WORKSHOPS
When booking General or Core Program tours, teachers can also book workshop extensions to give students more discussion time or hands-on experience with a specific topic of interest. Unless otherwise noted, workshops are 30 minutes in length and cost an additional $1.00/student.
HISTORICAL
AND CULTURAL TOPIC WORKSHOPS:
Personal Totems
Students will learn about one of
the core beliefs in First Nations cultures – the importance of familial
kinships relations. Students will learn what a personal totem is and
how they
relate to family, they will also learn how to choose one for themselves
and
make a mini totem to take home.
Curriculum Connections:
Grade 1 through 8
Visual Arts –Production of
three-dimensional works
Grade 5
Social Studies –Heritage and
Citizenship: Early Civilizations
Grade 6
Social Studies –Heritage and
Citizenship: First Nation People and Early Explorers
Grade 11
World Religions –World Religions:
Beliefs, Issues and Religious Traditions
World Religions –Beliefs and
Daily Life
Grade 12
Canada: History, Identity and
Culture - Communities: Local, National, Global, Aboriginal Peoples
Aboriginal People and the Fur Trade
Students can examine beaver pelts and replicas of Native and pioneer artifacts while participating in a discussion concerning how pioneer settlement and the fur trade altered the life of the Native people. This workshop includes a simulated trading activity. The workshop is suitable for grades 3 through 6.
Curriculum
Connections:
Social Studies –
Heritage and
Citizenship: Early Settlements in
Grade 6
Social Studies –
Heritage and
Citizenship: First Nation People and Early Explorers
Traditional Games
Lacrosse, double ball and stick toss are examples of skill building Native Games that students will have a chance to participate in during this active workshop. The games workshop is suitable for all grades.
Curriculum
Connections:
Social Studies –
Heritage and
Citizenship: Early Settlements in
Grade 6
Social Studies –
Heritage and
Citizenship: First Nation People and Early Explorers
The False Face Society
Iroquoian spiritual and healing practices are explored and respect for the culture is fostered through the examination of traditional beliefs and ceremonies. This workshop is suitable for grades 5 and above.
Curriculum
Connections:
Social Studies –
Heritage and
Citizenship: Early Civilizations
Grade 6
Social Studies –
Heritage and
Citizenship: First Nation People and Early Explorers
Grades 6 through 8
Visual Arts –
Production of
three-dimensional works
Grade 11
General Social
Science - Introduction
to Anthropology, Psychology and Sociology
World Religions –
World Religions:
Beliefs, Issues and Religious Traditions
World Religions –
Beliefs and Daily
Life
Grade 12
Quill Writing
The students who take part in this workshop will be role playing in the part of Jesuit Missionaries who record their experiences of discovering the Attawandaron village for the first time. They will make their own parchment by dyeing white paper with tea and record what they remember from the village tour using inks and real quill pens they make themselves. This exercise will expose the students to the process of recording observations that become part of history and the impact of bias and different points of view.
Curriculum Connections:
Grade 7
History - New France, British North America, Conflict and Change
Underwater Archaeology
Students learn the challenges of underwater archaeology as they take part in a simulated expedition. Working in teams, they uncover remains of a shipwreck and piece together information gathered from the artifacts they find. This workshop is suitable for grades 3 and above.
Curriculum
Connections:
Social Studies –
Heritage and
Citizenship: Early Civilizations
CRAFT
WORKSHOPS:
Pottery
After viewing the fantastic pottery collection at the museum why don't you try and make your own? This workshop will give students hands on demonstrations in the different techniques before they get their own lump of clay to create their own pot to take home as a souvenir. This workshop is recommended for all ages.
Curriculum
Connections:
Grade 1 through 8
Visual Arts –
Production of three-dimensional
works
Grade 3
Social Studies –
Heritage and
Citizenship: Early Settlements in
Corn Husk Dolls
Students will learn how the Neutral used natural materials to create children's toys and then make their own corn husk doll. This workshop is recommended for students in grades 5 and above.
Curriculum
Connections:
Grade 6
Social Studies –
Heritage and
Citizenship: First Nation People and Early Explorers
Build an Inukshuk
Visual Arts – Production of three-dimensional works
Grade 6
Social Studies – Heritage and Citizenship: First Nation People and Early Explorers
Grade 11
World Religions – World Religions: Beliefs, Issues and Religious Traditions
World
Religions – Beliefs and Daily Life
Grade 12
Archaeological
Stratigraphy
Students
will
explore the concept of stratigraphy on an archaeological site through
this
workshop, which demonstrates a practical application of mathematics
within the
field of archaeology. Student will need to use basic addition and
subtraction
for this activity. This workshop is recommended for grades 5 and
higher.
Mathematics
- Data management and Probability
Mathematics – Patterning and Algebra
Grade
6
Mathematics - Data management and Probability
Mathematics – Patterning and Algebra
Grade 11
Social Science and Humanities - Introduction to Anthropology. Psychology and Sociology
Diorama of an Iroquoian Village
Using a wide assortment of materials and your imagination, build your own model of an Iroquoian Village in a shoebox to take home with you.This workshop is an hour long and costs $2 per student. Students are to bring their own shoeboxes, but all other materials are provided.
Dioramas are suitable for grades 3 and above.
Curriculum
Connections:
Grades 1 through 8
Visual Arts –
Production of three-dimensional
works
Grade 3
Social Studies –
Heritage and
Citizenship: Early Settlements in
Grade 6
Social Studies – Heritage and Citizenship: First Nation People and Early Explorers
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Programs are available year round. The Lawson Prehistoric Village is open from May to December (weather permitting).
Please request bookings at least two weeks before your preferred date. Tours and programs are booked on a first come, first served basis. Museum staff will try to satisfy requests -- but note that some dates fill quickly.
The Museum requires ample supervision for all programs. We suggest a minimum ratio of one adult for every 10 students. Adults helping the group will be admitted free (at a ratio of 1:10).
Programs can be booked for less than 10 people, but a minimum charge of 10 will be applied.
We reserve the right to charge a $10 fee if two days' notification of cancellation is not given. We allow cameras in the gallery, but flashes may not be used as some artifacts are light sensitive.
All prices include GST. Payment should be made at the time of your visit with cheques payable to: Museum of Ontario Archaeology
CONTACT INFORMATION
For more information or to book please call (519) 473-1360, or e-mail the Museum at museum.of.archaeology@uwo.ca
