Learning Resources
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.
My Community
PAMA’s Our Voices, Our Journeys virtual exhibition is a celebration of one of many Black communities in Peel Region. Download the learning resource.
Spotlight on Art
Explore artworks from the PAMA collection by Miles Regis and Owen Gordon in this art-based learning resource. Using questions linked to the critical thinking model, students will explore cross curricular connections between Visual Art and Language. Download the learning resource.
Spotlight on History
Few things have transformed Peel so completely as the construction of railways. In PAMA’s exhibit All Aboard! The Railways of Peel we explore Peel’s first railways in the 1850s, and their rise to importance in the life of local communities well into the 20th Century. In this learning resource we dive a bit deeper into the story of Black porters who worked on the railways in Canada in the 1900’s
Inspiring Stories
PAMA’s virtual exhibition, Inspiring stories of women in the PAMA collections, looks at twenty woman and their contributions to their community. Download the learning resource.
Government Records (Law Resource)
Designed to complement a teacher’s practice, PAMA’s resource kit links archival resources, activities and the Ontario curriculum. The lesson focuses on a key feature of PAMA’s archival collection and questions to explore to connect Peel’s history with curriculum and learning goals.