Educational Activities

Students are invited to submit a text comparing the influence on young people of “scopes” from the beginning of the twentieth century and cinema today

Subject and Area of Knowledge Language: English Subject: History Area of Knowledge: Ethics and Religious Culture

Grades Secondary 3, 4, 5

Students are invited to recreate a question period from the House of Commons on the conscription crisis of the First World War.

Subject and Area of Knowledge Language: English Subject: History Arts: Drama

Grades Secondary 3, 4

Students are invited to present a poster or Power Point presentation comparing media coverage of the following three conflicts: the Boer War, The First World War, and the Vietnam War.

Subject and Area of Knowledge Language: English Subjects: History, Contemporary Economic Environment Arts: Visual Arts

Grades Secondary 3, 4, 5

Students are invited to compare media coverage of Quebec City’s three hundredth anniversary in 1908 and four hundredth anniversary in 2008 through a PowerPoint presentation.

Subject and Area of Knowledge Language: English Subject: History

Grades Secondary 3, 4

Through the use of film clips and newspaper articles from the period, introduce and educate students on the origins of cinema in Quebec (1896-1930) and the problems pioneers of this art encountered.

Subject and Area of Knowledge Language: English Subjects: History, Media, Management and Entrepreneurship

Grades Secondary 4, 5

Using film clips and newspaper articles from the period, introduce and educate students on the main difficulties encountered by cinema in Quebec between 1896 and 1930. Though cinema was a popular form of entertainment, the political community and the Catholic Churn sternly criticized it.

Subject and Area of Knowledge Language: English Subjects: History, Citizen, Media, and Community

Grades Secondary 4, 5

Have students write a screenplay that takes into account historical context and censorship rules using photographic stills from the film Pirate Gold.

Subject and Area of Knowledge Language: English Subjects: History, Media

Grades Secondary 4, 5