Beauharnois Generating Station

Biophare

Électrium, the Hydro-Québec Electricity Interpretation Centre

Exporail, The Canadian Railway Museum

Expression, Centre d’exposition de Saint-Hyacinthe

La Maison amérindienne

Maison LePailleur

Maison nationale des Patriotes

Missisquoi Museum

Musée des beaux-arts
de Mont-Saint-Hilaire

Musée du costume
et du textile du Québec

Musée du Haut-Richelieu

Musée régional
de Vaudreuil-Soulanges

Muséobus,
the Children’s Museum

MUSO – Musée de société
des Deux-Rives

Plein sud, Centre d’exposition en art actuel

Quebec Museum of Archaeology

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Elementary, Cycles 1 and 2
Comparison game
This activity invites students to identify differences and similarities between the landscape of earlier times and today’s landscape. They discover that the face of a society changes with the passing eras. The activity includes a tour of the permanent exhibition; the presentation of heritage objects, with comparisons to objects in the students’ daily lives; and a clay workshop that introduces them to the age-old craft of pottery.

Elementary, Cycles 2 and 3
Traces of history in today’s regional landscape
In this activity, students discover that the present-day landscape of their region abounds in traces of history. They learn the origin of names and images that they often see around them without being aware of their significance (streets, schools, bridges, etc.). The activity includes an in-class brainstorming session, during which students are invited to give the names of streets, buildings and other features that surround them; a tour of the permanent exhibition centred on people who marked the region’s history; and a clay workshop that sheds light on an important aspect of the region’s industrial past.

Elementary, Cycles 2 and 3
Secondary, Cycles 1 and 2
Historic tour of Vieux-Saint-Jean
This tour through Vieux-Saint-Jean focuses on the buildings, streets, squares and parks that have shaped the urban landscape. Students learn the historic significance of different elements in the town and come to see them in a new light.
N.B: This activity is available only in April, May, June, September and October. In case of rain, the historic tour is replaced by an indoor activity.

Secondary, Cycles 1 and 2
Problems related to citizenship
This activity makes students more aware of the reality of social conflicts and stresses the importance of trying to resolve such situations with fairness to the various parties concerned. As a democratic exercise, students take part in a debate to put forward various, sometimes divergent ideas, but must be ultimately reach a consensus. The activity includes a tour of the permanent exhibition with an emphasis on social conflicts in the Upper Richelieu region and a group discussion on the best measures for dealing with such conflicts.

Cost: $3.00 per student, free for accompanying teachers
Length of activity: 1 hour or more, depending on activity
Reservations: (450) 347-0649