Education

Delve into communities of the past to understand those in the present; and, your place within them, as you explore historic buildings in King Township and put your mapping skills to the test! “Community: From the Ground Up!” is a cross-curricular activity-based program where students learn about what contributes to a community, how to design it on a map, as well as how it is shaped by the places, events, and people within them. Students are encouraged to actively develop and reflect upon their roles, responsibilities, and identities in their own communities. 

*Note: All KHCC on-site field trips include an interactive tour of our heritage buildings.

Cost: $7.50/student 

Step back in time to explore what life was like in King Township in the 1800s from a variety of historical perspectives and experiences. Embark on an interactive tour of our historic buildings and put your historical inquiry skills into action in our 19th century roleplaying game: “Kinghorn Commerce” to transform the KHCC into a working village before your eyes! While developing cross-curricular social studies and mathematics skills, students are encouraged to make connections to their lives in the present day to bridge the worlds of the past to truly become a Time Traveller's Apprentice. 

*Note: All KHCC on-site field trips include an interactive tour of our heritage buildings. 

Cost: $7.50/student 

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Until November 10, 2023, add on a complimentary tour of our exhibit: “On The Trail of the Monarch Butterfly” with interactive activities and an eco-friendly butterfly craft to learn about Monarchs, pollinators, and biodiverse habitats.

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The King Heritage & Cultural Centre is on the move and ready to transform your classroom into your own museum workshop! Our museum interpreters will train your students how to handle and analyze artifacts from our collection in order to become junior curators; all the while, learning about how to identify a variety of primary and secondary sources.

During this hands-on program, students will strengthen their Ontario Curriculum skills, including the Inquiry Process to: formulate questions, gather and organize information, interpret and analyze evidence, evaluate and draw conclusions, as well as communicate their findings about the artifacts they explore. More importantly, students will directly engage with a variety of historical topics in Canadian history including: social and economic history, technology and science, as well as early settler and Indigenous history to understand how people lived in the past; and, the perspectives that shaped them.

This program can be catered to any elementary or high school grade level in the Ontario Curriculum and/or the topics of interest in your classroom.

Cost: $200/class (up to 30 students). *Additional travel fee of $15-$30 may apply.