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Downloadable Lessons and Activities

Use these educational resources to engage in virtual learning by creating your own museum field trip at home or in the classroom. These hands-on education programs inspire continued learning and integrate curriculum throughout. Lessons include critical thinking questions and hands-on application of knowledge activities. We are also offering virtual school programs, click here to book your virtual field trip.

Art

Curriculum-Based Lessons

Lines and Letters: Straight lines, jagged lines, wavy lines and curved lines. Investigate one of the elements of arts with activities and questions designed for kindergarteners.

Kindergarten (Thinking about problem solving and innovating)

First World War - Personal Stories: Letters and photographs help to tell the personal stories of soldiers and their families during the First World War. PAMA's virtual exhibition Our Boys: Peels Fallen Soldiers and primary sources from PAMA's archives will help students discover different points of view.

High School (Grade 10 Canada and World Studies)

when night stirred at sea - Contemporary Caribbean Art: Explore PAMA's online exhibit using teaching resources for Grade's 1 to 10. Lessons include critical thinking questions and hands-on/application of knowledge activities.

Take a Tour - Simon Hughes: Move yourself through PAMA's Gallery and the exhibition Simon Hughes: Works, 2001-2020 in a virtual 360 degree experience. Use critical analysis to explore his use of the elements of art, representations of Canada and get inspired for your own creation.

Elementary (Grades 1 - 6 Visual Arts)

Conservation Exploration: Explore PAMA's online exhibit, Morphology with teaching resources including critical thinking questions and a hands-on/application of knowledge activity.

Mapping: Explore maps from the PAMA Archives collection and create your own.

Elementary (Grades 1 - 3 Social Studies)

Letters: Investigate a letter written in 1832. Reflect on the journey described in the letter and create your own.

Elementary (Grades 1 - 8 Language, Grades 1 - 6 Social Studies, Grade 7 History)

Worksheets

Nature: Get outside and explore nature with activities including a scavenger hunt and art inspired by the great outdoors.

Artifacts: Exploring artifacts from PAMA's collection and learn more about what artifacts are as you try to identify them and their historic uses.

Indoor Recess: Have fun indoors with an at home scavenger hunt and ideas for a visual book report. Also, curate your own mini museum. We can't wait to see what you come up with!