Toronto began using a map and compass
  
• Take recordings of historical plaques
  
• As a group, students will share their findings and construct a map of the area in the 19th century
  
• 3 hour program length includes time taken for lunch break.
  

Ontario curriculum subject: History
Grade: Grade 8

Program name: Political Activism and the Black Community in the 19th century
Topic: Conflict and Change
Topic 2: Canada: A Changing Society


Description: Students are introduced to notable Torontonians who played a major role in the 19th century Anti-Slavery movement.

• Learn about Toronto’s Black community and the law
  
• Discuss the convention movement and its results
  
• Students role play an important member of the convention and present their stance to the rest of the class
  
• 3 hour program length includes time taken for lunch break.
  

Ontario curriculum subject: ESL
Grade: ESL

Program name: Travellers All
Topic: Diversity in Urban and Rural Communities


Description: Learn the story of the Montgomerys and other immigrants, through touring the Inn as it would have been during its busiest time in 1847

• Experience a place where people met to share stories of immigration, travel and culture as they still do today
  
• Work in the open-hearth kitchen, comparing culinary traditions, tastes and techniques from their home countries
  
• Add HST to the price listed below
  

Ontario curriculum subject: Holiday Season Programming
Grade: Grade 1

Program name: Christmas at the Inn
Topic: Traditions & Celebrations


Description: You are cordially invited to a christmas celebration at the Inn. Winter was the time to visit and attend parties in 1840s Canada and the Inn continues this tradition.

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Ontario curriculum subject: Social Studies
Grade: Grade 2

Program name: Christmas at the Inn
Topic: Traditions & Celebrations


Description: You are cordially invited to a Christmas celebration at the Inn. Winter was the time to visit and attend parties in 1840s canada and the Inn continues this tradition

• Compare 19th century winter activities, holiday traditions and decorations
  
• Help the cook with Christmas baking in the open hearth kitchen
  
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Ontario curriculum subject: Holiday Season Programming
Grade: Grade 3

Program name: Christmas at the Inn
Topic: Early Settlements in Upper Canada
Topic 2: British North America


Description: You are cordially invited to a Christmas celebration at the Inn. Winter was the time to visit and attend parties in 1840s Canada and the Inn continues this tradition.

• Compare 19th century winter activities, holiday traditions and decorations
  
• Help the cook with Christmas baking in the open-hearth kitchen
  
• Add HST to the price listed below
  

Ontario curriculum subject: Social Studies
Grade: Grade 3

Program name: Concoct, Cavort and Carouse
Topic: Early Settlements in Upper Canada
Topic 2: No topic listed


Description: Montgomery's Inn provided employment and amusement for the people of 19th century rural Etobicoke, which can still be experienced first-hand! Following a tour of the wonderfully restored Inn, students will:

• Concoct a delicious drink in the Inn's kitchen;
  
• Cavort in the Inn's ballroom where they will learn an amusing 19th century country dance, and then;
  
• Carouse in the tavern where they will belly-up to the bar and consume their very own concoction (non-alcoholic of course).
  
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Ontario curriculum subject: Social Studies
Grade: Grade 3

Program name: Set Sail
Topic: Early Settlements in Upper Canada
Topic 2: Oral Communications


Description: Join Richard Clarence, Catherine Parr Trail's hero from The Young Emigrants, on a journey to the new World. Bid farewell to your homeland and set sail! Experience the voyage of one of Canada's early immigrants and discover his impressions on arrival

• Take a tour of the Inn and learn about the people that passed through its doors
  
• Through props and artifacts piece together the story of Richard's journey and then re-enact it! Follow the route Richard took to arrive at his destination in Upper Canada
  
• Help the cook prepare an historic recipe in our open-hearth kitchen
  
• Program can be combined with Time Travelling at the Inn for a full-day experience. Add HST to the price listed below.
  

