School Programs Overview

The Museum & Archives offers curricula-based programs for secondary, elementary and kindergarten classes. Some are offered at the Museum while others are at the Community History Centre and in the classroom. A few programs are available online. Flyers with booking details including fees and dates are posted below with the program descriptions. For further information, please contact our Receptionist at (604)990.3700 x 8016 or via email at nvmaprograms@dnv.org

To view a listing of all of our school programs, please download North Vancouver Museum & Archives’ 2011-2012 Brochure

Winter Days
Kindergarten and Grade 1 at Presentation House - Museum

Winter has always been a festive time in North Vancouver. Through special activities, students will learn of the everyday lives of our early settlers and of the special events that they enjoyed in the winter months. Winter Days Flyer

Let’s Talk History!
For English as a Second Language Students at Presentation House - Museum

Museum staff will take your class on a trip that highlights the achievers and achievements of North Vancouver. Enjoy stories, pictures, and artifacts that weave together a unique timeline of our past. Let’s Talk History! Flyer

North Vancouver: Then and Now
Grades 2 and 3 in Your Classroom

Take the Museum into your classroom! With this new extension kit, students will work as ‘Photo Detectives’ and critically analyze a set of two dozen historic and modern images. They will consider the changes that have taken place in their community over time. The photographs are accompanied by directed learning activities that are based upon the social studies curricula and prescribed learning outcomes. Then and Now Flyer

North Vancouver : Hier et Aujourd’hui
2e et 3e années dans votre salle de classe

Introduisez le Musée dans votre salle de classe! Grâce à cette nouvelle trousse de cours supplémentaires, les étudiants travailleront en tant que « Détectives de photographie » et analyseront d’un œil critique un ensemble de vingt-quatre (24) images historiques et modernes. Ils observeront les changements qui se sont produits dans leur communauté au fil du temps. Les photographies sont accompagnées d’activités d’apprentissage dirigées qui sont basées sur les programmes d’études sociales et les résultats d’apprentissage attendus. Dépliant Hier et Aujourd’hui

Our Community
Grades 2 and 3 at Presentation House - Museum

What was it like to live and work in North Vancouver at the turn of the 20th century? During this lively program students will try their hand at cross-cut sawing, examine historical artifacts, and help wring the laundry! Our Community Flyer

Family Treasures
Grades 2 and 3 at Your School

The Family Treasures program encourages students to explore an essential area of history…their own! Our history interpreter will bring historical materials into your classroom and invite students to participate in a giant treasure hunt – in their own homes! They will select a family treasure, research its story, and create a mini “museum exhibit.” Family Treasures Flyer

Transformation Stories: Coast Salish Traditions and Culture
Grades 4 and 5 in Your Classroom

Students will explore the artistic traditions and values of the Coast Salish people. Teachers: Please contact us in 2012 for information about our new First Nations' Extension kit.

Historian in the School
Grades 4 to 8 at Your School

As History Detectives in training, students will use critical thinking to decipher clues to North Vancouver’s past by examining old photographs, historical artifacts, and documents. This program complements classroom curricula and also makes an excellent introduction for classes wishing to participate in the Sea to Sky Regional Heritage Fair program. Historian in the School Flyer

Climbing to the Clouds: A People’s History of BC Mountaineering
Grades 4 to 9. Available online.

This program explores the unique topic of mountaineering while focusing on related historical, aboriginal, recreation, conservation and arts topics. Students will investigate the relationship that the First Nations people have had with local mountains, the scientific and technical advances made by mountaineers, their impact on wilderness conservation, and how mountain experiences have influenced our cultural heritage. This program is based upon the website of the same name which may be viewed, in French and English, at http://www.virtualmuseum.ca/Exhibitions/Climbing/. Online Programs Flyer

Teachers' Resource Package Pdf (5 MB)

Sea to Sky Regional Heritage Fair
Grades 4 to 10

Participate in this national program and highlight your students' history projects! Here’s how it works. Showcase your students’ work at a school fair, and then select a few projects to participate in the Sea to Sky Regional Heritage Fair, to be held at the Community History Centre and Lynn Valley Library on Friday May 11th, 2012. The Heritage Fair program is a wonderful way to encourage all students to explore Canadian heritage in a dynamic and hands-on learning environment.

Celebrated Citizens – Collecting a Community’s History
Grades 5 and 6 at the Community History Centre

The North Vancouver Archives has played a large role in preserving the histories of our celebrated citizens. During this program, students will learn what an Archives is and will have the opportunity to work hands-on with archival materials. Celebrated Citizens Flyer

Native - Newcomer Relations: Case Studies in Contact, Colonialism & Resistance*
Grades 10 to 12 (Social Studies, B. C. First Nations 12) Available online.

Secondary level students will critically analyze both archival and contemporary newspaper articles relating to aboriginal rights and title in British Columbia. This program is based upon the exhibition Entwined Histories, which presents the story of native activism in the mid-twentieth century through the lens of one individual (Maisie Hurley, 1887-1962), founder of the Native Voice newspaper. Online Programs Flyer
Teachers' Resource Package Pdf (6MB)

Note: Programs are presented to school classes only; they are not offered to family groups. To learn more about our public programs see What’s On.

*These programs have been organized with the Squamish Nation Education Department and made possible in part through a grant from the Museums Assistance Program, Department of Canadian Heritage.