NIAGARA FALLS MUSEUMS

EDUCATION PROGRAMME GUIDE 2019/2020

www.niagarafallsmuseums.ca

NIAGARA FALLS MUSEUM TOUR Kindergarten-Grade 12 | 45 minutes | $3 per student

Discover one of Canada’s best 1812 collections and dress up like a British soldier. Learn about the history of the world famous Niagara Falls. Explore the needs of this unique community and how having one of the wonders of the world in our backyard has affected the people.

BATTLEFIELD TOUR Grades 7, 11, 12 | 45 minutes | $3 per student

Walk in the footsteps of an 1812 soldier on the Lundy’s Lane Battle-field located at Drummond Hill Cemetery. Explore such topics as the lay of the land as it was in 1814, the experience of soldiers and civilians, tactics used in the battle, and its aftermath and effects.

DRUMMOND HILL CEMETERY TOUR Grade 1-12 | 45 minutes | $3 per student

Listen to the stories of the people buried in one of Canada’s most historic cemeteries. From the famed Laura Secord, to daredevils, and everyday citizens, learn about the people who have lived in Niagara Falls and shaped our community.

MUSEUM AND DRUMMOND HILL TOURS 90 minutes| $4 per student

Combine the best of both worlds! Begin by touring the museum galleries, then walk to the Drummond Hill Cemetery for a tour focusing on the battlefield or the stories of those buried there.

SELF-GUIDED TOUR Kindergarten – Grade 12 | $2 per student

Come explore the museum independently. Stay as long as you like and move at your own pace. Teachers are welcome to come to the museum ahead of time and plan their own lessons in our galleries.

Curriculum Connections: Grade 1 – The Local Community, Grade 2 – Changing Family and Community Traditions, Grade 3 – Communities in Canada, Grade 4 – Political and Physical Regions of Canada, Grade 5 – First Nations and Europeans in New France and Early Canada, Grade 6 – Communities in Canada, Past and Present, Grade 7 – Cana-da, 1800-1850, Grade 8 – Creating Canada & Canada 1890-1914, Grade 10 – Canadian History Since World War 1, Grade 11 – American History, Grade 12 – Canada: History, Identity, and Culture

TOURS

WORKSHOPS CEMETERY TOURS

INTERACTIVE EXHIBITS

THE MUSEUM OFFERS A WIDE VARIETY OF TOURS BOTH AT THE NIAGARA FALLS HISTORY MUSEUM AND THE DRUMMOND HILL CEMETERY, LOCATED A FIVE-MINUTE WALK FROM THE MUSEUM. TOURS ARE CATERED TO THE SPECIFIC CURRICULAR NEEDS OF EACH GRADE ATTENDING.

EDUCATION PROGRAMMES

SPECIAL PROGRAMMES

DISCOVERING KANÁ:TA EXPLORING THE CULTURE AND HISTORY OF THE HAUDENOSAUNEE (SIX NATIONS) Grades 3-5 | $10 per student November 13-14, 2019 & April 16-17, 2020 Offering two workshops daily @ 9:30-11:30am OR 12-2pm

Join us in welcoming Six Nations of the Grand River community members for a series of interactive workshops. Travel

to stations around the museum and engage with Haudenosaunee traditional music and social dance,

cultural artefacts and food. Students will develop a better understanding of the interconnected relationships between First Nations and European Settlers.

*This programme requires a minimum student registration, please book by: October 11, 2019 / March 12, 2020.

Curriculum Connections: Heritage and Identity, Grade 3 – Communities in Canada, 1780-1850, Grade 4 – Early Societies, 3000-1500 CE, Grade 5 – First Nations and Europeans in New France and Early Canada

GOING MEDIEVAL Grade 4 | $15 per student May 6-8, 2020 from 9:30am–1:30pm

Travel back to the Middle Ages with Blackthorn Productions. Students become lords and ladies as they touch and try on medieval armour and clothing, learn an authentic medieval dance, explore medicine and the Black Death and ask their questions of costumed characters. Students will travel to stations throughout the museum to experience the medieval world first hand.

*This programme requires a minimum student registration, please book by April 3, 2020.

Curriculum Connections: Grade 4 – Early Societies, 3000BCE-1500CE.

To accommodate the new social studies curriculum, teachers will be provided with a Classroom Package containing activities which will connect their student’s experiences with that of other ancient civilizations.

November 13-14, 2019 & April 16-17, 2020 May 6-8, 2020

THE BRIDGES OF NIAGARA Grades 3, 5, 7 | 120 minutes | $5 per student

Niagara has been home to many bridges over the years. Discover the science and history behind these local structures and whether or not they withstood the test of time. Students will then be given their own bridge building challenge that fulfills the growing needs of the community.

