Field Trips for Grade 7s

Fun and Historical Thinking Field Trips to do with Your Grade 7's

Field trips are always a great place to go to promote historical thinking. It offers a new site for learning and can make learning history a fun too. It can especially help get students to take on historical perspectives because they can take on the role of stepping in the footprints of the past. But also allows students to have access to resources and primary materials that can be unique to the location of the field trip.

Here are some great places to go for field trips:

Black Creek Pioneer Village
Of Course I must share this, as I am one of the many education personalities for these programs listed and know that these are great programs to do and promotes historical thinking skills.
It is more than just a place to go when your in Grade 3 learning about early settlers! But they offer some great programs for grade 7's too, the ones for grade 3 are awesome and wonderful to go on too!
War of 1812 Program- Students get to go through out the village to learn about the different perspectives of the people who's life was changed and impacted on during the war of 1812.
1837 Rebellion Program- Students go through the village as either a rebel, or for the family compact. Where they get to meet character from the past when visiting buildings, that support their perspective.
http://www.blackcreek.ca/v2/learn/group-programs.dot

Mackenzie House Museum
This is a great museum to go to, to learn about the 1837 Rebellion. Especially since this is the home of William Lyon Mackenzie, the little rebel. I have done this program myself and strongly recommend it for schools who are able to travel to this museum for its 2 hour long program. This museum also offers some programs also for the War of 1812 and other curriculum areas.
http://www1.toronto.ca/wps/portal/contentonly?vgnextoid=512d2271635af310VgnVCM10000071d60f89RCRD

Historic Forts
Throughout Ontario there are some great forts to go to and allows students to learn about the War of 1812. For example Fort York in Toronto,  Fort Henry in Kingston, and Fort George in Niagara. It can be great to just allow students the chance to have a tour of a heritage fort, or do a education program at it too.