Education Kits
Teaching
children about local history and early 1900's lifestyle in a hands-on and
fun way is the goal of the Huble Homestead School Kit program. Educators
know that learning history can become dull if it is not presented in a unique
way. These kits have been designed to incorporate interactive elements like
games, storybooks, and useable artifacts to involve the imagination of the
students as well as teach.
Our Education Coordinator delights children of all ages with her
fun and interactive presentations. They inform and educate about this
important time in our local history through humour, stories, games, toys,
books, artifacts, and hands-on learning. Our Education Coordinator will visit schools
throughout the region to present the material in costume.
Educational presentations are available from October to April, are free of charge,
and are usually one hour in length. To book your in-class presentation,
email the Education Coordinator at education @ hublehomestead . ca
In-Class Educational Presentations:
-Historic Huble Homestead (Gr K-3)
This program is designed to engage younger students with singing,
games and stories that centre on the local history of Huble Homestead and farm work.
Your students are introduced to the Huble family and the animals that work and live on
and around the homestead with pictures and costumes. Then they compare the lives of
children from the 1900’s to their own focusing on daily activities including chores and
games. The hand on activity for this presentation is playing with old-fashioned wooden
toys including yo-yos and spinning tops. Learning Outcomes: To compare the similarities
and differences of the culture, family, and lives of present day children with those
of the 1900s. To understand changes in technology over time and to explore the
development of Prince George.
-Historic Huble Homestead (Gr 4-5)
This presentation is designed to be more specific in regards to historical
teaching while maintaining interactive and fun activities. Students are introduced to the
Huble family and the daily lives of 1900’s homesteaders. Then your students will get to
follow the process of turning raw wool into yarn including trying out first hand wool
carding and spinning. Learning Outcomes: Learn the alternative perspectives of past
Canadians and reinforce the reality of history through hands-on activities. To follow the
development of Canadian communities and discuss how pioneers influenced present day
Canadian culture.
-Life at Huble (Gr 4-5)
This presentation is delivered lecture style focusing on four categories:
Typical Day, Living by the Season, Women and Children, and Meet Basic Needs. Each of these
four sections delves into detailed descriptions of pioneer living. While there is no
specific hands on portion for this presentation there are pictures, artifacts and plenty
of time for discussion period giving students a chance to think critically about history.
As well due to the nature of the presentation Life at Huble works well for combining
multiple classes. Learning Outcomes: To explore how people interacted with their
environment in the past and compare activities and attitudes to the those of the present.
To understand how people of the past met their basic needs in their environment.
-Pioneer Christmas (Gr K-5)
Experience an old fashioned pioneer Christmas in your own classroom with this
seasonal presentation. Your students will decorate a traditional Christmas tree, play a
parlour game and make a Christmas present for your classroom. This program is available
during the last week of November and through December only, and fills up fast. Book early!
-Historic Huble Homestead (Gr 6-7)
This hour-long presentation is designed to be more specific in regards to historical
teaching while maintaining interactive and fun activities. Students are introduced to the
Huble family and the daily lives of 1900’s homesteaders. Then the students get to try
their hands at making butter. After learning the process from cream to butter they get to
eat their creation! Learning Outcomes: To demonstrate an understanding of the
contributions of women to Canadian history and to better understand the daily lives and
dress of women and children pioneers.
-Critical History (Gr 9-10)
This presentation has been created to work with the high school Social Studies
curriculum. The goal of the program is to engage students in local history, help them to
recognise the differences in secondary and primary sources, use critical thinking when
learning about the past and to encourage them to take history at a secondary level after
graduation. The presentation will begin with the tragic story of the Rennie party, who
came to the Huble Homestead area in 1862 in search of gold and ultimately met with murder
and cannibalism. Students will learn some lesser known tales and figures from the Prince
George area’s rich and colourful history and be allowed to question and discuss
historically based ideas.
Teacher-Led Education Kits for Use at the Giscome Portage:
-The Changing Faces of Rocks (Gr 8)
This teaching kit contains the supplies and step-by-step instructions for your
students to make their own rocks that they can then affect with various forms of erosion.
This kit explores the rock cycle chart that illustrates the interaction of rock formation
and erosion. End the year with a science focused field trip to the Giscome portage trail,
which is part of a glacial till, where your students can see the effects of various forms
of erosions upon rocks.
-Orienteering (Gr 9-10)
This teaching kit is geared towards Grade 9/10 Physical Education and incorporates
movement and alternative environment activities engaging your students with a field trip
to the Giscome portage trail. Give your students the knowledge to plan and apply
wilderness orientation and survival skills. They will learn how to find the best path
over the continental divide, how to find three check points by compass, how to identify
at least three edible plants, how to use three alternate directional methods and some
very basic first aid. Historical Notes will keep you abreast of the history of these
skills on the trail in the time of John Giscome in 1862-1863.
-Know your Forests (Gr 11-12)
This teaching kit can be used to accompany a field trip to the Giscome portage
trail to teach your students about local plants and data collection. Students will
learn the identification of local trees, insects and fungus and come to their own
conclusions about the ecosystems where they can be found. They will also learn how data
collection (how/where/why/who) has a large impact on the conclusions based on that data.
Teacher-Led In-Class Education Kits:
-Women's History (Gr 10-11)
This teaching kit is an hour and a half lesson on life on the Huble Homestead,
with an emphasis on women’s history. The kit’s group work and hands-on activities will
focus on verbal, visual, and interactive learning. The basic supplies needed for the
lesson are included in the kit. In addition, the students will need basic art supplies
and a stack of old magazines for the collage activity. Included in this kit is a list of
artifacts that may be borrowed from the Huble Homestead/Giscome Portage Heritage Society
for further hands-on learning.
All of these
kits can be booked for self-directed use through the
School District #57 Resource Center when not in use.