Curriculum Connections: Grade 3 – Strong and Stable Structures, Grade 5 – Forces Acting on Structures and Mechanisms, Grade 7 – Form and Function (Structures)

THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD Grades 6, 8 | 90 minutes | $5 per student

Students examine the nature of slavery in the 18th and 19th centuries and the elaborate underground system developed to lead them to freedom. Teams of students will then become characters trying to make it to Niagara in the Underground Railroad Game. Based on actual events, decisions have to be made and consequences abided. This is a game of wit and chance.

Curriculum Connections: Grade 6 – Communities in Canada, Past and Present, Grade 8 – Creating Canada, 1850-1890

WORLD WAR I Grade 10 | 120 minutes | $5 per student

This program is available as museum outreach!

Discover the Great War through primary source materials in the museum’s collection. Students will explore the museum galleries, analyze photographs and critically assess personal correspondence to immerse themselves in the wartime experience.

Curriculum Connections: Grade 10 – History since World War I, Grade 12 – Canada: History, Identity, and Culture, Grade 12 – The West and the World

1812: UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL Grade 7 | 120 minutes | $5 per student

Listen to the voices of those affected by the War of 1812. Following a gallery tour, students will be divided into small groups and examine primary source materials written by soldiers,

officers, First Nations, medical personnel and civilians. They will then prepare a dramatic presentation to illustrate the perspectives of the individuals in their sources.

Curriculum Connections: Grade 7 – Canada, 1800-1850: Conflict and Challenges

CANADA NEEDS YOU BY MIKE FORD Grades 4-12 | $8 per student May 22, 2020 Two Performances @ 9:30am-11:30am OR 12-2pm

Mike Ford is a bilingual JUNO-nominated solo artist who has released five acclaimed albums of Canadian history-inspired songs. His fast-paced curriculum-focused concerts, always adapted for audience levels, have succeeded in the challenging task of inspiring young people towards greater interest in Canada’s past and greater involvement in its present and future.

In this performance, Mike Ford takes students on a break-neck tour through First Nations lore, explorers’ tales, the War of 1812, rebellions, Confederation, and finally skidding to a halt for a decade-by-decade examination of Canada’s explosive 20th Century.

Teachers will be provided with a study guide in English and French, to help supplement their experience, and are welcome to make requests for points in Canadian history to be covered. Following the performance students will be given a 45 minute museum tour.

Curriculum Connections: Grades 4-6 – Social Studies Grades 7-8 – History Grades 10-12 – Canadian & World Studies

May 22, 2020

WORLD WAR WOMEN January 25 - April 19, 2020

The First and Second World Wars brought enormous changes to Canadian women’s lives. This exhibition highlights how their contributions to the Canadian war efforts were crucial, and their experiences forged a new understanding of women’s capabilities both within themselves and within society.

MUSEUM DETECTIVES Grades 3-8 | 90 minutes | $5 per student

This program is available as museum outreach!

Explore the role museums play in our society and the “pieces of history” they display. Students are invited to touch and hold history through the exploration of artefacts. They

will uncover the stories of these artefacts by working through a set of questions and

discover the historical information they contain. Includes a behind the scenes tour of the museum including collections storage, home to over 30,000 artefacts.

Curriculum Connections: Promotes Concepts of Social Studies/Historical Thinking - Continuity and Change, Interrelationships and Historical Perspective, gather information from primary sources, and interpret/analyze data.

KEEP UP TO DATE WITH THE ROTATING EXHIBITIONS IN OUR TEMPORARY GALLERY.

OPENING THE DOORS TO DIALOGUE May 11, 2019 - January 5, 2020

Cayuga artist Sam Thomas explains the significance of his exhibit involving six residential school doors as: “Following the significant and crucial work of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission we are now taking steps to work towards implementing the 94 recommendations that resulted from the TRC reports and start the process of working towards national healing. Exhibits such as Opening the Doors to Dialogue play an important role on many levels as we move beyond Canada’s 150 while educating the general public by revealing the truths and letting survivors of the residential school system and their experiences be heard.”

FREE NIAGARA FALLS TRANSIT!Students 12 and under are invited to use Niagara Falls Transit FREE of charge to municipal facilities.Ask us for more information!

*ONE DAY ONLY.

