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.

We have four different programs to offer. The primary program includes guided tours and activities for the grade Kindergarten to three student. This program engages students in the past by allowing them to explore their roots or origin, interact with artifacts, take a glimpse into how life was lived and look at how communities can change. Teachers may choose from five different activities for their students to participate in depending on what outcomes they want to achieve.

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. There will be six different stations for the students to gather information, namely, the archives, the museum, Ryan’s shop, Hiscock House, the Forge and possibly a person to interview.

We also offer programs in the fall to junior and senior high school students. An exhibit called "Commemoration of World War I and World War II" is set up around Remembrance Day where students can come and learn about these wars. The presenter tells how the war affected the local area and talks about local men that participated in the war. Uniforms worn during these wars are on display and students will gain an appreciation for the courage these men held.

We are in the process of completing other programs for the junior and senior high curriculum. As these programs become available, more information will be given.

An "end of school year" program is also available. This flexible program gives teachers the option of visiting all six historical sites in Trinity or any three of their choice. As they tour the sites, students can complete a history hunt where they find answers to questions about each site. After their tour, students can participate in a game called "The Heritage Race". Teams of students will race around the different sites completing activities and getting clues to the next destination. The team who completes all six activities and races back to the start is deemed champion of "The Heritage Race".

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