This site is here to provide advance information for your school's upcoming visit to Barkerville. Some of this material is intended for your use in the classroom before your visit, but some of it is also useful during your time in Barkerville, or as followup activities.
Experience has shown that classes visiting Barkerville are able to maximize their learning opportunities if they have been given sufficient classroom preparation.
Teachers are encouraged to use this material as a basis for developing their own lesson plans. Resources for Download All files in pdf format.
Barkerville Activity Sheet - A treasure hunt and a quiz for use in Barkerville, or as a followup activity.
Barkerville Colouring Book - A twelve page printable colouring book featuring scenes and stories from Barkerville's past. This is a large file, and may take a while to download.
Word Search - A two page activity sheet that has students finding a learning about ten mining terms that relate to Barkerville.