Field Trip to Delta Museum

This week we visited the Delta Museum and Archives. In class we have been learning about what Christmas around the world looks like. Our field trip took us back in time as we explored how the holidays were celebrated in the pioneer days. 

A peak at the parlour. We compared the toys children had then and now and learned about the kind of activities that would take place in this formal room. 

Students made connections to a previous activity we did in class and made candles by dipping the wicks in wax. We learned that making candles this way takes a very long time and would be a tedious job! Without electricity these candles were the pioneers source of light and lights for their tree. 

We went to the kitchen to see different holiday crafts and decorations pioneers would make. 

We made an ornament out of tin foil. It was common in the old'n'days for people to make ornaments out of the tops of cans. This was a take on these decorations. 

We ended the trip with the traditional tale of "The Night Before Christmas."