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Heritage Fair Artifacts focusing on Immigration in Canada

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Primary source materials can help us tell the story of people, places and events. This presenter explains the hist [Read More]
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Heritage Fair Chinese Immigration

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In this Heritage Fair clip primary resources are analysed and evaluated looking for bias and perspectives of the ti [Read More]
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Using Primary Source Materials – Heritage Fair

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See how students can use Primary Source Materials as integral components of their inquiries for Heritage Fair proje [Read More]
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Peel Art Gallery Museum & Archives – Archive Shelves

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In this video Diane Allengame, Regional Archivist, gives us a view of the archive shelves at the Peel Art Gallery M [Read More]
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Peel Art Gallery Museum & Archives – County Jail

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This video demonstrates how primary source materials from local archives (personal recounts, photos, etc.) can be u [Read More]
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Peel Art Gallery Museum & Archives – Dale Estate

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This video demonstrates how archival materials can support student inquiry into land use. As well, the archivist ex [Read More]
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Peel Art Gallery Museum & Archives – Urban Stories

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How can museum archives be used to uncover local community stories? An archivist demonstrates how using museum arc [Read More]
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Peel Art Gallery Museum & Archives – Land Use Etobicoke Creek

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This video shows how primary sources (Fire Insurance Plans) can be used to inquire about “change over time” as [Read More]
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Peel Art Gallery Museum & Archives – Mississauga Tribe Treaty

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This video shows how archival materials provide historical information about the purchase of First Nations lands. [Read More]
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Examples of Primary Source Materials

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Students and teachers can use this video to explore different approaches to build a greater understanding of histor [Read More]

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