Home Sweet Home

Tuesday-Friday
September 27-November 18, 2011 & January 17-April 27, 2012
10:00-11:30am or 12:30-2:00pm

Participants explore various types of homes found in the Lower Mainland in the 1920s, including a log cabin, a single working man's home, a farmhouse, an upper-middle-class house and a storekeeper's living quarters. Various hands-on household chores highlight the evolution of technology in the home and its impact on families and the community. The chronological development of house design is also discussed.

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.