Activities to be done on-line

Try the suggested Web activities to make the most of the resources and tools available on this site. All of the suggested activites and additional historical resources are linked, primarily through a material and social history angle, to the period in Canadian history from 1840 to 1945.

One activity is for elementary students (grades 5 and 6), the other activities are for secondary school students, grades 7 to 12.

There are five types of suggested activities:

1. the learning and evaluation situation;
2. the description of images;
3. the documentation of photos, caricatures, or vintage objects;
4. the photographic essay;
5. researching a past phenomenon on either a topic of choice or suggested inquiry idea.

All activities involve: 1) consulting the images databank; 2) using an online creation tool, the images folder, which can be viewed as several visual presentations; 3) presenting the work, and seeing it published on the Museum's website. In order to publish the work on our site, please e-mail us.

	Age	Themes	Type	Time Frame	Discipline
1	Canadian Societies and Trades around 1900						More
	10-11	Quebec, Prairie and West Coast	Learning and Evaluation Situation	Term Project	Social Sciences
2	Document a historical political cartoon						More
	14-17	Canadian Politics	Documentation exercise	2h	History, Social Studies, Language Arts
3	Document Historical Photographs						More
	14-17	Western Expansion	Documentation exercise	2h	History, Social Studies
4	Document a vintage object						More
	14-17	Industry, Invention & Technology	Documentation exercise	2h	History, Social Studies
5	Landscape of Yesterday and Today:						More
	12-13	Identity, Culture & Living Conditions	Photography (Creation)	1h	Geography, Arts
6	Describing Photographs						More
	12-13	Historical Photos	Images description	1h	Language Arts
7	Inquire into the past						More
	14-17	Topic to be determined in the classroom	Research project	4h	History, Social Studies
8	Report on Transportation (inquiry idea no 1)						More
	14-17	Transportation	Inquiry idea	3h	History
9	Nostalgic Collector (inquiry idea no 2)						More
	14-17	Identity, Culture & Living Conditions	Inquiry idea	3h	History
10	Victorian Detective (inquiry idea no 3)						More
	14-17	Industry, Invention & Technology	Inquiry idea	3h	History
11	Acadian Echoes (inquiry idea no 4)						More
	14-17	Identity, Culture & Living Conditions	Inquiry idea	3h	History
12	For or against child labour? (inquiry idea no 5)						More
	14-17	Industry, Invention & Technology	Inquiry idea	3h	History, Social Studies
13	For or against corsets? (inquiry idea no 6)						More
	14-17	Women	Inquiry idea	3h	History, Social Studies
14	Jos, 11-year-old cigar maker (inquiry idea no 7)						More
	12-13	Industrial Revolution	Inquiry idea	3h	History, Social Studies
15	Hazards in the City! (inquiry idea A)						More
	14-17	Urbanization	Inquiry idea	3h	History
16	The century of inventions? (inquiry idea B)						More
	14-17	Industry, Invention & Technology	Inquiry idea	3h	History
17	The gold rush and beyond (inquiry idea C)						More
	14-17	Western Expansion-First Nations	Inquiry idea	3h	History, Social Studies
18	Moodyville: Life and death of a company town (inquiry idea D)						More
	14-17	Urbanization	Inquiry idea	3h	History, Social Studies
19	Join the ranks, they'd cry! (inquiry idea E)						More
	14-17	War	Inquiry idea	3h	History, Social Studies
20	Warships to build! (inquiry idea F)						More
	14-17	War	Inquiry idea	3h	History, Social Studies
21	From crank start to cell phone! (inquiry idea G)						More
	14-17	Industry, Invention & Technology	Inquiry idea	3h	History, Social Studies
22	Fighting fathers: the people behind Confederation (inquiry idea H)						More
	12-17	Canadian Politics	Inquiry idea	3h	History
23	Forging a national dream (inquiry idea I)						More
	14-17	Western Expansion	Inquiry idea	3h	History, Social Studies
24	Women's rights: what was wrong? (inquiry idea J)						More
	14-17	Women	Inquiry idea	3h	History, Social Studies
The principle of gender equality is fundamental to our societal beliefs and fully enshrined in the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. However, this is recent development which can be traced back to the work of the first Canadian women's organizations, founded more than a century ago. What did they fight for and why? Student Inquiry Idea [rtf document] Additional Work Sheet [rtf document] Overview for the Teacher [pdf document]    Consult the educational tool ClioClic Assessment [rtf document] Your Comments
25	The National Sport: Lacrosse or Hockey? (inquiry idea K)						More
	14-17	Identity, Culture & Living Conditions	Inquiry idea	3h	History, Social Studies
26	A Canadian Web Collage (inquiry idea L)						More
	14-17	Identity, Culture & Living Conditions	Inquiry idea	2h	History, Social Studies
27	Journal of a Geological Survey Expedition (inquiry idea M)						More
	14-17	Western Expansion	Inquiry idea	3h	History, Social Studies
28	Key Historical Figures (inquiry idea N)						More
	14-17	Canadian Politics	Inquiry idea	3h	Histoire
29	A journey among the Inuit and Mi'kmaq around 1980 (LES)						More
	10-11	First Nations	Learning and Evaluation Situation	10h	Social Sciences, English Language Arts
30	Report on the Mi'kmaq, Inuit and Haida around 1900 (LES)						More
	12-13	First Nations	Learning and Evaluation Situation	10h	Social Studies
31	On the Trail of the First Inhabitants						More
	14-17	First Nations	Documentation exercise	3h	History
32	Portrait of Nunavik, From Past to Present (LES)						More
	12-13	First Nations - Héritage	Learning and Evaluation Situation	Term Project	Social Studies, Arts, English Language Arts
33	Put Yourself in the Picture: Experiencing Immigrant Challenges around 1900						More
	10-11	Immigration - Western Expansion	Images description and research	4h	Social Studies
34	Initiation to Interpreting Editorial Cartoons						More
	14-17	Canadian Politics	Cartoons Interpretation Exercise	1h - 3h	History and Citizenship Education
35	The Formation of the Canadian Federation: Territorial, Political and Social Challenges						More
	14-17	Canadian Politics	Series of activities with cartoons	3h-4h	History and Citizenship Education
36	Power and Powers: The State, Financial Community and Media						More
	14-17	Canadian Politics	Series of activities with cartoons	2h-3h	History and Citizenship Education
37	The Formation of the Canadian Federation: Industrialization and Economic Policies						More
	14-17	Canadian Politics	Series of activities with cartoons	2h-3h	History and Citizenship Education
38	The Formation of Canadian Federation: Montreal, the Metropolis						More
	14-17	Canadian Politics	Series of activities with cartoons	3h-4h	History and Citizenship Education
39	Introduction to Interpreting Contemporary Editorial Cartoons						More
	14-17	Contemporary social issues	Series of activities with cartoons	3h-4h	History and Citizenship Education
40	Reflecting on a Current Social Issue: Québec-Canada relations						More
	14-17	Current Social Issue	Series of activities with cartoons	Term Project	History and Citizenship Education
41	Reflecting on a Current Social Issue: The Management of Health Care in Québec						More
	14-17	Contemporary social issues	Series of activities with cartoons	Term Project	History and Citizenship Education
42	Economy and Development: Back to the Origins of Trade						More
	14-17	Economy and Development	Series of activities with cartoons	Term Project	History and Citizenship Education
43	Tensions and Conflicts: The Role of the United Nations Organization (UN) in Conflict Management - The Cases of Somalia and the Balkans						More
		Tensions and conflicts	Series of activities with cartoons	Term Project	Contemporary World