Virtual Museum of Canada
Virtual Museum of Canada: Community Stories: Saskatoon & Wwii Experience
The impact that the Second World War had on the prairie town on Saskatoon is investigated here. This investigation includes how Saskatoon was transformed from an agriculture centre to a town crucial to the mobilization of supplies and a...
Virtual Museum of Canada
Virtual Museum of Canada: The Healing Power of Plants
Plants are a source of many human medicines and this exhibit presents information on plants used for healing. There are activities for students such as quizzes, a game where you try to cure patients' ailments, and one where you try to...
University of Alberta
Atlas of Alberta Railways: Before the Railway: Trails, Canoes and York Boats
Presented by the University of Alberta, this resource contains information on the early trade routes used in western Canada before the construction of the railway. The site also provides digital maps showing the locations of the land and...
Trent University
Susanna Moodie: Life
This detailed article on the life of Susanna Moodie has information on what Moodie wrote prior to marriage and emigration to Canada, her early experiences in Canada and writing that stemmed from them, and the hardships she and her family...
University of Alberta
Atlas of Alberta Railways: The Grand Trunk Pacific Railway
Presented by the University of Alberta, this resource contains information on the founding and development of The Grand Trunk Pacific Railway. The site also provides primary source resources in the the form of photographs, excerpts,...
Virtual Museum of Canada
Virtual Museum of Canada: From Cornerstone to Consecration
This site centres on the building of the Basilica Cathedral in St. John's, Newfoundland during the period of 1837 to 1855. The impact of this was huge on the development of Newfoundlanders' sense of identity.
Historica Canada
Historica Canada: Heritage Minutes: Joseph Armand Bombardier
Part of a series, this resource profiles Joseph Bombardier who developed the snowmobile and other ATVs. Includes a brief video and learning resources.
Historica Canada
Historica Canada: Heritage Minutes: Dr. Wilder Penfield
Part of a series, this resource profiles Dr. Wilder Penfield, a doctor who mapped the brain, and discovered the location of memory, forgotten emotions, and dreams. Includes a brief video and learning resources.
Other
A Web of Understanding: Sikhs
This page is part of a 2001 display on prejudice created by the museum. Here you can read original documents and letters that highlight racial prejudice faced by Sikh immigrants in British Columbia in the Victorian era.
Hudson's Bay Company
Hudson's Bay Company: His Highness Prince Rupert of the Rhine, First Governor of Hbc
Prince Rupert, Cousin to Charles ll, was the first governor of the Hudson Bay Company. This biography of his life includes some information on his connection with Radisson and des Groseilliers.
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Museum of Health Care: Reading the Trade Cards
Trading cards were popular in the 1800s and 1900s as a way of advertising health and beauty products. This exhibit shows examples of various types and discusses the advertising techniques used. Younger children will especially enjoy the...
Canada Science and Technology Museum
Canada Science and Technology Museum: An Exhibit on Communications
Follow the development of telecommunications from the earliest times to the most advanced technologies! Useful research tool highlighting the telegraph, telegram, telephone todigital networks and computing in Canada.
Other
An Exploration of Historic Prejudice: The Chinese
The Chinese began coming to British Columbia in the mid-1800's. They suffered terrible abuse during their voyages to get there and much discrimination afterwards, often forced to work in dangerous conditions. Many of them sought gold...
University of Washington
Uw Libraries: Japanese American Exhibit and Access Project
This site offers an in-depth look at the plight of Japanese Americans during World War II who were forced into American style concentration, or internment, camps to wait out the war.
Hudson's Bay Company
Hudson's Bay Company: David Thompson
David Thompson, surveyor, and explorer, was the first to chart vast regions of Canada.
Other
Cmh: Gateway to Aboriginal Heritage: Discovering Objects
A teacher lesson plan, student activity sheet and artifact information packages provide students with the opportunity to interpret items before presenting their hypothesis to the class.
Canadian Museum of History
Cmc: The First Battle Against the Iroquois
This fascinating and detailed site looks at the battle between Champlain and the Iroquois.
Other
Cmh: Gateway to Aboriginal Heritage: Design a Display
Students compare and contrast similar objects from different cultures using images from the Museum of Civilization. Interpreting and classifying the items will challenge students' higher order thinking skills.
Canadian Museum of History
Cmc: Virtual Museum of New France: The Explorers: Des Groseilliers
An overview of the life of Des Groseilliers. Biographical information along with images and maps show how Des Groseilliers was an influential person in the fur trade.
Other
Cmc: Mysteries of Egypt: Tutankhamun
Site provides extensive information about King Tut, the boy king. Content includes a focus on King Tut's life and times, the cause of his death, his funeral, his tomb, his treasure, and the Mummy's Curse. Numerous photographs and a...
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Festival Du Voyageur
Voyageurs are remembered each year in Manitoba's Festival du Voyageur. It is a special recognition and reinforcement of the province's deep Franco-Manitoban history and roots. This winter celebration is proof that the voyageurs' courage...
Hudson's Bay Company
Hudson's Bay Company: Retail at War
Wartime posed many challenges for the retail industry. This brief record includes the contributions of women as they stepped into positions vacated by men who enlisted.
Other
Courts of Nova Scotia: Author on the Bench: Thomas Chandler Haliburton
Brief biography of Thomas Chandler Haliburton comments on his dual careers as the writer/creator of Sam Slick and as a jurist.
Other
Fitzhenry and Whiteside: 'If I Had Just Two Wings' Teaching Guide [Pdf]
"If I Had Just Two Wings", an historical novel by Virginia Frances Schwartz, follows the journey of some slaves as they flee to Canada along the Underground Railroad. This teacher's guide includes detailed chapter summaries and project...
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