Program Name

Age Level

Considerations

Descriptions

Cost

Winter Program Only

Back to School

grade 2 -8 

*Available January 2011-May 2011

*Maximum 50 students per half day

Curriculum Links: Heritage and Citizenship-Traditions, Rules and Responsibilities; Early Settlements in Upper Canada; British North America; Confederation; Active Living; Movement Competence  

Subject: History and Social Science

Don't be late!  Our costumed school teacher will be waiting to greet you!  Spend a half day as a student in our 1860s school house.  Work on a slate, participate in a spelling bee, play 19^th century games and practice the 3Rs.  Will you be the son of a blacksmith, daughter of the miller or a child of a farm laborer?  Come to Black Creek and find out!

$10.50 per student

Winter Program Only

Back to School plus Tour

grade 2-8  

*Available January 2011-May 2011

*all day program(10:00-2:00)

*Maximum 100 students per day

Curriculum Links: Heritage and Citizenship-Traditions, Rules and Responsibilities; Early Settlements in Upper Canada; British North America; Confederation;

Subject: History and Social Science

Enjoy the Back to School program plus receive a guided tour of the Village with one of our exciting and informative education staff. 

$15.50 per student

Winter Program Only

Pioneer Life

grade 3-8

*Maximum 100 students per day

*all day program(10:00-2:00)

* Available January 2011-May 2011

Curriculum Links: Heritage and Citizenship-Early Settements in Upper Canada; British North America; Confederation

Subjects: History, Social Sciences

Enjoy a combination of the Many Hands program and a guided tour of the historic Village for the other half of the day.   This a relaxing time of year where students won't feel rushed and can have a fun time exploring on those crisp winter days.  Have the Village to yourself in this very special off season program!

$18.50 per student

Winter program Only

Winter in the Village

Grades 3-8

*available January -March 8

*maximum 40 students per day

*all day program (10:00-2:00)

Curriculum Links: Heritage and Citizenship-Early Settlements in Upper Canada; First Nations Peoples; Confederation;Active Living, Movement Competance

Subjects: Social Sciences, History,  Health and Physical Education

This winter enjoy the beautiful outdoors at Black Creek Pioneer Village.  Get active in the snow the way the First Nations people and early settlers used to.  Learn about and participate in snow shoeing and play traditional games with our serene Victorian Village as a back drop.  Students will discover the origins of many sports and games they still like to play.  End the day with a hot chocolate drink to warm you up after a day of out door fun! 

$18.50 per student

Cast Your Vote

grade 5  and high school

* Maximum 80 students per half day

*Available

May 1 -mid November (excluding July and August)

Curriculum Links: Canada and World Connections- Aspects of Citizenship and Government in Canada 

Subjects: Social Studies, Civics

 Do you have strong opinions?  If you do, you will have fun at Black Creek Pioneer Village.  Students become characters from the 1860s and have a chance to feel what it was like to be the people of long ago.  The program gets them involved in aspects of citizenship and government of the 1800s.  They debate a contentious issue and have the opportunity to "cast their vote" to see who carries the day.

10.50

Society and Change

grade 7/8 and high school

*Maximum 300 students per half day

*Available May 1-mid November 2011

Curriculum Links: British North America; Confederation; Active Living; Movement Competence

Subject: History

 How has our society changed from Confederation to now?  This program examines the many changes under way on the eve of confederation.  Students look at the place in society of religious and ethnic minorities, women and children.  Issues such as temperance, education, voting rights and social life are explored.  Not all talk; students even learn a dance and courting rituals of the 1800s.  This program is designed to engage the interest of early teens.

$10.50per student

New Language-New Land

ESL

*Maximum 300 students per half day

*Available May1-mid November

2011

Curriculum Links: Language, Heritage and Citizenship-Traditions, Rules and Responsibilities; Early Settlements in Upper Canada; British North America, Confederation  

Subjects: History, Social Sciences, Language

 Join us on a voyage of discovery!  This is a program designed with the "new Canadian in mind.  Join one of our knowledgeable guides for a casual, interactive and fun filled exploration of the Village.  A great opportunity for students to grasp lots of new vocabulary while at the same time learning about the history of their new home.

