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FEEDING THE FRONTIER - FOOD IN EARLY CANADA
Feeding
the Frontier: Food in Early Canada, invites teachers and students
to step back in time to life on the Canadian frontier. Using historic
images, audio clips and text, this unique Learning Object Collection
presents participants with a glimpse of how Canadian pioneers of the
1800s raised and grew crops, hunted and fished, preserved, cooked and
served food from both wild and domestic sources. Content is based on
Grade 9 and 10 Ontario curriculum, Social Studies and History.
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Activity One: Bare Bones Of The Backwoods
The class analyzes the importance of faunal artifacts (bones), and the
tools and methods used to hunt, fish and process meats to understand
the roles of domestic and wild species in the survival of early Canadian
setters. This activity includes an interactive
quiz. |
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Activity Two: Traditions of the Table
Students investigate settlement food traditions, kitchen tools and cooking
methods transferred from Europe to Canada. Then they prepare dishes for
their classmates using traditional recipes, tools and ingredients. |
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Activity Three: Gifts of the Land
By creating diary entries from the perspective of a Canadian settler, students
learn how settlers grew, harvested and preserved foods in different seasons
compared to today. This activity includes an interactive
quiz. |
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Activity Four: Bow to the King of the Camp
Students investigate the volume and types of food consumed in the shanty
lumber camps of the 1800s and the daily preparation methods employed
by the all-important camp cook. |
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Activity Five: The Stopping Places - Canada's
First Bed and Breakfasts
The class learns about the importance of stopping places along Canada's
frontier in terms of food, shelter, transportation and communication. |
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This group of learning tools was produced
in collaboration with the Heritage
Canada Agora Learning Centre. |
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