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" ($3.90 per student)
Indoor and outdoor (if weather permits) 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" ($3.90 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" ($2.90 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 4 to 9 - "The Mysterious Mixed up Artifacts" ($3.90 per student)
Indoor 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" ($2.90 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.

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

Grades 5 to 8 - "Detective at Grand-Pré" ($2.90 per student)
Indoor activity that lasts 45 minutes. Work in small groups to search the exhibits for facts about the Deportation.

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Grades 6 to 10 -"At Grand-Pré, Paintings, Sculptures and Art Speak to You" ($2.90 per student)
Indoor and outdoor activity that lasts 45 minutes. Answer questions about Acadian life and culture through the art, monuments and audio-visuals on site. Work in small groups.

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

Grades 6 to 10 - "Deportation: 1755" ($3.90 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. This is followed by a role-play of the deportation with each student taking on the role of an Acadian individual who was deported. 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"($3.90 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. This is followed by a role-play of the deportation with each student taking on the role of an Acadian individual who was deported. 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 in which students work independently in small groups to come to conclusions based on the Six Hats concept.

CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES TO DOWNLOAD

Société Promotion Grand-Pré offers stimulating activities to bring Acadian history and culture to life in your classroom.

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 21^st 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 our historic site into your classroom.

The activities...

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 1860s. 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 (in PDF Format)

Evangeline Poem On-line

Grades 10 to 12 - "The Deportation and Six Hats"
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. This is followed by a role-play of the deportation with each student taking on the role of an Acadian individual who was deported. 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 in which students work independently in small groups to come to conclusions based on the Six Hats concept.

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

Grades 7 to 12 - Archaeology
Teachers are invited to conduct Virtual Archaeological Digs with their students. On this Website, under the heading "About Us", scroll down to "Archaeology" and then scroll down to "For teachers".