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Discovery North Bay Museum |100 Ferguson St. North Bay ON. | 705.476.2323 | @discoverynorthbay.com !

*This is not a school or board sponsored activity*

Featuring:

Main Street North Bay:

Engaging with the history of

the local community

EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS NORTH BAY MUSEUM FALL 2018


OVERVIEW

Discovery North Bay Museum is located in the historic Canadian Pacific Railway Station. The Museum’s collections and exhibits provide an outstanding learning environment for students. Museum tours communicate the importance of transportation in the development of the city of North Bay. Museum programs bring history to life by providing hands on, interactive learning opportunities.

School programs are available for students from Kindergarten to Grade 12. All programs are 90 minutes in length unless otherwise specified and are offered in French and English.

Teacher’s GuideTravelling Programs

The following programs are available in your classroom and at Discovery North Bay Museum. They are facilitated by our Education Coordinator:

• Art of Play• History Detectives • Rocks and Minerals• Through the Looking Glass

Available: Any dateCost: Starting at $75 per programNumbers: Max. 45 StudentsDuration: 50 min

Reserve your program today!

Call: 705-476-2323

We want your input!

Discovery North Bay Museum is currently seeking educators to join our Advisory Committee. Our goal is to collaborate with teachers in developing quality programs that support classroom instruction and curriculum expectations.

Please call: 705-476-2323 or email [email protected]

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Grade 1-8

Students will be invited into a 19th century Christmas and explore the origins of holiday traditions . They will learn what North Bay was like for pioneers during the holiday season by creating ornaments and sampling holiday treats.

Your Museum Visit Includes: - Making Victorian ornaments- Cider and gingerbread

- Dramatic Storytelling session * This program does involve some allergenic foods such as citrus fruit, raisins, ginger, apple, cider, sugar cane, nutmeg and cloves. Please notify the education coordinator prior to your visit and the necessary modifications to the program will be made.

Available: November to December 2018Cost: $5.00 per student Numbers: Min 10 to Max 45Duration: 90 minReserve your school field trip today! Contact our tour coordinator at 705-476-2323 or email [email protected]

Grade 1 Curriculum Links:

• Describe some of the ways in which people make use of natural and built features of, and human services in, the local community to meet their needs, and what might happen if these features/services did not exist


• Identify some ways in which heritage is passed on through various community celebrations and events

• Demonstrate an awareness of a variety of works of art and artistic traditions from diverse communities, times, and places


• Compare some of the roles of and challenges facing people in Canada around the beginning of the nineteenth century with those in the present day


• Compare two or more early societies in terms of their relationship with the environment and describe some key similarities and differences in environmental practices between these societies and present-day Canada


• Evaluate some of the contributions that various ethnic and/or religious groups have made to

A Victorian Christmas CRAFTS, STORY-TELLING & HISTORICAL INTERPRETATION

GRADE 1-8 HOLIDAY SEASON TRADITIONS



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Available: Any DateCost: $5.00 per student Participants: 10 Min 40 MaxDuration: 90 min

Activity Sponsored by the Retired Teachers of Ontario

Reserve your school field trip today! Contact our tour coordinator at 705-476-2323 or email [email protected]

Students will be transported back in time to North Bay during the 1950s through examining a set of media photographs taken by internationally renowned photographer John McNeill.

Students will discuss and analyze works in order to better understand the how and why of the ways in which photos are composed. Students in grades 9-12 (or upon special request) will also participate in capturing a “Day in the Life of School,” capitalizing on analyzed techniques.

Your Museum Visit Includes:

- A museum tour

- Photography analysis workshop

- Supplementary teacher-led photography exercise

* This workshop is available in your classroom upon request starting at $75.

GRADE 7-12 THE MCNEILL PHOTOS

Through the Looking Glass INTERACTIVE EXPLORATION

Grade 7-8 Curriculum Links

• Identify some media forms and explain how the conventions and techniques associated with them are used to create meaning


• Apply the critical analysis process to communicate feelings, ideas, and understandings in response to a variety of art works and art experiences


• Demonstrate an understanding of how art works reflect the society in which they were created, and of how they can affect personal value







Available: Any DateCost: $5.00 per student Participants: 10 Min 40 MaxDuration: 90 min


Students will be transported back in time to walk in the shoes of a North Bay voyageur who was actively participating in the booming fur trade business during the 18th-19th centuries.

Through an interactive role playing activity, students will sign a contract and become an official Canadian voyageur. They will participate in various training games to become familiar with the daily routine and hardships these men faced everyday on their journeys.

Your Museum Visit Includes:

- A museum tour

- Interactive voyageur role playing activities and games

- Your choice of crafting a basket or Métis dot art***

***Primary Document Analysis Activity Option for Senior Classes

GRADE 3-8 NORTH BAY AND THE VOYAGEURS

North Bay and the Fur Trade INTERACTIVE EXPLORATION

Grade 3 Curriculum Links

• Compare ways of life among some specific groups in Canada around the beginning of the nineteenth century, and describe some of the changes between that era and the present day

Grade 6 Curriculum Links• Assess contributions to Canadian

identity made by various groups and by various features of Canadian communities and regions

Grade 7 Curriculum Links • Analyze aspects of the lives of various

groups in Canada between 1713 and 1800, and compare them to the lives of people in present-day Canada







GRADES 3-8 EARLY SETTLERS


• Compare some of the roles and challenges facing people in Canada around the beginning of the nineteenth century with those of present day

• Identify some key components of Canadian identity and describe some of the ways in which communities that were in Canada around the 1800s have had an impact on Canadian identity


• Analyze key similarities and differences in social values and aspects of life between present-day Canadians and some different groups and/or communities in Canada between 1800 and 1850


• Analyze some challenges facing different individual, groups, and/or communities in Canada between 1890 and 1914

Early Settler Daily LifeHANDS ON EXPLORATION

Grades 3-8

Students will don pioneer costumes as they learn about the challenges, chores and traditions of early settlers.

