Your story matters. You have two options for recording your experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic and to reflect on how it has impacted you, your family, and your community.
Museum Classroom: Legacy of a Pandemic (Primary/Junior)
To help you reflect and share your experiences, we’ve created the Legacy of a Pandemic Activity Booklet for you to compete. The booklet includes all sorts of creative and reflective prompts that you ca do independently or with siblings and/or parents/guardians.
Museum Classroom: Welland Canal Colouring Page
Complete the Welland Canal colouring page and learn all about the diver job on this world renowned enigneering marvel.
Museum Classroom: William Hamilton Merritt Biography Mobile
An interactive biographic activity on William Hamilton Merritt, one of the founding fathers of the Welland Canal.
Museum Classroom: Photo Analysis
“Sara the farm cat isn’t sizing up dinner at Bert and Jennifer Dimmers’ poultry barn in Ridgeway yesterday. The eight-month-old feline is used to wandering through the different pens without harming the birds, including these one-week-old Muscovy ducks”
Museum Classroom: The 4 Welland Canals Colouring Page
Colour the map. Choose a different colour for each route and perhaps colour the different cities and towns along the canal in different colours too.
Museum Classroom: Letters to Harriet
Tubman’s connection to St. Catharines is significant. Tubman lived in St. Catharines and used the city as her base of operations from 1850-1857 and even attended the Salem Chapel – B.M.E. Church that still operates on Geneva Street. An important historical figure in both Canadian and American history, Harriet Tubman also worked for the Union Army during the American Civil War, serving as a cook, nurse and even a spy!
Museum Classroom: Freedom Bag Activity
Lesson: Freedom Bag ActivityTopic: Black HistorySub-Topic: Freedom Seekers on the Underground RailroadGrades: 4-8 Instruction for Educators Note: This activity assumes […]
Museum Classroom: Virtual Gallery Tour
Lesson: Welland Canals TourTopic: The Welland CanalsSub-Topic: The History and Routes of the Welland CanalsGrades: 3-12 Instruction for Educators Watch […]
Museum Classroom: March Break Live! Activities
Hi everyone! Now that our online March Break Live! activities are wrapped up, we’d like to share them with you! Below, you’ll find everything you need to run the activities at home.
Send us some photos of your completed projects and we’ll share them on our social media!
Have fun!