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New Program for Elementary Schools at Grand-Pré in the Fall:

Bite Into an Apple at Grand-Pré!!!

"Acadians, Orchards and the Old French Willows"

Dear Teachers,

Many Elementary School teachers organize an apple picking excursion in the Annapolis Valley every Fall. Why not include a visit to the Grand-Pré National Historic Site of Canada while you are in the area? What a wonderful way to start off the day. Your students will visit the orchard on the grounds at Grand-Pré and learn about the importance of the Orchards and the Old French Willows at the time the Acadians lived here (yes! there is a very interesting connection between the two!). Your students will also learn about the first varieties of apples imported into the Annapolis Valley by the Acadians. This new activity is being offered starting in September 2008. Don't miss out on this wonderful learning opportunity for your students!

List of Orchards in the Grand-Pré Area:

Lesson Plans to download

• Evangeline (in PDF Format)
• The Magic Rug of Grand-Pré (in PDF Format)

Overview of Activities by Grade Level

ACTIVITIES AT THE HISTORIC SITE

Primary to Grade 4 - "Costume, Song and Dance" ($3.95 per student)
Indoor and outdoor activity that lasts 45 to 60 minutes. Compare and contrast traditional clothing worn by the Acadians with modern clothing. Learn a traditional song and dance.

Primary to Grade 6 - "Acadians, Orchards and the Old French Willows" ($3.95 per student)
Activity that lasts 45 to 60 minutes presented during the Fall only. Visit the orchard on the grounds at Grand-Pré and learn about the importance of the Orchards and the Old French Willows at the time the Acadians lived here. Yes! there is a very interesting connection between the two! Learn about the first varieties of apples imported into the Annapolis Valley by the Acadians.

Grades 2 to 4 - "My Visit to Grand-Pré" ($2.95 per student)
Indoor and outdoor activity that lasts 45 to 60 minutes. Observe and explore Grand-Pré National Historic Site.

 

Download pre-visit materials here (will be posted soon)

Grades 2 to 6 - "Building an Aboiteau and a Dyke" ($3.95 per student)

This activity lasts 45 to 60 minutes. Students will learn how Acadians used the reclaimed marshlands around the Baie Française (Bay of Fundy) and le Bassin des Mines (Minas Basin), by building "aboiteaux" (Acadian sluices) and dykes to drain the land and to stop the sea from coming back on the land at high tides. Students will work in teams of four to discover how to build a dyke and in teams of two to build an "aboiteau". This program utilizes Lego bricks. Students will also assist in putting together a full size model of a cross-section of a dyke.

 

 

Grades 4 to 9 - "The Mysterious Mixed up Artifacts" ($3.95 per student)
Indoor or outdoor activity that lasts 45 to 60 minutes. Imagine life in 17th and 18th Century Acadia through its artifacts. Objects made by humans represent a complete gamut of activities; among them, the most fundamental are linked to our essential needs: eating, drinking and protecting ourselves from the elements. Even without written documentation, objects can speak eloquently about their users. Students will help uncover the past using systematic approach of the archaeologist: practicing focused observation, classification, comparison, in a team-work context. The degree of complexity for this activity varies according to the grade level.

Grades 5 to 8 - "Discover Grand-Pré" ($2.95 per student)
Outdoor activity that lasts 45 to 60 minutes. Observe and explore Grand-Pré National Historic Site. The activity is done in small groups.

Grades 5 to 8 - "Detective at Grand-Pré" ($2.95 per student)
Indoor activity that lasts 45 minutes. Work in small groups to search the exhibits for facts about the Deportation.

Grades 6 to 10 - "At Grand-Pré, Paintings, Sculptures and Art Speak to You" ($2.95 per student)
Indoor and outdoor activity that lasts 45 minutes. Answer questions about Acadian life and culture. Work in small groups.

 

 

Download pre-visit materials here (will be posted soon)

Grades 6 to 10 - "Deportation: 1755" ($3.95 per student)
Indoor activity that lasts 60 to 75 minutes. Role play the events of the Deportation from Grand-Pré. Students will begin the activity by viewing the film in the theatre. We ask that they pay close attention to the words, the sounds, the instruments, the mannerisms and the movements that they find important. The goal of this activity is to provide students with a more personal comprehension of the events of the 1755 Deportation.

Grades 10 to 12 - "The Deportation and Six Hats"($3.95 per student)
Indoor activity that lasts 75 to 90 minutes. Students will begin the activity by viewing the film in the theatre. We ask that they pay close attention to the words, the sounds, the instruments, the mannerisms and the movements that they find important. The goal of this activity is to provide students with a more personal comprehension of the events of the 1755 Deportation. This activity also involves an analytical component based on the Six Hats concept.

 

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CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES TO DOWNLOAD

The Société Promotion Grand-Pré is offering stimulating activities which will bring Acadian history and culture to life in your classrooms.

As you know, the classroom can be used to promote meaningful cultural learning experiences. The students will learn, appreciate and understand the determination that Acadian culture has demonstrated and still shows in the Twenty-First Century. Places make connections across time that help develop empathetic understanding of what happened and why. We have worked hard to develop activities for students with this in mind. We hope that you will help bring historic places into your classroom.

 

Grades 6 to 10 - "The Deportation" (Under review)

This activity lasts 45 minutes. A role play based on the events of the Deportation. A video excerpt of about 10 minutes helps create the ambiance of the Deportation. Students are asked to listen for words, sounds, instruments and different movements that they find important. These activities aim at giving students a more personal understanding of the Acadian Deportation of 1755.

 

Download pre-visit materials here (will be posted soon)

 

Grades 7 to 12 - "Evangeline"

This activity lasts 90 minutes. Evangeline, A Tale of Acadie was published by the American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow in 1847. The poem became universally popular and was translated into French in the 1860’s. The Acadians adopted Evangeline as a heroine. This role play will provide students with the opportunity to act out the story for themselves.

 

Lesson plan for downloading: Evangeline

Evangeline Poem On-line

Grades 10 to 12 - "The Deportation and Six Hats" (Under review)
Indoor activity that lasts 75 to 90 minutes. Students will begin the activity by viewing a video excerpt of about 10 minutes to help create the ambiance of the Deportation. We ask that they pay close attention to the words, the sounds, the instruments, the mannerisms and the movements that they find important. The goal of this activity is to provide students with a more personal comprehension of the events of the 1755 Deportation. This activity also involves an analytical component based on the Six Hats concept.

 

Download pre-visit materials here (will be posted soon)