Ornament

Learning Activities

Write a Label

Students learn about immigrants who came to Canada between 1800 and 2000 and how to write concise, meaningful label text by selecting objects from the Canadian Museum of Civilization's database, writing several labels in different ways, sharing their labels with their classmates, and making a presentation in a format of their choice.

Grade: Grades 9-12; Quebec Secondary Cycle 2

• Write a Label - Lesson Plan (PDF 415k)

Selected Artifacts Information Packages:

• Chinese vase - (PDF 140k)
• Korean spinning top - (PDF 135k)
• Icelandic wedding costume - (PDF 200k)
• Tibetan costume - (PDF 110k)
• Touareg one string fiddle - (PDF 130k)
• Vietnamese long zither - (PDF 120k)
• Mossi talking drum - (PDF 125k)
• German fish trap - (PDF 130k)