BC Field Trips

A Year at Cloverdale Elementary - Edukit

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Last updated on

Monday, August 17th, 2020

Experience type:

Outreach Boxes

Program Description

Students follow the lives of three children that attended Cloverdale Elementary for a whole school year (1910-1911). From the exciting arrival of the first BC Electric Railway train to the Surrey Agricultural Fair, students discover what life was like in Surrey’s old city center more than a hundred years ago. The Edukit tells the story of Nathaniel Hunter, Ruth Isabel White, Cecil Heppell and their families, and includes storybook, touchable artifacts, comprehensive teachers’ notes and suggested extension activities. Three week loan/ $53.00

Big Ideas

Language and story can be a source of creativity and joy.

Stories and other texts can be shared through pictures and words.

Stories and traditions about ourselves and our families reflect who we are and where we are from.

We shape the local environment, and the local environment shapes who we are and how we live.

Local actions have global consequences, and global actions have local consequences.

The pursuit of valuable natural resources has played a key role in changing the land, people, and communities of Canada.

COVID Precautions

The kits will sit for 1 week after being returned and then will be thoroughly sanitized before being rented out again.

Trip Details

City:

Surrey