Education Programs

The Fenian Raids and Confederation

This program provides your students with an exciting and innovative look into an event of local and national importance. Two programming options exist:

• A "mini-museum" can come to your school
• Bring your class to the Battle of Ridgeway Memorial Park outdoor exhibit

Students will interact with art and artifacts while participating in hands-on learning activities. An educator's resource guide containing lesson plans and other resources is included with each program.

Duration: 90 minutes

Curriculum Connections:

• Grade 8: History - Confederation

Archaeology Adventures

This program takes place at Mewinzha, the Public Bridge Authority's Gallery and Interpretive Centre. In this program, students get a glimpse into the lives of the area's earliest residents. It starts with a multi-media introduction to archaeology. This is followed by a hands-on activity in which students become "history detectives" and determine which artifacts are real or fake and how the objects were used. It ends with a gallery tour. The tour connects student learning about early Aboriginal inhabitants of Fort Erie with the Museum's archaeological collection.

Duration: 90 Minutes

Curriculum Connections:

• Grade 3: Social Studies, Heritage and Citizenship – Early Settlements in Upper Canada
• Grade 4: Science and Technology, Understanding Earth and Space Systems – Rocks and Minerals
• Grade 5: Social Studies, Heritage and Citizenship – Early Civilizations
• Grade 6: Social Studies, Heritage and Citizenship – First Nations People
• Grade 7: History – New France

Fort Erie's Early Settlers

This in-school outreach program offers interactive experiences to explore pioneer life in Fort Erie. Students will learn about early settlers' homes, occupations and communities in the early 1800s. In addition, they can try on a piece of this history using the Museum's reproduction costume collection.

Duration: 75 Minutes

Curriculum Connections:

• Grade 1: Heritage and Citizenship – Relationships, Rules and Responsibilities
• Grade 1: Canada and World Connections – The Local Community
• Grade 2: Heritage and Citizenship – Traditions and Celebrations
• Grade 3: Heritage and Citizenship – Early Settler Communities

Guides and Scouts: Heritage Badge

Learn about the history of our local community while touring the Museum. Guides and Scouts will explore early Canadian art and artifacts, listen to stories and experience aspects of early settler life. This program concludes with a family tree workshop in the Museum's archives.

Duration: 90 minutes

Brownies: Aboriginal People in Canada Badge

Cubs: Aboriginal Awareness Badge

Learn about Aboriginal people who lived in our area thousands of years ago! Examine archaeological artifacts and take part in a hands-on discovery activity.

Duration: 60 minutes