Education

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Together in collaboration with community partners, Markham Museum, and the York Region District School Board Museum & Archives, created the community driven exhibit “Standing in the Doorway: Lived Histories and Experiences of the Chinese Community”. It is now at the KHCC museum for a limited time! In commemoration of the 100^th anniversary of the Chinese Exclusion Act (1923), this exhibition tells the story of resistance, resilience, and the many accomplishments of York Region’s residents of Chinese descent. It celebrates the stories our Chinese residents, while engaging students in hands-on activities: Paper Cutting and Paper Folding, Food Culture, and Tile Games. More importantly, it provides students with opportunities for reflection on topics like racism, discrimination, and resilience.  Consideration is taken with respect to before, during, and after your visit – with a post-visit teacher guide to take back to your classroom.

Available for Grades K-12 from September 9^th – November 1^st, 2024. Cost: $10/student (taxes included).

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Turn your field trip into an interactive workshop to learn the historic art of printing! Get a hands-on look at the printing artifacts in our museum collection; and, get inspired to create your own print using our Lino Press.

Elementary (Grades 3-8): Design your own polystyrene print while applying the Elements and Principles of Design. Cost: $15.00/student (taxes included).

Secondary (Grades 9-12): Design your own lino block stamp while applying the Elements and Principles of Design. Cost: $17.00/student (taxes included).

Available Fall & Winter 2024.

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The KHCC will be hosting a cross-curricular Remembrance Day program to feature Canadian veterans’ stories – with an Indigenous perspective through written and oral histories. In this exclusive program, students will gain access to our Museum Archives while learning how to apply Historical Inquiry and research skills to veterans’ research, including Indigenous veterans who served in Canadian military and peace-keeping operations. Afterwards, Métis artist Kathy Morgan will lead students through a Métis Dot Painting workshop, while retelling her journey to retrace the steps of her uncle, who served during WWII.

Limited spots available between November 1^st- 15^th, 2024. Cost: $15.00/student (taxes included).

Grade 1

Delve into communities of the past to understand those in the present; and, your place within them, as you explore historic buildings in King Township and put your mapping skills to the test! “Community: From the Ground Up!” is a cross-curricular activity-based program where students learn about what contributes to a community, how to design it on a map, as well as how it is shaped by the places, events, and people within them. Students are encouraged to actively develop and reflect upon their roles, responsibilities, and identities in their own communities. 

*Note: All KHCC on-site field trips include an interactive tour of our heritage buildings.

For more information about this program check out our KHCC Program Guide.

Grade 3

Step back in time to explore what life was like in King Township in the 1800s from a variety of historical perspectives and experiences. Embark on an interactive tour of our historic buildings and put your historical inquiry skills into action in our 19th century roleplaying game: “Kinghorn Commerce” to transform the KHCC into a working village before your eyes! While developing cross-curricular social studies and mathematics skills, students are encouraged to make connections to their lives in the present day to bridge the worlds of the past to truly become a Time Traveller's Apprentice. 

*Note: All KHCC on-site field trips include an interactive tour of our heritage buildings. 

For more information about this program check out our KHCC Program Guide.

Grade 7 & 8

Jump head first into the trials of history by re-enacting the trial of Lloydtown rebel Gilbert Fieldmorden to bring this tumultuous, yet ever-changing, era in Ontario history to light! Students will learn how to analyze primary and secondary historic documents using historical inquiry and historical thinking skills to build up their case, all the while, strengthening their debate skills to defend them. In the process, explore the close ties that King Township has to the 1837-38 Upper Canada Rebellion, including the people, communities, and locations that shaped this event. Ultimately, you must resolve: was Gilbert Fieldmorden a traitor to the Crown or a hero? You be the judge!

*Note: All KHCC on-site field trips include an interactive tour of our heritage buildings. 

For more information about this program check out our KHCC Program Guide.

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The King Heritage & Cultural Centre is on the move and ready to transform your classroom into your own museum workshop! Our museum interpreters will train your students how to handle and analyze artifacts from our collection in order to become junior curators; all the while, learning about how to identify a variety of primary and secondary sources.

During this hands-on program, students will strengthen their Ontario Curriculum skills, including the Inquiry Process to: formulate questions, gather and organize information, interpret and analyze evidence, evaluate and draw conclusions, as well as communicate their findings about the artifacts they explore. More importantly, students will directly engage with a variety of historical topics in Canadian history including: social and economic history, technology and science, as well as early settler and Indigenous history to understand how people lived in the past; and, the perspectives that shaped them.

This program can be catered to any elementary or high school grade level in the Ontario Curriculum and/or the topics of interest in your classroom.

For more information about this program check out our KHCC Program Guide.