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Discovering Your Community: Activities and Suggestions for Developing Local History Projects for Young People

 

1992 Discovering Your Community Cover

 

by The OHS, 1992, 141 pages, ISBN 0919352367

Discovering Your Community was developed originally by the Young Ontario Committee of the OHS in 1984 in honour of the Bicentennial of the Province of Ontario, with funding from the Ontario Heritage Foundation. This resource book for teachers, youth leaders, parents, and all those working with young people has proven to be so popular that it has been revised, updated, and reprinted in English and French.

The purpose of the projects and activities suggested here is two-fold: to interest young people in exploring the history of their community and to illustrate how they are contributing to its continuing heritage.

Sections address family history, natural environment, structures, food, clothing, artifacts, transportation and communications, and crafts and industries.

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