Lower Fort Garry National Historic Site of Canada

Fall School Programs

• Beaver on the Coin (K-4)
• Each Played a Part (5-8)
• The Power of the Fur-Trade Companies (9-12)

Beaver on the Coin (K-4)

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Led by an interpreter, students go on a treasure hunt to locate symbols throughout Lower Fort Garry with the use of a map and a worksheet. The interpreter tells a story about each symbol, relating it to our province and country's history. By the end of the treasure hunt, students will appreciate the symbols we see around us, and understand how symbols represent our past.

Curriculum Links:

Kindergarten
Cluster 3: The World Around Me

Grade 1
Cluster 2: My Environment
Cluster 3: Connecting With Others

Grade 2
Cluster 3: The Canadian Community

Grade 3
Cluster 1: Connecting with Canadians

Grade 4
Cluster 2: Living in Canada
Cluster 3: Living in Manitoba
Cluster 4: History of Manitoba

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Each Played a Part (5-8)

A costumed interpreter will play "The Liar's Game" with your students, as a unique way of introducing them to some fur trade legacies. Students must bluff their way through explanations of various fur trade inventions. After the activity, students will have a chance to visit the fort and explore other innovations of the fur trade era.

Curriculum Links:

Grade 5
Cluster 3: Fur Trade

Grade 6
Cluster 3: Shaping Contemporary Canada

Grade 7
Cluster 4: Human Impact in Europe or the Americas

Grade 8
Cluster 5: Shaping the Modern World

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The Power of the Fur-Trade Companies (9-12)

An interpreter will help your students explore the influence of the fur-trade companies, especially the Hudson's Bay Company and the North West Company, on the peoples of the area now known as the prairie provinces.

Curriculum Links:

Grade 9
Cluster 1: Diversity and Pluralism in Canada

Grade 10
Cluster 2: Natural Resources
Cluster 4: Industry and Trade

Grade 11
Unit 1: The Peopling of Canada
Unit 5: Western Canada

Grade 12
World Issues Unit 4