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Education Program
The Trinity Historical Society, in
partnership with the Provincial Historic Sites, has
developed an educational program that provides a
hands-on approach to teaching students about the
past so that they will leave with a greater
appreciation of early life.
Our historic sites accompanied with our experienced
tour guides can give teachers the resource they need
to interpret the past and better present the desired
curriculum.. A visit to Trinity will enable students
to look back in time and see life as it was in the
early days.
In the Fall we offer programs designed specifically
to cover certain curriculum outcomes of the K-12
program.
Our “end of the school year” program, “The Trinity
Experience”, gives teachers the option of visiting
all six historical sites in Trinity or any three of
their choice.
Depending on the availability of
staff and resources, the fall and spring programs
may be adapted to accommodate your specific needs.
We have also been piloting classroom visits that
allow certain programs to be brought to your school.
Call to discuss these options as advance notice is
required.
School Programs:
“The Trinity
Experience”:
We invite you to come
and visit Historic Trinity for your “End of the
School Year” field trip, where the past is visibly
present! You may choose to take a guided tour of all
six sites or choose the three that your class would
find most interesting. As they
complete their tour, students participate in
interactive games and activities relative to each
site and appropriate for their age and grade level.
Teacher’s Guide for Trinity
Experience
Primary Program:
The
primary program includes guided tours and activities
for the Kindergarten to Grade Three student. This
program engages students in the past by allowing
them to explore their roots or origins, interact
with artifacts, take a glimpse into how life was
lived and look at how communities can change. Five
different activities are available for teachers to
choose from.
Teacher’s Guide & Edu-Kit for Primary
Program
Elementary Program:
The
elementary program is designed to offer the Grade
Four to Six student an opportunity to participate in
a program where they will take on the role of a
historian working for the department of tourism
researching what life was like in the past. This
information will be reported back to the government
so they can begin to build a community from the
past. Students will use various research methods to
find information about life long ago and will be
exposed to different types of information as they
travel around Trinity conducting their research.
They will visit the six historic sites to gather
their information.
Teacher’s Guide & Edu-Kit for
Elementary Program
Grade 7:
Societal empowerment is the main focus of the Grade
Seven program. Students will be given an in-depth
look at the conditions of life for the people living
in Trinity at the turn of the 20th
century. It will be evident that life was not always
the same for every person living here, as they will
see the differences in life for the upper class,
middle and lower class citizens. Students will
explore reasons for these disparities as they tour
the historic sites from each of the three classes of
citizens and begin to understand why people lived so
differently. This program allows students to learn
about societal empowerment by letting them
experience the past as they walk through the life of
a merchant, a tradesman, a fisherman and a servant.
Teacher’s Guide & Edu-Kit for Grade 7
Program
Grade 8:
This
program has been developed to teach students about
the importance of history and why we should preserve
it. Students
taking part in this program will be involved in a
variety of activities. They will learn about
historical sources, where they can be found and how
they can help us learn about the past.
Students
will learn about collective history and individual
past and will be able to define the term ‘history’.
They will realize the importance of preserving
history and will see the advantages of preserving
traditions from the past.
Teacher’s Guide & Edu-Kit for Grade 8
Program
Grade 9:
The
Grade 9 program has been developed to illustrate
some of the trades that existed in Trinity and
surrounding area in the past. Students will visit
three sites in Trinity including our two living
history museums and experience first hand the tools
and skills needed to perform these occupations.
Teacher’s Guide & Edu-Kit for Grade 9
Program
Senior High and
Newfoundland & Labrador Studies 2205:
This program focuses on
the role of the fishery and arrival of the merchant
firms in shaping the development of Trinity as a
service town at the turn of the 20th
century and the changes that occurred in the town
with the decline of the fishery. Students will visit
sites that depict what life was like in Trinity
during these times.
Teacher’s Guide & Edu-Kit for Senior High Program
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