Gas Mask. Cluny Macpherson's invention was the first gas mask used by the British army in 1915. This Canadian invention was the most important protective equipment of the First World War.
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Grades 7-12 Education Programs
Packages
| Letters, Numbers, and Other Secret Stuff! |
Grades 7–9 • 3 hrs • $6/student
This package has four components: Morse Code, Break the Cipher, Navigating Canada’s Waterways, and a gallery tour. |
| Landmines: A Global Plague |
Grades 7–12 • 1 hr 15 mins • $4/student
Learn about the humanitarian, economic, and political realities of landmines. This three-component package includes a theatre presentation, a gallery tour, and a simulated de-mining hands-on activity. |
Theatre Presentations
| Women in War: The Force of Canada's Females |
Grades 7-12 • 45 mins
Learn how women contributed to Canada's military from the Northwest Rebellion to Afghanistan. |
| Canada's Wars: Right or Wrong? |
Grades 9-12 • 45 mins
Examine the reasons behind Canada's military decisions and use SMART response to decide for yourself if Canada acted correctly. |
| Canadian Sovereignty and the Northwest Passage |
Grades 9-12 • 45 mins
Global warming makes the Northwest Passage increasingly important to Canada, its NATO allies, and other international players. Examine this issue and decide what the future holds. |
| The Cold War |
Grades 10-12 • 45 mins
At the end of the Second World War, the Iron Curtain redefined international relations, national identity, and everyday lives of citizens. Learn the history and defining moments of the Cold War |
| Dieppe to D-Day |
Grades 10–12 • 45 mins
Learn how the disaster at Dieppe during the Second World War contributed to the success of the Normandy landings on D-Day. |
Gallery Tours
| Naval Museum of Alberta |
Grades 7–12 • 45 mins
Look through a periscope, decipher navy flags, examine airplanes, and learn about a sailor’s life during the Second World War. |
| Army Museums |
Grades 7-12 • 45 mins
Tour one of five army museums. The museum you tour will be determined based on volunteer availability. Army museum tours cover a variety of topics, including the Boer War, the First World War, the Second World War, Aboriginal veterans, women’s contribution to the war effort, the UN, peacekeeping operations, and current conflicts such as Afghanistan. You may request a tour that focuses on one of these topics to better fit your curriculum. |
| Air Force Museum of Alberta |
Grades 7-12 • 45 mins
From Billy Bishop to the Red Baron, bombers to the ground crew, and peacekeeping to POWs, this tour will take you on an unforgettable flight. |
| War, Industry, and Government |
Grades 10–12 • 45 mins
Learn about employment discrimination, the Ogden gunshops, the National Selection Service, the Department of Munitions and Supplies, and C.D. Howe. |
| Battle of the Atlantic |
Grades 10–12 • 45 mins
Learn about the longest battle of the Second World Warand how Canada’s navy contributed to the success of the Allied war effort. |
Temporary Exhibits
| Centennial Celebrations |
Grades 7-12 • 45 mins
February 2010 - August 2010. Exhibits honour the 100th anniversary of the Royal Canadian Navy, the King’s Own Calgary Regiment, and the Calgary Highlanders. |
Outreach
| Request a serving soldier or veteran of the Second World War, Korea, the Cold War, or Afghanistan to speak at your school Remembrance Day ceremony. This outreach opportunity to meet a veteran is available all year, but in high demand during the remembrance period. Requests exceed capacity from 6 to 13 November, so to ensure a speaker plan your function for an alternate date. A $50 donation to the Education Department at The Military Museums is suggested for this service. |
Other Activities
| Morse Code Send & Receive |
Grades 7-9 • 45 mins
Send a Morse code message to a classmate using an oscillator. Learn the history and significance of Morse code technology and language. |
| Marching Drill & Uniform Try-ons |
Grades 7-12 • 45 mins
Explore the badges and symbols of authentic military uniforms and participate in a marching drill. Learn why soldiers wear uniforms and how drills promote teamwork. Guaranteed to produce lots of smiles! |
| Time-to-Explore |
Grades 7-12 • 45 mins
Teacher supervised. |
| Discovery Centre |
Grades 7-12 • 1 hr (maximum 24 students/hour)
Take a role in history in our interactive ethical decision maze supported by videos clips, cartoons, computer animation, and documentary footage. |
| Artefact Handling |
Grades 7-12 • 45 mins
Get your hands involved and compare Second World War battle tunics, gas masks, and helmets to modern military equipment. (Does not include weapons). |
Special Speakers
| Meet a Veteran or Serving Soldier |
Grades 7-12 • 45 mins
Meet a serving soldier or veteran of the Canadian Women’s Army Corps, the Second World War, Korea, the Cold War, or Afghanistan. Hear personal stories about what it was like to be a prisoner of war, or what it is like in Afghanistan today. Bring prepared questions. |
| Evolution of Peacekeeping: Cyprus to Afghanistan |
Grades 7-12 • 45 mins
Honourary Peacekeeper and historian Norman Leach explains how Lester B. Pearson’s innovative vision of peacekeeping has evolved, the cost of peace support missions, and its historical lead-up to the current situation in Afghanistan. |
| Vimy Ridge: The Price of Citizenship |
Grades 10-12 • 45 mins
Is Canadian citizenship worth dying for? Hear the stories of immigrants to Canada who chose to fight for their new country during the First World War. |
| Rwanda: A Canadian Peacekeeper's Experience |
Grades 10-12 • 45 mins
15 years after the genocide in Rwanda, Major Jean-Yves St. Denis, who served in Rwanda at the time, discusses the UN's role in preventing genocide. |
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