Lower Fort Garry National Historic Site of Canada

Fall School Programs

September 5 to October 10, 2008
$3.95 per student
Includes admission and one two-hour program
1 adult free per 15 students

Beaver on the Coin (K-4)

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
(NEW Social Studies curriculum)

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

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. Students also participate in an individual craft while learning about the significance of colours in some Aboriginal cultures.

Curriculum Links
(NEW Social Studies curriculum)

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

The Power of the Fur-Trade Companies (S1-S4)

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

Senior 1
Cluster 1 — Diversity and Pluralism in Canada

Senior 2
Cluster 2 — Natural Resources
Cluster 4 — Industry and Trade

Senior 3
Unit 1 — The Peopling of Canada
Unit 5 — Western Canada

Senior 4
World Issues Unit 4

Available by appointment only
Contact us to book
Telephone: 1-888-773-8888
Fax: (204) 482-5887
E-mail: lfgnhs.info@pc.gc.ca
Website: http://www.pc.gc.ca/garry