<strong>Kingston</strong> MuseumsCanada’sPenitentiaryMuseumThe Museum displays a variety ofartifacts and documents pertainingto the early history of CanadianPenitentiaries; a variety of itemsranging from the contrabandweapons to escape devices; artifactsof inmate hobby crafts, industry,education and discipline; and takesvisitors through a “Mission” forthe future. Research was done atthe Museum for the books ConvictLover, by Merilyn Simonds andAlias Grace, by Margaret Atwood.Curriculum Connections:The Museum contains many tools usedin old trades, art and journals fromformer inmates and displays escapeattempts some successful, some not.Applies to all Grades.Teacher Services: Call ahead forbrochures and information.Location: 555 King St. W.Hours: May – October, Monday toFriday 9:00am – 4:00pm, Saturday andSunday & Statutory Holidays 10:00am– 4:00pm, November – April, open byappointment only, with 48 hour notice,depending on staff availability. Mondayto Friday.Admission for school groups:By donation.Services: Limited parkingLanguages: English, FrenchPreferred group size:no maximum if given advance notice.Approximate Length of Tour:45 minutes – self-guided tour with staffon hand to answer questions.Contact:David St. Onge, CuratorCanada’s Penitentiary Museum440 King St. W., <strong>Kingston</strong>, ONPhone: 613.530.3122Fax: 613.536.4815Email: fpm@cogeco.netWebsite: www.penitentiarymuseum.ca14 Educational Opportunities in <strong>Kingston</strong> www.kingstoncanada.com
Grade 2: Social StudiesThe program will identify ways in which heritage andtraditions are passed on (e.g., stories; community celebrations;special days such as Remembrance Day, Canada Day, NationalAboriginal Day, and religious holidays; the Canadian flag;music, crafts, dance, food, recreation, clothing).Specific Expectations: The program outlines traditions ofvarious cultures that are passed down from earlier generations(e.g., celebrations, names).<strong>Kingston</strong> MuseumsGrade 3: Social StudiesFrontenac CountySchools MuseumThe Frontenac County Schools Museum began as aproject for <strong>Kingston</strong>’s Tercentenary in 1973. In an effortto document and preserve the history of the one-roomschoolhouse, a small group of retired educators spentmany hours researching and photographing schoolsand school sites, collecting books and artifacts andmicrofilming hundreds of school records. In 1977,the Frontenac County Schools Museum Associationwas formally established as a non-profit, incorporatedinstitution and by late 1979 the Museum was ready to beunveiled to the public. The Museum is currently locatedin Barriefield where it boasts a schoolroom exhibitset up in the style of an early 20th century one-roomschoolhouse, and a Gallery containing school artifacts,memorabilia, photographs and textbooks. The Museumalso has extensive archives and research collection on thehistory of education in <strong>Kingston</strong> and Frontenac County.Curriculum Connections:Grade 1: Social StudiesThe program uses a variety of resources and tools to gather,process, and communicate information about the rules peoplefollow in daily life and the responsibilities of family membersand other people in their school and community. Explains howand why relationships, rules, and responsibilities may changeover time, and in different places.Specific Expectations: The program states in simple termswhat “relationships”, “rules”, and “responsibilities” are.The program describes the communities of early settlersand First Nation peoples in Upper Canada around 1800using a variety of resources and tools to gather, process,and communicate information about interactions betweennew settlers and existing communities, including FirstNation peoples, and the impact of factors such as heritage,natural resources, and climate on the development of earlysettler communities; compare aspects of life in early settlercommunities and present-day communities.Specific Expectations: The program describes the majorcomponents of an early settlement (e.g., grist mill, church,school, general store, blacksmith’s shop); it describes thevarious roles of male and female settlers (e.g., farm worker,minister, teacher, merchant, blacksmith, and homemaker).The program uses primary and secondary sources to locatekey information about early settler communities (e.g., primarysources: diaries or journals, local Museums, early settlers’houses, forts, villages; secondary sources: maps, illustrations,print materials, videos, CD-ROMs); This program comparesand contrasts aspects of daily life for early settler and/or FirstNation children in Upper Canada and children in present-dayOntario (e.g., food, education, work and play); it also comparesand contrasts aspects of life in early settler and/or First Nationcommunities in Upper Canada and in their own communitytoday (e.g., services, jobs, schools, stores, use and managementof natural resources); compare and contrast buildings/dwellings in early settler and/or First Nation communities inUpper Canada with buildings and dwellings in present-dayOntario; compares and contrasts tools and technologies usedby early settlers and/or First Nation peoples with present-daytools and technologies (e.g., quill/word processor; sickle/combine harvester; methods of processing lumber, grain, andother products); re-create some social activities or celebrationsof early settler and/or First Nation communities in UpperCanada.www.kingstoncanada.com Educational Opportunities in <strong>Kingston</strong> 15
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