$10.50 per student

School Days

grade 2-8

*October 12-November 18 only

*Maximum 65 students per half day

Curriculum Links: Heritage and Citizenship-Traditions, Rules and Responsibilities; Early Settlements in Upper Canada; British North America; Confederation 

Subjects:History, Social Sciences 

What is it like to be a student in a one room school house?  This program focuses on school life in old Ontario.  Students will be able to don aprons and vests and participate in classroom activities of the 1860s.  Spelling bees, working on slate boards, and learning the routine of a student's life in a farm community gives children a real connection with school life of the past.  This program includes a half hour in our heritage school house.

$11.50  per student

Step Into the Past

All grade levels

*Available May 1- mid November

*Maximum 300 students per half day

Curriculum Links: Heritage and Citizenship-Relationships, Rules and Responsibilities; Traditions and Celebrations; Early Settlements in Upper Canada; British North America; Confederation

Subjects: History, Social Sciences

Welcome to the Village!  This program gives a great introduction to pioneer times.  Tour the Village with informative guides seeing the many houses, shops and farm buildings.  Meet the trades people and residents!  This program is appropriate to any age group and can be tailored to the group's level and interest.

$10.50 per student

Hands-On Experience

Many Hands

grades 3-8

*Maximum 50 students per half day

*Available all year except July/August

Curriculum Links: Heritage and Citizenship-Early Settlements in Upper Canada; British North America; Confederation   

Subjects: History, Social Sciences

Get to work in an authentic heritage log house!  Learn to cook on a real wood stove, churn and prepare butter, card wool and use a spinning wheel.  Get your water from a hand pump and deliver it to the house using yoke and buckets.  In our old work shop try your hand at wood working, weaving on a barn loom and use a cross cut saw to cut logs.  After all the hard work enjoy a snack made with "Many Hands". 

$13.50 per student

Waste Not, want Not

grades 3-8

*Available May 1- mid November

*Maximum 300 students per half day

Curriculum Links: Language, Heritage and Citizenship: Relationships, Rules and Responsibilities, Early Settlements in Upper Canada; Traditions and Celebrations; British North America 

Subjects: Social Sciences, Environmental Studies, Language

 Waste not; Want not, what does it mean?  The Village is a great place to learn about how pioneers used the natural world around them.  Hike along the beautiful Black Creek Mill path, work with natural materials the way our early settlers did and grind grain the old fashioned way!  Were the pioneers responsible environmentalists?  Find out at Black Creek Pioneer Village.

$10.50 per student

Yesterday's Child

grades 1-3

*Available May 1 -mid November

*Maximum 300 students per half day

Curriculum Links: Heritage and Citizenship- Relationships, Rules and Responsibilities; Traditions and Celebrations; Early Settlements in Upper Canada

Subject: Social Studies

Imagine being a child long ago!  This program helps children relate to children's lives in the 1800's.  Children compare and contrast by putting on pioneer clothing, practicing chores around the farm and trying their hand at 19^th century trades.  See a printing press at work, how a doctor would make you feel better (or not) and play with children's toys and games of the 1860s.  What a great way to learn history!

$10.50 per student

Hands-On Experience

A Stitch in Time

grade 2 and 3

*Available May 1 - mid November

*Maximum 60 students per half day

Curriculum Links: Heritage and Citizenship- Traditions and Celebration; Early Settlements in Upper Canada; Active Living; Movement Competence

Subject: Social Studies

 It's time for chores!  Become a member of a 1860s family and help out around the farm.  Learn what it takes to survive in a log house.  Activities include needle work, doing laundry with a wash board, use of a hand pump to get water, trying on pioneer clothing, playing with stilts and hoops and making a small snack.  Remember, "A stitch in time saves nine!"

$11.50 per student

Hands-On Experience

Hands  On History

grades 2-5

*Maximum 60 students per half day

*Available May 1 -mid November (excluding July and August)

Curriculum Links: Heritage and Citizenship-Traditions and Celebrations: Early Settlements in Upper Canada

Subject: Social Sciences

Work and Play in our "Hands- on History" Centre!  Children have lots of fun building a log cabin, shingling a roof, working on a giant loom and trying on pioneer clothes.  There is also lots of time to explore our many shops and houses in the Village.

$11.50 per student

Sensory Adventures

Pre school

*Maximum 300 students per half day

*Available May 1 - mid November

Curriculum Links: Language, Heritage and Citizenship: Relationships, Rules and Responsibilities; Canada and World Connections-The Local Community 

Subjects: Social Studies, Languages

So now you are a pioneer!  Children explore the Village using their 5 senses.  Meet the farm animals, smell the baking bread and the herbs from the garden and card wool.  Finally, enjoy a tasty old time treat at the Inn.  It is all part of the adventure!  

