Consult EduWeb, the McCord’s on-line educational program, which recommends many ways of using these resources in secondary-level history classes.

Mind Your Manners!

A challenging role-play!

• The Victorian period
• The ‘Roaring Twenties’

Period pieces

Place the objects in their proper context.

• Interior Domestic
• Department Stores
• Toys and Games

The Missing Link

Find the link between two historical figures.

• Fathers of Confederation
• Pacific Scandal
• Griffintown — The Irish in Montreal

Mix and Match

Re-create and date period dresses.

• 19th-Century Women’s Fashion
• High Fashions of the 19th Century

Hide and Seek

Locate the odd man out in period settings.

• William Notman — photographer
• John William Dawson — geologist

Quiz

Discover the identity of unusual objects, characters and great events.

• Work
• New France
• Extraordinary Aboriginal Creations
• Canadian Prime Ministers of the 20th Century
• World War II