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A treasure of Saskatchewan history awaits the over 20,000 students who visit a WDM annually as part of a school field trip. There’s no better way to teach Saskatchewan students than to use programs and resources with Saskatchewan inspired connections, links and examples.
Museum Manners | Adult Chaperones
October 8, 2021 - June 24, 2021 | Virtual
Learn about 1910 settler life and, in particular, about family traditions during the Christmas season in rural Saskatchewan. Students will compare and contrast how celebrating holidays has changed and what has remained the same over the last 150 years.
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October 8, 2021 - June 24, 2022 | Virtual
One Room, Many Lessons builds critical thinking and analytical skills by inviting students to identify key characteristics of their classroom or school and then compare them with characteristics of a rural one room schoolhouse attended by settler children in 1910. The central component of the program is a self-navigated virtual tour with video clips of the One Room Schoolhouse exhibit on Boomtown Street at WDM Saskatoon.
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October 8, 2021 - June 24, 2022 | Virtual
What is history? How do we know what really happened in the past? What questions should be asked to determine whether a source is credible or not? These are some of the questions students will explore as they learn about and compare how Saskatchewan people experienced Spanish Flu Pandemic of 1918 with their experiences of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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October 8, 2021 - June 24, 2022 | Virtual
Learn about the whole process of agriculture; from soil preparations to seeding the crops and harvesting them, to grains becoming the food we eat.
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Students will explore Saskatchewan contributions to agriculture between 1905 and 2005.
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Students will learn about Saskatchewan's participation in the world wars, our contributions, and about life on the homefront.
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Students will learn about early co-operation in Saskatchewan, what an organized co-operative is, and what co-operative action means. Particular attention will be paid to the co-operative movement in Saskatchewan.
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Looking for information to enhance learning? Check out these great resources from organizations around Saskatchewan and beyond. Access information and primary resources on various topics such as history, agriculture and the environment.
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Students will discover that Saskatchewan is rich in resources, both in quantity and quality.
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Students will explore what farm life was like before the rural electrification program brought power to Saskatchewan's farms in the 1950s. The effects of electricity on the lives of farm families and surrounding communities will be considered through stories and writing assignments.
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Located on Treaty 4 and Treaty 6 territories and the Homeland of the Métis, the Western Development Museum (WDM) is the largest human history museum in Saskatchewan. With a collection.more....
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