North Vancouver: Then and Now

Grades 2 and 3
Classroom Kit and Online Game

TEACHER’S KITS IN PDF:

English: Teacher’s Package (pdf) and Student’s Activity Sheets (pdf)

French: Teacher’s Package (pdf) and Student’s Activity Sheets (pdf)

PHYSICAL KIT:

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ONLINE GAME:

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Details:
Students match, compare, and critically analyze a set of two dozen historic and modern images of North Vancouver. They consider the continuity and change of many features of North Vancouver. The photographs are accompanied by directed learning activities.

Your students will:

  • Explore the themes of communities and common experiences.
  • Discover the rich history of North Vancouver’s development through archival photos.
  • View primary source evidence and develop photo analysis skills.

Big Ideas:

  • Socials Studies: Canada is made up of many diverse regions and communities (Grade 2). People from diverse cultures and societies share some common experiences and aspects of life (Grade 3).

Make a game of it!

Try and match the Then pictures with the Now ones.

When you hover over each image you will find a number (Then) and a letter (Now). Write down the letter/number combination and then check your answers below.

THEN

Photos from 1890’s 1924

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1

Panorama view of the North Shore, ca. 1890’s. CVA Mi P51.2

2

Moody Avenue and 7th Street, 1911. CVA N83.2

3

Esplanade Street, 1907. NVMA 5705

4

Lower Lonsdale, 1905. CVA 677-702

5

North Vancouver’s Municipal Hall at Lonsdale and 1st, 1906. NVMA 14683

6

A Blacksmith’s shop owned by John Brind at 123 West 3rd, 1913. NVMA 2767

7

Dominion Day Parade at 100 block East 3rd Street, July 1, 1910. NVMA 9822

8

The northwest corner of Lonsdale & 8th, 1906. NVMA 86

9

Webb’s Drug Store at Lonsdale & 8th, ca. 1950s. NVMA 10491

10

The North Vancouver Hospital, ca. 1909. NVMA 42

11

The Lonsdale Theatre that at 1545 Lonsdale Avenue, 1911. NVMA 6344

12

The Lonsdale Theatre, 1911. NVMA 1471

13

The Capilano streetcar terminus on School Street, 1925. NVMA 3838

14

Hastings Creek Bridge, 1909. NVMA 191

15

Queen Mary School, 1924. NVMA 7481

NOW

Photos from 1963 to 2010

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F

Aerial view of Lower Lonsdale including Burrard Dry Dock Shipyard, 1963. CVA Mi P51.2
202-4-14

D

Moody Avenue and 7th Street, 2007. Sharon Proctor Collection
27-6

I

Capilano Exit, number 14, 2009. Sharon Proctor Collection
12B-Lower-Lonsdale,-(southbound-lane),-2016

B

Lower Lonsdale, 2016. Sharon Proctor Collection
19B-Modern-view,-2016

E

Lonsdale and 1st, 2016. Sharon Proctor Collection
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J

NIKI Glass & Mirror Gallery at 123 West 3rd Street, 2007. Sharon Proctor Collection
L

A

East 3rd and Lonsdale Avenue, 2008. Sharon Proctor Collection
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N

The northwest corner of Lonsdale & 8th, 2007. Sharon Proctor Collection
14-21

C

Century Apartments, 2007. Sharon Proctor Collection
28C-Roll18-#10A

H

The HSBC Bank, 2008. Sharon Proctor Collection
202-23-17A

K

Esplanade Street, 2008. Sharon Proctor Collection
Roll-7-9

G

Lynn Valley Road at Hastings Creek, 2007. Sharon Proctor Collection
IMG_9325

M

Queen Mary School, 2020. Photographer Carol Ballard

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