Heritage Fair Artifacts focusing on Immigration in Canada
Primary source materials can help us tell the story of people, places and events. This presenter explains the hist [Read More]
Heritage Fair Chinese Immigration
In this Heritage Fair clip primary resources are analysed and evaluated looking for bias and perspectives of the ti [Read More]
Using Primary Source Materials – Heritage Fair
See how students can use Primary Source Materials as integral components of their inquiries for Heritage Fair proje [Read More]
Peel Art Gallery Museum & Archives – Archive Shelves
In this video Diane Allengame, Regional Archivist, gives us a view of the archive shelves at the Peel Art Gallery M [Read More]
Peel Art Gallery Museum & Archives – County Jail
This video demonstrates how primary source materials from local archives (personal recounts, photos, etc.) can be u [Read More]
Peel Art Gallery Museum & Archives – Dale Estate
This video demonstrates how archival materials can support student inquiry into land use. As well, the archivist ex [Read More]
Peel Art Gallery Museum & Archives – Urban Stories
How can museum archives be used to uncover local community stories? An archivist demonstrates how using museum arc [Read More]
Peel Art Gallery Museum & Archives – Land Use Etobicoke Creek
This video shows how primary sources (Fire Insurance Plans) can be used to inquire about “change over time” as [Read More]
Peel Art Gallery Museum & Archives – Mississauga Tribe Treaty
This video shows how archival materials provide historical information about the purchase of First Nations lands. [Read More]
Examples of Primary Source Materials
Students and teachers can use this video to explore different approaches to build a greater understanding of histor [Read More]