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TOURSNAME GRADES CURRICULUM CONNECTION COST

Niagara Falls Museum Tour Kindergarten-Grade 12 see below $3 per student

Battlefield Tour Grades 7, 11, 12 see below $3 per student

Drummond Hill Cemetery Tour Grade 1-12 see below $3 per student

Museum AND Drummond Hill Tours Grade 1-12 see below $4 per student

Self-Guided Tour Kindergarten-Grade 12 see below $4 per student

Curriculum Connections: Grade 1 – The Local Community, Grade 2 – Changing Family and Community Traditions, Grade 3 – Communities in Canada, Grade 4 – Political and Physical Regions of Canada, Grade 5 – First Nations and Europeans in New France and Early Canada, Grade 6 – Communities in Canada, Past and Present, Grade 7 – Canada, 1800-1850, Grade 8 – Creating Canada & Canada 1890-1914, Grade 10 – Canadian History Since World War 1, Grade 11 – American History, Grade 12 – Canada: History, Identity, and Culture

EDUCATION PROGRAMMESNAME GRADES CURRICULUM CONNECTION COST

1812: Up Close and Personal Grade 7 Grade 7 – Canada, 1800-1850: Conflict and Challenges

$5 per student

Museum Detectives

This program is available as museum outreach!

Grades 3-8 Promotes Concepts of Social Studies/His-torical Thinking - Continuity and Change, Interrelationships and Historical Perspec-tive, gather information from primary sources, and interpret/analyze data.

$5 per student

World War I

This program is available as museum outreach!

Grade 10 Grade 10 – History since World War I, Grade 12 – Canada: History, Identity, and Culture, Grade 12 – The West and the World

$5 per student

The Bridges of Niagara Grades 3, 5, 7 Grade 3 – Strong and Stable Structures, Grade 5 – Forces Acting on Structures and Mechanisms, Grade 7 – Form and Function (Structures)

$5 per student

The Underground Railroad Grades 6, 8 Communities in Canada, Past and Present, Grade 8 – Creating Canada, 1850-1890

$5 per student

SPECIAL PROGRAMMESNAME GRADES CURRICULUM CONNECTION COST AVAILABILITY

Discovering Kaná:ta Exploring the Culture and History of the Haudenosaunee (Six Nations)

Grade 3-5 Curriculum Connections: Heritage and Identity, Grade 3 – Communities in Canada, 1780-1850, Grade 4 – Early Societies, 3000-1500 CE, Grade 5 – First Nations and Europeans in New France and Early Canada

$10 per student*This programme requires a minimum student registration, please book by October 11, 2019 March 12, 2020.

November 13-14, 2019April 16-17, 2020Two Workshops Daily @9:30-11:30am OR 12-2pm

Canada Needs You by Mike Ford

Grades 4-12 Contact for details. $8 per student May 22, 2020Two Performances @9:30-11:30am OR 12-2pm

Going Medieval Grade 4 Grade 4 – Early Societies, 3000BCE-1500CE.

$15 per student*This programme requires a minimum student registration, please book by April 3, 2020.

May 6-8, 2020 @9:30am-1:30pm

THE ONTARIO POWER GENERATION GALLERYOpening the Doors to Dialogue

Cayuga artist Sam Thomas explains the significance of his exhibit involving six residential school doors as: “Following the significant and crucial work of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission we are now taking steps to work towards implementing the 94 recommendations that resulted from the TRC reports and start the process of working towards national healing. Exhibits such as Opening the Doors to Dialogue play an important role on many levels as we move beyond Canada’s 150 while educating the general public by revealing the truths and letting survivors of the residential school system and their experiences be heard.”

World War Women The First and Second World Wars brought enormous changes to Canadian women’s lives. This exhibition highlights how their contributions to the Canadian war efforts were crucial, and their experiences forged a new understanding of women’s capabilities both within themselves and within society.

NIAGARA FALLS MUSEUMS | EDUCATION PROGRAMMES GUIDE 2019-2020

TOURS & PROGRAMMES AT-A-GLANCE

TO BOOK YOUR CLASS TRIP OR TO RECEIVE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT OUR EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMES, PLEASE CONTACT:

NIAGARA FALLS MUSEUMSTel: 905-356-7521 Ext. 5908Email: Programming@niagarafalls.ca

Please have the following information ready: • Programme Name• Date and time you wish to attend (please have an alternate

date ready as well)• Number of students and grade level• Please inform us if you would like to eat a snack or lunch

while at the museum• Please note bookings must be made at least two weeks

in advance

ADULT SUPERVISION The museum requires one adult supervisor for every ten students. Adult supervisors within this ratio are granted free admission to the museum. Student behaviour, safety and security are a teachers responsibility. Groups must be supervised at all times. Extra supervisors beyond the required ratio pay regular museum admission.

PAYMENT Cheques should be made payable to The City of Niagara Falls Museums. Visa, MasterCard, cash or debit are accepted. Payment is required in full on the day of your trip.

CANCELLATIONS Cancellation of a scheduled booking must be received at least two weeks prior to the tour. Cancellations received after this time are subject to a $50 cancellation fee. The cancellation fee will be waived if the tour is rebooked within the month of the cancellation date.

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