Students will role-play and participate in hands on activities such as carding wool. They will see how wool is used in a spinning wheel, and will be put to work with chores that pioneer children were traditionally responsible for.

Available: Any dateCost: $5.00 per studentParticipants: Min 10 to Max 40Duration: 90 Minutes


Your Museum Visit Includes: - A museum tour - Wool carding workshop- Spinning wheel demonstration






GRADES 1, 2 & 3 THE ART OF PLAY


The Art of PlayGAMES, CRAFTS AND EXPLORATIONGrades 1-3

Students experience a variety of Victorian and First Nations games and crafts while learning about the significance of games in the history of both European and First Nations culture. Students will explore how recreation reflects the relationship between the environment and the way people live.

Your Museum Visit Includes: - A museum tour - Guided play with First Nations and Victorian toys- Victorian and First Nations games- Corn husk dolls craft


Available: Any dateCost: $5.00 per student Participants: Min 10 to Max 45Duration: 90 minutes


• Formulate questions to guide investigations into some aspects of the interrelationship between the natural environment of selected communities and the ways in which people live (e.g. recreation)

• Describe ways in which two or more distinct communities have adapted to their location, climate, and physical features


GRADES 1-3 ART OF PLAY








Available: Any dateCost: $5.00 per student Participants: Min 10 to Max 45Duration: 90 min

History Detectives ProgramHANDS ON EXPLORATION

Grades 3-8

Students transform into history detectives as they explore various artifacts from the 19th and 20th centuries. Students will study artifacts as a primary source that reveals information about the lives of North Bay’s early settlers.

Your Museum Visit Includes: - A museum tour

- Hands-on exploration of 19th and 20th century artifacts

- Discussion of what these artifacts have been replaced with due to technological advancement


GRADES 3-8 HISTORY DETECTIVES


• Gather and organize information on major challenges using a variety of primary and/or secondary sources (e.g. artifacts)

• Interpret and analyze information relevant to their investigations using a variety of tools

• Describe some key aspects of life in selection First Nations, Metis, and Settler communities in Canada including the roles of men, women, and children






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Rocks & Minerals INTERACTIVE EXPERIMENT

Grade 4

Students will explore the differences between rocks and minerals by analyzing samples that have been found in North Bay and area.

Further investigation will take place allowing students to see that products we use on a daily basis are made from rocks and minerals.

Your Museum Visit Includes: - A museum tour including a mining display

- Hands on experimentation with rock samples



• Analyze the impact on the society and the environment of extracting and refining rocks and minerals for human use, taking different perspectives into account

• Describe the differences between rocks (composed of two or more minerals) and minerals (composed of the same substance throughout) and explain how these differences determine how they are used.

GRADE 4 ROCKS & MINERALS






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Reserve your field trip today! Contact our tour coordinator at 705-476-2323 or email [email protected]

Main Street North Bay HANDS ON EXPLORATION

Grade 1-6

Students learn about life in North Bay in the 1920’s. Through interactive activities, students will understand the lives of children, shop keepers, railroad workers and life at home.

They will have the opportunity to examine photographs and artifacts, comparing how our lives have changed over the past 100 years and the impact people’s roles and jobs had on the surrounding community.

Your Museum Visit Includes: - A museum tour including the Main Street North Bay

Exhibit

- Object handling and artifact investigation

- Activities including candle making, map analysis and role playing

GRADE 1-6 MAIN STREET


• Describe some of the ways in which people’s roles, relationships, and responsibilities relate to who they are and what their situation is.

• Describe some aspects of the interrelationship between people and the natural and built features of their community.


• Describe some of the major groups in their community, including different types of families, and some of the ways in which traditions and heritage are passed on by such group.


• Demonstrate an understanding of some key aspects of the interrelationship between the natural environment, land use, employment opportunities, and the development of municipal regions in Ontario.


• Assess some key ways in which industrial development and the natural environment affect each other in two or more political and/or physical regions of Canada.


• Evaluate some of the contributions that various ethnic and/or religious groups have made to Canadian identity.






GRADES 4-8 HISTORIC TOURS


Downtown Historical and Haunted Hikes TOUR THE DOWNTOWN CORE AND LEARN ABOUT NORTH BAY’S PAST

Available: Any dateCost: $5.00 per student Participants: Min 10 to Max 45Duration: 90 minutes

Reserve Your Field Trip Today! Call 705-476-2323 or email [email protected]

Grades 4-8

Students learn about their own community during guided hikes through downtown North Bay. Students will track the development of key industries while learning about individuals who played a key role in the founding of the city.

Haunted hikes provide a dramatic experience where students will be entertained, enlightened, and perhaps even frightened while learning about North Bay’s History through dramatic storytelling. Grade 7 Curriculum Links

• Trace the development of the local community including origins and key personalities


• Explore key characteristics of North Bay from 1890-1914 including economic and social conditions and the roles and contributions of groups and individuals

Grades 4-8 Downtown Hikes




OTHER ATTRACTIONS


Gift Shop

The gift shop is a great stop to make with your students! Check out our North Bay memorabilia, sweet treats, train accessories and hobby shop.

Carousel & Heritage Railway

The Carousel and Heritage Railway are always a highlight of school trips to the North Bay area. Located just behind the North Bay Museum, the Carousel and Heritage Railway are open in May and June. Call 705-476-2323 to arrange your booking

Rentals

North Bay Museum has a warm and inviting meeting space suitable for lectures, meetings, dinners and receptions. All catering is offered through Cecil’s Eatery. Call 705-476-2323 to reserve the gallery space.




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