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Learning Activities

Amazing Objects

Students learn about immigration to Canada between 1800 and 2000 and learn to interpret objects brought to Canada by immigrants by studying objects from the Canadian Museum of Civilization's database. Students will complete an Amazing Object activity sheet, and make a presentation in a format of their choice.

Grade: Grades 2-4; Quebec Cycle 1-2

• Amazing Objects - Lesson Plan (PDF 270k)
• Amazing Objects - Activity Sheet (PDF 125k)

Artifact Records:

• Toy horse - (PDF 150k)
• Spinning wheel - (PDF 145k)
• Sickle - (PDF 125k)
• Rolling pin - (PDF 145k)
• Cookie mould - (PDF 150k)
• Xylophone - (PDF 160k)
• Wedding chest - (PDF 145k)
• Doll - (PDF 150k)
• Hand seeder - (PDF 145k)
• Fish trap - (PDF 160k)
• Head ornament - (PDF 180k)