Business As Usual

Tuesday-Friday
September 25-November 21, 2012 & January 22-May 3, 2013
10:00-11:30am or 12:30-2:00pm

This tour focuses on the lives and jobs of working people in British Columbia society during the 1920s. Participants see how technological changes affected certain trades and the people involved in them. The tour also illustrates the variety of services provided by early communities. The program includes hands-on activities during interactive visits to the blacksmith, barbershop, general store, print shop and bank.

This program adapts well for children, adults and beginning ESL.

Curriculum: Grades 2-5
Capacity: 50 participants*

* Note: Escorting adults, supplied by the group, must accompany in a ratio of 1 adult per 10-12 participants, when the participants are under 19 years of age.