last updated: April 16, 2007

Hands on Heritage - the McLean Mill National Historic Site offers 3 core educational programmes developed in collaboration with teachers. These programmes incorporate drama-in-education techniques, a hands-on component, small group work, and relate aspects of the Mill and Forestry history to themes in the BC school curriculum for grades K through 12. Special seasonal school opportunities are available on request.

Core Programs

Shattered Lives - The Internment of the Japanese Community at McLean Mill Grades 4 to 12 - Explore the personal consequences of world events through the eyes of Terry, a ten-year-old girl living at the mill during this difficult time in British Columbia's past.

Finding Blanaces - Resource Management, Economics, and the Use of New Technology Grades 5 to 12 - Play the role of decision makers during critical periods in the mill history making choices which would ultimately affect the business and the people that worked there.

McLean Mill - Living in a Single-Industry Based Community K to Grade 6 - Explore the reality of working, living and learning as a community during the early years: where a trip to town was an adventure, and argument with the boss might mean the loss of your home, and you live next door to your teacher.

Contact: Education Curator (250) 720-2523