Ontario curriculum subject: Social Studies
Grade: Grade 3

Program name: Time Travelling at the Inn
Topic: Early Settlements in Upper Canada
Topic 2: Oral Communications


Description: Students follow a mysterious servant around the Inn and, through a series of clues, piece together their story. Drama is used to explore the experiences of some of Canada's less affluent early immigrants and the difficult choices they had to make

• Explore the different societal reasons for immigration
  
• Students perform chores in the open-hearth kitchen
  
• May be combined with "Set Sail!" for a full-day program
  
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Ontario curriculum subject: Holiday Season Programming
Grade: Grade 4

Program name: Christmas at the Inn
Topic: Traditions & Celebrations


Description: You are cordially invited to a Christmas celebration at the Inn. Winter was the time to visit and attend parties in 1840s Canada and the Inn continues this tradition

• Compare 19th century winter activities, holiday traditions and decorations
  
• Help the cook with Christmas baking in the open hearth kitchen
  
• Add HST to the price listed below
  

Ontario curriculum subject: Holiday Season Programming
Grade: Grade 5

Program name: Christmas at the Inn
Topic: Traditions & Celebrations


Description: You are cordially invited to a Christmas celebration at the Inn. Winter was the time to visit and attend parties in 1840s Canada and the Inn continues this tradition

• Compare 19th century winter activities, holiday traditions and decorations
  
• Help the cook with Christmas baking in the open hearth kitchen
  
• Add HST to the price listed below
  

Ontario curriculum subject: Holiday Season Programming
Grade: Grade 6

Program name: Christmas at the Inn
Topic: Traditions & Celebrations


Description: You are cordially invited to a Christmas celebration at the Inn. Winter was the time to visit and attend parties in 1840s Canada and the Inn continues this tradition.

• Compare 19th century winter activities, holiday traditions and decorations
  
• Help the cook with christmas baking in the open hearth kitchen
  
• Add HST to the price listed below
  

Ontario curriculum subject: Arts (including Visual Arts)
Grade: Grade 6

Program name: Singing of Birds
Topic: Drama + Dance
Topic 2: Oral Communications


Description: Don't miss this unique theatre-in-education project designed by renowned educator Dr. Warwick Dobson. This imaginative participatory drama program explores the joys and struggles of immigrants from two different cultural backgrounds.

• Rose is alone for the first time and working as a servant at Montgomery's Inn. Clara escaped on the Underground Railroad and seeks freedom in the cold north of Canada.
  
• This is a seasonal program only. Spaces are limited.
  
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Ontario curriculum subject: Holiday Season Programming
Grade: Grade 7

Program name: Christmas at the Inn
Topic: Traditions & Celebrations


Description: You are cordially invited to a Christmas celebration at the Inn. Winter was the time to visit and attend parties in 1840s Canada and the Inn continues this tradition.

• Compare 19th century winter activities, holiday traditions and decorations
  
• Help prepare some christmas baking in the open hearth kitchen
  
• Add HST to the price listed below
  

Ontario curriculum subject: History
Grade: Grade 7

Program name: Concoct, Cavort and Carouse
Topic: British North America
Topic 2: Drama and Dance


Description: Montgomery’s Inn provided employment and amusement for the people of 19th-century rural Etobicoke which still can be experienced first hand! Following a tour of Mr. Montgomery’s Inn, students will:

• CONCOCT an appropriate historic drink in the Inn’s kitchen;CAVORT in the Inn's ballroom where they will learn a 19th-century country dance and then;CAROUSE in the tavern where they will belly-up to the bar and consume their very own concoction (non-alcoholic of course).
  
• Add HST to the price per student
  

Ontario curriculum subject: Arts (including Visual Arts)
Grade: Grade 7

Program name: Singing of Birds
Topic: Drama + Dance
Topic 2: Black History Month


Description: In the magical atmosphere of Montgomery's Inn students will meet two very different young travellers. This imaginitive, participatory drama program explores the joys and struggles of immigrants from two different cultural backgrounds

• Rose is alone for the first time and is working as a servant at Montgomery's Inn
  
• Clara escaped on the Underground Railroad and seeks freedom in the cold north of Canada
  
• Don't miss this unique Theatre-in-Education project designed by renowned educator Dr. Warwick Dobson
  
• Add HST to the price listed below
  

Ontario curriculum subject: Holiday Season Programming
Grade: Grade 8

Program name: Christmas at the Inn
Topic: Traditions & Celebrations


Description: You are cordially invited to a Christmas celebration at the Inn. Winter was the time to visit and attend parties in 1840s Canada and the Inn continues this tradition

• Compare 19th century winter activities, holiday traditions and decorations
  
• Help prepare Christmas baking in the open hearth kitchen
  
• Add HST to the price listed below
  

Ontario curriculum subject: Arts (including Visual Arts)
Grade: Grade 8

Program name: Singing of Birds
Topic: Drama + Dance
Topic 2: Visual Arts


Description: Don't miss this unique theatre-in-education project designed by renowned educator Dr. Warwick Dobson. This imaginative participatory drama program explores the joys and struggles of immigrants from two different cultural backgrounds.