Activities & Programs

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Health Care for Early Settlers in Upper Canada

TEACHER'S KIT

Table of Contents

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  Mission Statement of the Museum of Health Care at Kingston
• Program Overview
• Program Links to the Grade 3 Curriculum
• Vocabulary List (Pre-visit Activity)
• Suggestions for Post-visit Activities
• Possible Post-visit Quizzes
• Teacher Resources

PROGRAM OVERVIEW

• Introduction (hands-on exploration of herbs)
• Way of Life of Early Settlers in Upper Canada (interactive presentation)
  • Food and Diet
  • Personal Hygiene
  • Conditions in Town and in the Countryside
  • Health Care, Hospitals, and Doctors
• Treatment (interactive presentation with artefacts and herbs)
  • Doctors
  • Doctor's Bag
  • Role of Women
• Diseases (small-group activity involving the portraying of past diseases)
  • Community Illnesses
  • Childhood Illness
• Conclusion

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Also available is a grade-appropriate version of our program "Traditional Health Care in First Nations of Eastern Canada"