Education Programs
for Primary School Students
 

Our education programs will get your students involved while meeting the objectives of the Program of Studies of the Quebec School. The Marguerite Bourgeoys Museum offers you a stimulating and enjoyable educational outing.

Tell me about the museum

This activity, developed especially for the first cycle of elementary school, introduces children to the visit of a museum in a recreational way. Through interactive workshops, students discover the various functions of a museum.

During the visit, the children will be led to observe the precious objects kept in the museum and will hear stories based on the items in the exhibition. Then they will be invited to learn what school was like in the old days, comparing their own experience as  pupils with that of Marguerite Bourgeoys’ first pupils and those of the Bon-Secours school once located in rooms  that are now part of the museum.

Educational tools

• Handling objects, observation game, discussion

Competencies

• Constructing a personal representation of space, time and society
• Oral communication

	1st cycle elementary
	2 classes
	60 minutes

Montreal, Land of Welcome

Have your students live the adventure of Marguerite Bourgeoys and the pioneer men and women who left France in the 17th century to come and settle in Montreal, a new land of welcome.
           
By taking on the role of these men and women who built Montreal, the children will walk in their shoes and follow the path they took to found a new city. Considering the reasons early Montrealers left Europe and came to New France, the difficult conditions of the boats on which they travelled and the day-to-day life of the times, students will be introduced to the Montreal of bygone days and to its inhabitants.

Educational tools

• Role play, costume elements and objects to handle

Download the teaching file

Competences

• Understand and describe the organization of a society on its territory
• Interpret changes in a society on its territory
• Use critical thinking
• Develop a sense of identity

	2nd cycle elementary
	60 students
	90 minutes

There was faith in Montreal

This new activity, prepared for elementary school cycle 2, introduces pupils to the Catholic religion and its main characteristics and is part of the course on Religious and Moral Instruction, with close ties to the Social Studies program.

The children will learn about a chapel and uncover its mysteries, discovering how this sacred space is organized for the Catholic ritual. They will also find out who Marguerite Bourgeoys was and how she contributed to the development of Ville-Marie. The story of Marguerite Bourgeoys will be the launching point for introducing the role of religious communities in the history and development of New France.

Educational tools

• Rally, observation and identification game, quiz

Download the teaching file

Competencies 

• Showing an understanding of religious phenomenon
• Examining social situations from a historical perspective
• Ability to cooperate and communicate appropriately

	2nd cycle elementary
	60 students
	90 minutes

Complementary activities

Cap your visit to the museum with one of our complementary activities, an opportunity to go into aspects of the history of the chapel in greater depth with your pupils.  

Drawing Marguerite’s Chapel

During this activity, while visiting the exhibit Drawing French America, participants learn about the work method of the historical illustrator, Francis Back. Once back in class, they should take up the challenge to illustrate Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours Chapel in 1678!

30 minutes

Visit of the archeological site

Visit the archaeological site located under the chapel and discover a place few visitors have the chance to see! Accompanied by a guide, you will travel through 2400 years of a fascinating history, beginning with the occupation of the site by the Native Peoples and continuing through the period of the devastating 18th-century fire to the present time.

30 minutes

Rates

	Elementary Adults	Visit $4 $8	Visit and complementary activity $5.50 $9.50
	One free entrance per group of 20 persons. A lunch area is available at the rate of $1 per person. Our rates include all taxes. Reservations are obligatory. A single payment per group.

Schedule

We welcome school groups from Monday to Friday
from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. from September to June.

Downloads

	Education programs brochure (pdf)
	Poster of education programs for elementary schools (pdf)

Online reservations

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Information and reservations

Karine Saint-Louis
Coordinator of Educational service
Telephone: (514) 282-8670 extension 237
FAX: (514) 282-8672
E-mail: ksaint-louis@marguerite-bourgeoys.com

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