Your Neighbourhood

What better way to get to know the immediate environment of your school than to become familiar with the history and characteristics of its neighbourhood? In this activity, students learn about the people who live in the area around their school and the buildings that have been built there. During their visit to the MEM, they discover what makes the school’s neighbourhood different from other parts of the city. The students then create a collage to show what their ideal neighbourhood would look like.

Your Neighbourhood takes place at the MEM in three stages:

1. A tour of the MEM’s public spaces and permanent exhibition to situate the school’s neighbourhood and understand its components.
2. A presentation about the students’ neighbourhood using old photographs. This visit is adapted to the area in which the school is located.
3. A Lego workshop in which students imagine what their ideal neighbourhood would look like and what elements it would include.

Objective

• Get to know the school’s neighbourhood, including its territory and history.

Links to the Québec Education Program (QEP)

Elementary Cycle 1

Cross-Curricular Competencies

• Exercise critical judgement
• Use creativity
• Construct one’s identity
• Cooperate with others

Geography, History and Citizenship Education

• First representation in space and time: acquire knowledge related to location in space and time with regard to human elements, natural elements, people, groups, and events.

The MEM is listed in the Répertoire Culture-Éducation. The activity Your Neighbourhood is eligible for financial support through the Field Trips to Cultural Venues program.