$10.50 per student

Charlie Needs a New Cloak

Pre School -grade 2

*Maximum 300 students per half day

*Available May 1-mid November(excluding July and August)

Curriculum Links: Heritage and Citizenship- Relationships, Rules and Responsibilities; Traditions and Celebrations; The Local Community

Subject: Social Studies

 Where is Charlie?  Learn the story of Charlie, the shepherd, and his quest to make a new cloak.  Students go on a journey through the Village to discover where wool, comes from and the steps Charlie takes to create a new cloak for himself.  They also learn about sheep shearing, washing, carding and spinning wool as well as weaving and sewing the wool into cloth.  Children will have lots of fun following Charlie's trail through the Village!

$10.50 per student

Life in A New Land

grades 3-8 and ESL

*Available May 1 - mid November(excluding July and August)

*Maximum 300 students per half day 

Curriculum Links: Heritage and Citizenship- Early Settlements in Upper Canada; British North America; Confederation

Subjects: History, Social Sciences

You have just arrived in Canada.  What should you do next?  Find out at Black Creek.  Tour the Village and discover the many challenges that faced our early settlers.  Study the economic and social realities of the day.  Learn about survival, how to build a community and cope with conditions in a new land.  Are you ready for the challenge?

$10.50 per student

1837 Rebellion  

grades 7 - 8

*Maximum 80 students per half day

*Available May1- mid November(excluding July and August)

Curriculum Links: Conflict and Change; British North America

Subject: History

Take part in a revolt!  Students take sides in the 1837 Rebellion to decide the future of their country.  They will discover the main social and political issues that led to rebellion meet characters from the time period and collect information.  To conclude, they will take a position in a lively Town Hall debate to see who will win and who will lose!   

$10.50 per student

Christmas Past

all grade levels

November 19 to December 23 only

*Maximum 400 students per half day 

Curriculum Links: Heritage and Citizenship-Relationships, Rules and Responsibilities; Traditions and Celebrations; Early Settlements in Upper Canada; the Local Community; British North America

Subjects: History, Social Studies

 Traditions and celebrations of the different cultures that make up the Village provide a very special Christmas visit.  Scottish, Irish, British and Pennsylvania-German influences can be seen in a traditional setting of 19^th century homes, shops and community meeting places.  Each child makes a traditional Christmas craft.  Groups help to create a pomander, taste period treats, work at a printing press, try on pioneer winter clothes and play with old-style Christmas toys.  Join in the spirit of the season at this fun filled visit to the Village.

$11.50 per student

Hands-On Experience

Toys of Yesterday

grades 2-4

*November 19 -December 23 only

* Maximum 80 students per half day

Curriculum Links: Heritage and Citizenship-Traditions and Celebrations: Early Settlements in Upper Canada

Subject: Social Studies

    Its play time!  Discover toys of the past in our interactive display!  Make your own toy, take part in story telling and play with toys just like the pioneer children did.   Once you have had a chance to see how much fun the pioneer toys are you won't want to go back to the modern ones! 

$10.50 per student

Dickson's Hill School program

grades 2 and up

*Minimum of 5 days

Maximum 60 students

Curriculum Links: Heritage and Citizenship-Traditions, Rules and Responsibilities; Early Settlements in Upper Canada; British North America; Confederation; Active Living; Movement Competence  

Subject: History and Social Science

Step back in time and spend a week role playing with your students in a one room school.  Teacher orientation is provided as well as scheduled daily visits to many of the Village homes and trade shops.  Groups are encouraged to dress as citizens of the 1860s and conduct lessons with materials that are appropriate to the time.

$10 per student/day

Pioneer Summer Fun

Ages 6 -12

*Maximum 80  students per half day

*July and August only

Appropriate for day camps and day cares in the summer

Experience summer as kids did in the 1800s.  Participate in games and sports popular at that time, have fun playing with traditional toys and enjoy trying on clothing that children wore long ago.  Learn to dance and even make  your own toy!  This interactive program includes visits to the Village's 1860s homes and trade shops, where you can experience activities such as helping with the printing press, carding wool and more! 

11.50 per child