Education
Virtual School Programs
Early Settler Experience
Travel back in time and explore the daily life and customs of the Bradley family in 19th century Upper Canada. Students will also learn about relationships between early settlers and the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation.
Curriculum Connections
Subject(s): Social Studies
Curriculum Strand(s): Heritage & Identity
Curriculum Topic(s): Our Changing Roles & Responsibilities (gr. 1), Changing Family & Community Traditions (gr. 2), Communities in Canada, 1780-1850 (gr. 3)
Videos:
- Making Bannock and kitchen discussion
- Spinning Demo and fibre discussion
- Indigenous Story of Mississauga
Live Guided Activity:
- Kim's Game
- Q & A
Kahoot Quizzes:
- How to build a log cabin?
- What did early settlers wear?
- What did early settlers grow?
Individual pre-packaged craft activity (Teachers choose one craft activity option for whole class):
- Ball and Cup Craft
- Design a Quilt Block Craft
- Sampler/Sewing Craft
Black Settlers in Peel
In this program, students will explore the stories and lack of stories of early Black Settlers in Peel using object-based, inquisitive learning.
Curriculum Connections
Subject(s): Social Studies, History & Geography
Curriculum Strand(s): Heritage & Identity, History
Curriculum Topic(s): Communities in Canada, Past & Present (gr. 6), New France & British North America, 1713-1800, Canada, 1800-1850: Conflict and Challenges (gr. 7), Creating Canada, 1850-1890, Canada, 1890-1914: A Changing Society (gr. 8)
Videos:
- Making biscuits and food discussion
- Carding demo and enslaved labour discussion
- Mapping: land for the Loyalists discussion
Live Guided Activity:
- Artifact guessing game
- Q & A
Kahoot Quizzes:
- Black community contributions to Peel
- Navigating the Underground Railway
- What's in your suitcase?
Individual pre-packaged craft activity:
- Exploring evidence left behind: primary source activity
Maple Sap to Syrup
In this program students discover the magic of maple trees as they explore how sap is collected and boiled over an open fire. They will compare the maple sugaring traditions of Indigenous communities, settlers and modern maple sugar bushes.
Curriculum Connections
Subject(s): Science & Technology, Social Studies, History & Geography
Curriculum Strand(s): Understanding Life Systems, Understanding Matter & Energy, Heritage & Identity, People & Environments
Curriculum Topic(s): Needs & Characteristics of Living Things, Energy in Our Lives (gr. 1), Properties of Liquids & Solids, Changing Family & Community Traditions (gr. 2), Growth & Changes in Plants, Communities in Canada, 1780-1850, Living & Working in Ontario (gr. 3), Political & Physical Regions of Canada (gr. 4), Properties of & Changes in Matter (gr. 5), Interactions in the Environment, Pure Substances & Mixtures (gr. 7), Fluids (gr. 8)
Videos:
- Identifying and tapping maple trees
- Collecting and boiling sap
- Indigenous story of maple
Live Guided Activity:
- Maples and climate change Jeopardy game
- Q & A
Kahoot Quizzes:
- Types of maple trees
- Maple tools
- Is maple syrup good for you?
Individual pre-packaged craft activity (teachers choose one craft activity option for whole class):
- Story of Maple picture (K-Grade 2)
- Maple tin punching (Grade 3-6)
- Maple seed envelope (All Grades)
Year Round
Early Settler Bootcamp
Do you have what it takes to be an Early Settler? Test your skills and see how easy or hard life as an early settler could be. Participants will take part in a series of hands on tasks based on the daily routine of an early settler. Includes making a tasting a settler meal. Program activities are adapted for the age range of the participants.
Location:
Bradley Museum
Length:
1.5 to 2 hrs
Program Connections:
Guiding: Unit's Own: Canadian Connections
Scouting: Beaver Scouts - Personal Achievement Badge - Canada Beaver, Scouts - Personal Achievement Badge - Cub Scouts Canada
History Hunters
Explore how museums use research, artifact collections and programming to share local history through a series of interactive activities which will take participants around the museum in a scavenger hunt style game.
Location:
Benares Historic House
Length:
1.5 to 2 hrs
Program Connections:
Guiding: Build Skills - Life Stuff - Career Day
Scouting: Cub Scouts - Personal Achievement Badge - Cub Scouts Hobby
Mississauga’s Herstory
Explore the changing roles of women in Canada past and present using the real life stories and experiences of women from Mississauga.
Location:
Benares Historic House
Length:
1.5 - 2 hrs
Program Connections:
Guiding: Explore Identities - Gender Power - Herstory Lineup/ Canada's Herstory
Scouting: Scouts - Rideau Trail: Citizenship - Suffrage
Remembrance & Peace
Learn about the effect of WWI on the Canadian home front, the importance of remembrance and how you can impact the fight for peace across the word through a series of hands on activities which will help participants make a personal connection to the concepts of Remembrance and Peace.
Location:
Benares Historic House
Length:
1.5 - 2 hrs
Program Connections:
Guiding: BC Guiding Remembers Challenge
Scouting: Beaver Scouts - Personal Achievement Badge - Canada Beaver, Scouts - Personal Achievement Badge - Cub Scouts Canada
Community Builders
Explore the experiences and contributions of the Indigenous, Black Settler and United Empire Loyalist communities to Mississauga through a series of interactive games and activities.
Location:
Bradley Museum
Length:
1.5 - 2 hrs
Program Connections:
Guiding: Unit's Own: Canadian Connections
Scouting: Beaver Scouts - Personal Achievement Badge - Canada Beaver, Scouts - Personal Achievement Badge - Cub Scouts Canada
Hearth and Home
Try your hand at activities that were essential to an early settler family including lighting a fire, mending your own clothing and growing your own food. This program ends with enjoying a snack at our fire pit.
Location:
Bradley Museum
Length:
1.5 - 2 hrs
Program Connections:
Guiding: Unit's Own: Canadian Connections
Scouting: Beaver Scouts - Personal Achievement Badge - Canada Beaver, Scouts - Personal Achievement Badge - Cub Scouts Canada
Museum Quest
Explore the Bradley site on both a letterboxing and geocaching quest. Participants will get a chance to use a compass and map and a GPS device to navigate as they search the Bradley site for hidden letterboxes and caches. This program is run outside in most weather conditions; participants must be dressed for outdoor exploration.
Location:
Bradley Museum
Length:
1.5 - 2 hrs
Program Connections:
Guiding: BC Geocaching Challenge
Scouting: Cub Scouts - Personal Achievement Badge - Cub Scouts Community
Seasonal
Springtime is Maple Time (Late February to Early April)
Discover the historical and modern process of making maple syrup from start to finish. Participants will get a chance to try a different activity at every stage of the process and taste test some sweet treats.
Location:
Bradley Museum
Length:
1 - 2 hrs
Program Connections:
Guiding: Quebec Maple Syrup Challenge
Unit's Own: Canadian Connections
Scouting: Beaver Scouts - Personal Achievement Badge - Canada Beaver, Scouts - Personal Achievement Badge - Cub Scouts Canada
Winter Celebrations (November and December)
Learn about winter celebrations past and present from around the world as you participate in elements of celebrations from Edwardian Christmas, Diwali, Hanukkah, Eid and Winter Solstice.
Location:
Benares Historic House
Length:
1 - 2 hrs
Program Connections:
Guiding: Unit's Own: Canadian Connections
Scouting: Beaver Scouts - Personal Achievement Badge - Spirit Beaver