Trappers & Traders

GRCA Administrative Office, Port Hope

Category
Social Studies & Geography

Duration
Half-Day

Grade
Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9, Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12

On-a-Roll In Your Schoolyard
No

Season
Year-Round

Program Outline
This engaging program puts student teams against one another in an orienteering challenge that requires teams to creatively barter their European goods for animal pelts. Through the game and the fur trade relics, students will learn about the history and challenges of the fur trade, as well as the differing perspectives of value in the eyes of Ontario’s First Nations and earliest Europeans.

Education