Education
Our curriculum-based programs allow students of all needs and ages to explore and discuss North Vancouver through hands-on learning and activities.
Ages: 10+
Museum Fieldtrip
This 20 minute one-person show is ideal for groups of youth and adults. Through this exciting and thoughtful show, explore MONOVA’s centrepiece installation, Streetcar #153.
After the play, the actor-interpreter will engage in post-show dialogue and share some archival images.
Minimum 10 people per group
All Age Groups
Museum Fieldtrip
Have one of MONOVA’s education staff provide a guided tour through our Permanent Gallery, highlighting stories, objects, belongings, and photographs from communities on the North Shore.
Minimum 10 people per group
Grades Preschool to Grade 1
Virtual Fieldtrip or Museum Fieldtrip
Time travel is possible onboard Streetcar #153! Discover how streetcars worked, built our municipalities, and helped residents meet their day-to-day needs. Everyone rode the streetcars and now you can too!
Grades 3 to Adult
Virtual Fieldtrip or Museum Fieldtrip
MONOVA’s Indigenous Cultural Programmer, Tsawasiya Spukwus or Senaqwila Wyss from the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) Nation will lead participants through an interactive online workshop about Coast Salish wool weaving. Learn to weave a simple yet beautiful wool bracelet in the Coast Salish style.
Grades 2 and 3
Classroom Kit
Take the Museum into your classroom! Students work as ‘Photo Detectives’ to analyze historic and modern images and consider the changes that have taken place in their community over time.
Aussi disponible en français.
Grades 2 to 5
Online
Join Buster Bear in exploring North Vancouver and its harbour. Through games, cartoons, and colouring sheets, find out about Moodyville, our early stevedores and port operations past and present.
Grades 3 – 4
Classroom Kit
Explore the life and legacy of səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Chief Dan George, including the significance of his acting career, activism and efforts to preserve local Indigenous traditions culture.
Grades 4 – 9
Online
Through the recordings and photographs of BC mountaineers, this kit explores the unique topic of mountaineering while focusing on related historical, Indigenous, recreation, conservation and arts topics.
Aussi disponible en français.
Grades 4 – 7
Classroom Kit
This book and education kit explore significant aspects of traditional and contemporary səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) and Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) histories, traditions, and cultures. (Available in French or English)
Grades 3, 4 and 5
Classroom Kit or Online
‘A picture is worth a thousand words.’ Using archival photographs featuring Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) people and places, students explore this community’s Indigenous history.
Grade 9 – 12
Teacher’s Package
Students will consider community perspectives regarding the past and present development of the Maplewood Mudflats through a theatrical video, historical and contemporary newspaper articles, and archival photographs. They will engage in drama activities and creative writing to consider these questions: How can drama help us empathize with others and try to understand their perspectives? What does the historical conflict between the squatters and the District tell us about North Vancouver’s past and present?
Grade 9 – 12
Online
Students will explore the life and legacy of səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Chief Dan George through video, primary source texts and archival images. The lesson plans will allow for a critical assessment of his historical significance as well as a discussion of modern perspectives of his ‘Lament for Confederation’.
Grades 10 – 12
Classroom Kit
Secondary level students will critically analyze both archival and contemporary newspaper articles relating to Aboriginal rights and land title in British Columbia. This program presents the story of native activism in the mid-twentieth century through the lens of one individual (Maisie Hurley, 1887-1962), founder of the Native Voice newspaper.
Grades 8 – 12
Classroom Kit
This book and education kit explore significant aspects of traditional and contemporary səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) and Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) histories, traditions, and cultures. (Available in French or English)
To pick up kits, teachers should:
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