Montréal in the 19th century was a thriving metropolis enjoying its golden age!

The city was changing rapidly ... there was progress and innovation in the air! Your students will learn about the contribution of British businessmen to Montréal’s development in the 19th century, and the surprising and diverse faces of the evolving city. Better yet, they can become the heroes and heroines of the tour, in a fascinating role-playing game.

They can pretend to be British merchant Joseph Frobisher, Scottish journalist Rollo Campbell, innkeeper Sarah Bruner, Mayor Jacques Viger and other timeless Montréal characters. They will have to defend their positions in debates featuring these historic characters. It’s bound to be a lively time!

They’ll also get to watch Montréal, Tales of a City, a captivating multimedia show that presents six centuries of history on Montréal’s very birthplace, in 18 fascinating minute


What will the students do at the Museum?

• Meet many different period figures in a role-playing game.
• Feel the vibrant atmosphere of Montréal’s golden age, marked by rapid progress in many different sectors.
• Debate important issues of the day and take a stand after hearing the different pros and cons.
• See the underside of progress – diseases, exploitation, etc. – and make links with the present.

Concepts covered during the workshop

Living and working conditions, economic situation, industrial development, urban development, demographic shifts, immigration, relations with Great Britain, railway development, public health, infrastructures, epidemics, fortifications, port, business.


Competencies developed

The activities during this program are in line with the aims of the Quebec and Ontario education programs and help develop the following subject-specific competencies.

In ONTARIO

ELEMENTARY, Grades 7 and 8 History

Relate and apply the knowledge acquired through social studies and the study of history and geography to the world outside the classroom. Identify some themes and personalities from the 19th century, and explain their relevance to contemporary Canada.

In Quebec
Broad area of learning: Environmental awareness and consumer rights Educational aim: To encourage students to develop an active relationship with their environment while maintaining a critical attitude towards exploitation of the environment, technological development and consumer goods. Intellectual cross-curricular competency: Exercise critical judgment (develop and express their opinions).
Elementary Cycle 3	Secondary Cycle 1	Secondary Cycle 2
Society studied: Canadian society around 1820 Perceive the organization of a society in its territory Define the influence of people or events on social and territorial organization; Make connections between assets and limitations of our society and territory. Society studied: Canadian society in 1820 and Quebec society in 1900 Interpret change in a society and its territory Recognize the main changes in the organization of a society and its territory; Establish causes and effects of the changes; Define the influence of people or events on these changes.	Social phenomenon Industrialization: an economic and social revolution Examine social phenomena from a historical perspective Contemplate the past of social phenomena; Look at social phenomena in their complexity.	Social phenomena: Demands and struggles in the British colony Population and settlement, Economy and development Examine social phenomena from a historical perspective Contemplate the past of social phenomena; Look at social phenomena in their complexity.

Our experienced interpreter-guides know how to adapt the tour to students’ ages and interests. Join them and relive the frenetic pace of development and great plans in 19th-century Montréal!


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