History Quiz 2

Sunshine Coast History Quiz 2

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QUESTION 1: Listen to Community Storytelling with xwu'p'a'lich (Barb Higgins) from shíshálh Nation. When her family sent xwu'p'a'lich to school in Egmont, what did her grandmother hoped she would learn? What did they want her to do with this knowledge? *

QUESTION 2: Why was it important that xwu'p'a'lich's became a "rememberer" for the shíshálh Nation? *

QUESTION 3: Using the newspaper database, find the July 18th, 1947 edition of the Coast News. Find the articles with answers to these questions: what strange sight was seen in Pender Harbour on July 9, 1947? Name 2 things that you can buy at Hassans' General Store. *

QUESTION 4: Helen McCall was an important local photographer from the 1920s-1940s. Search the Photograph Collections for one of her photographs and write a short creative piece about the picture. What is happening in the photo? What is the story? *

QUESTION 5: Watch the Time Travel video about the Heritage Playhouse. With the hard work of Howe Sound Woman's Institute, the hall was built mainly by volunteers. Can you think about a community group of volunteers today that works hard to make the Sunshine Coast a better place? How are they similar? *

QUESTION 6: Take a virtual tour of the museum and find the Finnish exhibit. Tell us something about the conscientious objectors. What objects do we have on display from them? *

QUESTION 7: Every object has a story to tell. Pick a personal object from your life and share why this item is important to you. It can be anything that has a neat story to tell. *

Upload a Photograph of your personal object. *

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Listen to xwu'p'a'lich story

Search Newspaper Collection

Find a Helen McCall photograph

Watch Heritage Playhouse video

Take a Virtual Tour