Education

The KHCC offers a wide variety of educational programming. Give your students a hands-on learning experience with strong connections to the Ontario Curriculum. Explore history from a local lens and understand the lives of both Settler and Indigenous Canadians in the 19^th and 20^th centuries. Programs can be run virtually or in person. Programs are a full or half day at the KHCC or 1.5-2 hours in your classroom or virtually. Capacity for each program is 30 students per session. Program costs are $5 per student on-site or $50 per class off-site or virtually.

Education Programs

Grade(s): 1
Duration: 1.5-2.0 hours
Program Statement: This program introduces the basics of community responsibility and symbolic mapping skills. Participants will be asked to bring a photograph or drawing of a community building (i.e., house, school, bank, library, place of worship) that they visit with family or friends. Historic maps, buildings, and photographs will be shared with participants to compare the past and present community of King Township. Participants will create their own ‘dream community’ map through a guided art activity. Participants will also develop important dexterity skills through utilizing scissors, pencil crayons, and glue-sticks to represent their reflections visually.
Program Types: In-person, Virtual
Grade(s): 2, 3
Duration: 1.5-2.0 hours
Program Statement: Time travel to 19^th century King! Participants will explore the everyday lives and challenges of European settlers in King Township from the perspective of various community members. Occupations will include homemakers, children, schoolteachers, farmers, general stores, and postmaster. Participants will develop the historical inquiry process through interpreting and experiencing the responsibilities of these community members through roleplay and hands-on activities. Participants will also be introduced to analyzing primary and secondary source materials as part of their investigations.
Program Types: In-person, Virtual
Grade(s): 5, 6
Duration: 1.5-2.0 hours
Program Statement: As part of ongoing reconciliation efforts outlined in the Truth and Reconciliation Committee’s Calls to Action, participants will learn about the treaty lands in which King Township and surrounding communities reside. Participants will investigate conflicting worldviews of the Mississaugas of the Credit and European settlers that contributed to the 1787 Toronto Purchase and its 1805 revision, as well as the Williams Treaties. As part of their historical investigations, participants will learn to interpret a variety of evidence from primary (i.e., governmental policies, letters, treaty agreements, oral accounts, wampum belts) and secondary source materials (i.e., videos from Indigenous writers, storybooks).
Program Types: In-person, Virtual
Grade(s): 7, 8
Duration: 1.5-2.0 hours
Program Statement: Walk in the shoes of the Lloydtown rebels! Participants will explore King Township’s participation in the 1837 Upper Canada Rebellion against the colonial government. Participants will practice the historical inquiry process through a re-enactment/lively debate of aspects of the Rebellion such as responsible government, republics, monarchies, the Family Compact, and colonial governmental structure. Roleplay characters will include historical figures on both sides of the rebellion such as William Lyon Mackenzie, Jesse Lloyd, Francis Bond Head, Samuel Lount, and more! Participants will also learn how to engage in respectful dialogue through interactions with primary and secondary source materials to form opinions on contentious Canadian issues.
Program Types: In-person, Virtual

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