Your students will tour Lougheed House, a 130 year old mansion in the heart of the Beltline neighbourhood. Through hands-on programming, they’ll explore artifacts and concepts that will create a connection with the past.
Half-day and full-day programs are available only on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays
Half day programs are $7/student, full day programs are $14/student. Minimum of 15 and a maximum of 50 students.
LADY BELLE: FROM FUR TRADE FORT TO BEAULIEU MANSION
Grades 2-5 (Social Studies)
Isabella Hardisty Lougheed (Lady Belle), had an extraordinary life. From her early childhood in the far north to her arduous travels by canoe and wagon across Canada, students will explore her rich Métis heritage and her family connections to the fur trade and Hudson’s Bay Company. Students will compare what it might have been like to live in a small, rough fur-trading fort versus a large, beautiful mansion. This program includes a tour of Lougheed House as well as a hands-on exploration of Métis of culture.
Curriculum Connections:
Grade 2 Social Studies
2.1 Canada's dynamic communities
2.2 A community in the past
Grade 4 Social Studies
4.2 The stories, histories and people of Alberta
Grade 5 Social Stidies
5.1 Histories and stories of ways of life in Canada
LIFE AT LOUGHEED HOUSE
Grades 1-5 (Social Studies)
This program explores the lives of the many people who lived and worked at Lougheed House over a hundred years ago. Students will be introduced to artifact handling and will have the opportunity to interact with a wide assortment of historical objects and tools. As a group they will identify who in the house would have used each item and will reflect on how those tasks are accomplished today. This program includes a tour of the house where they can imagine what a typical day would have been like for someone living at Lougheed House in the past.
Curriculum Connections:
Grade 1 Social Studies
1.2 Moving forward with the Past: my family, my history and my community:
1.2.1 Appreciate how stories and events of the past connect with tehir families and communities to the present
1.2.2 Analyze how their families and communities in the past are influenced by events or people of the past
Grade 2 Social Studies
2.2 A community in the Past
Grade 5 Social Studies
5.2 Histories and Stories of Ways fo Life in Canada
A LAND OF OPPORTUNITY
Grades 4-6 (Social Studies)
This program tells the stories of six families of different backgrounds, who chose to immigrate to Alberta at the turn of the century. Students will have connect with the personal stories of these families and reflect upon the reasons they chose to immigrate to Alberta through short readers theatre plays, complete with a small stage set and props. Students will also explore what life was like once the families arrived in Canada.
Curriculum Connections
Grade 4 Social Studies:
4.2 The stories, histories and people of Alberta
4.3 Alberta: celebrations and challenges
Grade 5 Social Studies:
5.2 Histories and Stories of Ways of Life in Canada
ART EXPLORERS
Grades 1-6 (Social Studies and Art)
Lougheed House is rich in its unique Victorian style and design motifs. After learning sketching techniques, students will be given supervised time to explore the house and will be encouraged to closely observe their surroundings by using sketching as a mode of looking. All art supplies used by the students are provided, i.e. worksheets, pencils, and clipboards.