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Just One Word Just one word is all it takes to start your students on a writing adventure. Using Glenbow Museum’s collection of art and artifacts for inspiration, students will experience how to create stories and poems by participating in hands-on writing and art-based activities. Grades 4 - 6 |
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What is it? Looking at Objects What stories do objects tell us? What do they teach us about the cultures or people who made or owned them? Learning from objects is as important as learning through the spoken or written word. Students will transform into detectives for a hands-on investigation. Using objects relating to various Glenbow exhibits, students will flex their skills in observing, interpreting and recording information. Grades 4 – 6 |
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The Curating Game: Making Connections with Artifacts & Photographs Grades 4 – 6 |
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Comparing Cultures Note: Redeveloped for permanent exhibits Grades 4, 5 |
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Inuit: The Land, The People Where we live determines much about the kind of life we lead, both physically and spiritually. Explore Inuit culture through engaging discussions about food, clothing, shelter, beliefs and values. Using Inuit artifacts, students will investigate and come to conclusions about what those artifacts are, how they were made and what they were used for. Students will also gather knowledge about the animals and their importance in the Inuit lifestyle. The following pre-visit activities will provide students with an introduction to the Inuit and to Glenbow. We recommend that you conduct as many of these activities as possible before your Glenbow program.
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Landers and Builders: Exploring the Impact of Cultural Contact This program is designed to assist students in developing an understanding of cross-cultural dynamics. Explore the effects of cultural contact by looking closely at artifacts for the purpose of constructing a fictitious society called the Landers. The Landers encounter the technologically advanced Builders whose inventions could be advantageous to the Landers. This dynamic leads to an opportunity to explore the advantages, disadvantages and impact of cultural contact. Ponder questions like: How do new technologies impact a culture? How does contact change the way a community functions? And, what does a society lose and gain as a result of contact with another culture? Grades 4 - 6 |
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From Page to Knight: Becoming a Medieval Warrior What is a knight? What is a knight's code of chivalry? Would you be prepared to leave home at the age of seven to start your life as a page? Are you rich enough? Are you brave enough? Discover the mysteries of knights and knighthood in a hands-on journey exploring the life, armour and weaponry of a mysterious and mystical time in history. Grades 4, 5 |
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Fur Trade The lives of the Native Peoples living in this area were greatly influenced by the expansion of the fur trade into the West. This program focuses on the history of the fur trade, the people involved, the objects traded and the impact on the lives of the traders both Native and European. We will use artifacts and archival photographs to explore this dramatic time in Canadian history. Grades 4, 5 |
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Niitsitapiisinni: Our Way of Life We call ourselves Niitsitapi, although we are known as the Blackfoot speaking people. We invite you to come and experience our rich cultural traditions and view the world from a different perspective. Learn about our traditions, values and history. Experience our relationship with all of Creation. Hear stories that teach our children how to co-exist with the world around them. In this program you will meet with a member of the First Nations who will offer personal stories and insights into their culture and traditions. Come celebrate the Blackfoot way of life with us. Grades 4 - 6 |
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Keeping Our Culture: Issues of Contact from the Blackfoot Perspective What lead to the signing of Treaty 7? Why is the relationship between the Blackfoot and Europeans strained? This program begins with a look at traditional Blackfoot society prior to colonization and culminates with the signing of Treaty 7. From the time of the fur trade, missionaries, North-West Mounted Police, and the arrival of the first settlers, the Blackfoot people have undergone many challenges to their traditional way of life. Work with a Blackfoot educator to discuss the different world views of the Blackfoot and Europeans, the impact of Blackfoot trade with other Native groups and the impact of trade with European fur traders on the Blackfoot. Grades 5, 6 |
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A Resourceful People: Albertans and their Natural Resources Explore the lives of enterprising mavericks including rancher John Ware, oil & gas entrepreneur William Herron, and immigrant coal miner Thomas Gushul. Come to understand their diverse values and varied perspectives of Alberta's natural resources. In this program, students will understand how natural resources have helped create and shape Alberta's communities and participate in a town hall debate over issues of land and resource use. Grade 4, 5 |
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Active Citizenship : Maverick Leaders and New Directions What challenges must citizens overcome to promote change? How does change impact the identity of a community? In this program, students will join in the battle to fight for the rights of citizens. Discuss issues important to past and present Albertans and discover what it means to be an active citizen in the world of Alberta’s politics. Grades 5, 6 |
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Wider World of Newcomers The late 19th and early 20th century brought new and varied groups of immigrants to Alberta. Students will rummage through the suitcases of people who came to Alberta to find out how and why peoples of Chinese, Ukrainian and Hungarian ancestry made Alberta their home. Discover some of these newcomers’ experiences in Glenbow’s interactive Mavericks gallery. Grades 4, 5 |
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