Educational Programs
Historical learning events that make the grade
Experience
the times of our lives at Fort Edmonton Park - Canada’s largest living
history museum! Education programs at Fort Edmonton Park will challenge
students to question and rethink their assumptions about Canada’s past.
Students will be introduced to diverse experiences and perspectives that
reflect the pluralistic nature of Canadian society. Programs are
cross-curricular in nature. If there are specific learning objectives
you would like to have included in your program, we will be pleased to
accommodate you.
For a full list of our School Programs please see our - Educational Brochure
Class Size and Adult Supervision Standards
The maximum group size is 30 children per class, unless otherwise stated.
For grades 1-3, one adult for every 5 children is
included in the program fee, and for pre-school and kindergarten, one
adult for every 3 children is included in the program fee.
For grades 4-6 all programs are 2 hours in length and one adult for every 5 children is included in the program fee.
For grades 7-9 all programs are 2 hours in length and one adult for every 10 children is included in the program fee.
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Boats and Buoyancy Grade 2
John Walter was a master boat builder and
opened Edmonton’s first ferry across the river. Students will learn
about density, propulsion and water transportation at “hands-on”
activity stations and build wooden paddle boats that actually float!
Christmas Traditions (Grades 2 – 8)
Program Seasonally Available - Immigration brought many new traditions and symbols into our modern-day Christmas celebrations.
Easter Traditions (Kindergarten – Grade 3)
Program Seasonally Available - Easter celebrations have a long history in our society.
Fort Edmonton Park Sleepover (Grades 2 – 9)
Wake up to the historic scenery of Fort Edmonton Park and see our city as the early residents of Edmonton viewed it.
Fur Trade Challenge (Grades 2 – 9)
Choose from these activities to build your own 2-hour fur trade experience!
Fur Trade Family Life (Grades 4 – 8)
Outreach Programs - If you can’t make it
to Fort Edmonton Park, we’ll come to where you are for an additional
$15/hr travel time per program staff and $0.45/km for mileage to program
fees.
Fur Trade Fort Tour (Grades 2 – 9)
Children didn’t have to go to school back then? Boys became men at 14 years? They didn’t take a bath all winter?
Get Ready for Christmas (Pre-School – Grade 3)
Program Seasonally Available - We’ll
begin by baking gingersnaps and making a Christmas tree ornament, before
learning how the traditional Christmas concert of an earlier time took
place through the combined efforts in the community.
History Immersion – Fort Edmonton (Kindergarten - Grade 12)
Program Seasonally Available - Immerse your students into Edmonton’s history through this customized program.
Images of Governments Past (Grades 5 – 8)
Program Seasonally Available - Your
students will learn all about government and their community’s past by
participating in resolving actual historical events that occurred in
Edmonton.
Native Adaptations (Grades 4 - 8)
All across what is now Canada, First
Nations groups adapted to their environment. Use your detective skills
to investigate photos from the late 1800s and find out how each group
used plants, animals, and other natural resources to survive.
Pioneer Activity (Grades 1 – 5)
Get a taste of pioneer life. By
role-playing a teacher, an interpreter will keep students on task in
learning the three R’s in the one-room schoolhouse.
Pioneer Christmas Party (Kindergarten – Grade 4)
Celebrate Christmas the old-fashioned
way! These two hours of festive fun include Christmas baking, crafts,
and storytelling. Discover the gifts inside a Christmas stocking from
the past and sing some carols. Craft activities vary with grade levels.
Three adult volunteers are required for this program.
Pioneer Family Life (Kindergarten – Grade 5)
Outreach Programs - If you can’t make it
to Fort Edmonton Park, we’ll come to where you are for an additional
$15/hr travel time per program staff and $0.45/km for mileage to program
fees.
Pre-school Pioneers (Pre-School & Kindergarten)
Program Seasonally Available - Children haven’t changed, just their toys and games have.
Teacher Guided Visits (Kindergarten – Grade 12)
Program Seasonally Available - Historical
interpreters dressed in period costumes reenact the lifestyles of an
earlier Edmonton—the train and streetcar carry passengers through Fort
Edmonton Park, merchants are busy in their shops, and some characters
are busy doing household chores.
The Park for Pre-schoolers (Pre-School & Kindergarten)
Program Seasonally Available - Do the
Park the pre-school way! Spend 1.5 hours with an interpreter; visit
Ottewell farm to see ponies, chickens, pigs, and other farm animals.
Time Traveller’s Tour (Grades 2 – 9)
Walk through 150 years of Edmonton’s past and experience the fur trade, settlement and municipal era.
Wagon Rides (Kindergarten – Grade 6)
Program Seasonally Available -
Horse-drawn wagons have been transporting people and their belongings
for centuries throughout the world.