S.O.S. History

Montreal's history game for student sleuths. S.O.S. History is an adventure game challenging students to solve five mysteries at pivotal points in the history of Montreal. From the early days of the Ville de Montreal and the Great Peace of 1701 to the St. Helen's Island, site of Expo 67, site visitors need to find artifacts from the history of Montreal by solving historic problems, and return them to the Montreal Museum of Archaeology and History.

Shockwave

English

http://www.memoireenperil.net/PACEN.htm

6-12

yes

long

Fulldata

Safe Harbour, Treacherous Seas

The treacherous shores of Vancouver Island, BC, Canada contain 1.5 shipwrecks per mile. This virtual exhibition offers a wealth of information about the numerous ships that have foundered on the Island's shores as well as the fascinating human and social history that went down with the ships.

British Columbia Maritime Museum

Flash

English

http://www.pacificshipwrecks.ca/english/game.html

5-12

yes

short

Fulldata

The Adventure Train!

The Canadian Train Game is a cross-Canada tour of railroad history. Crossing the entire continent, the transcontinental Canadian railway connected Halifax Nova Scotia on the Atlantic coast to Squamish British Columbia (near Vancouver) on the Pacific. From the days of the Grand Trunk Railway (GTR) to the Canadian National Railway (CN) and Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR), the history, settlement and economy of Canada are tied to the rails and the goods carried on them. The tour ends at the driving of the last spike in Craigellachie British Columbia and shows William Van Horne's telegram to John A. MacDonald announcing the completion of the railroad.

Canada Virtual Museum

Flash

English

http://www.virtualmuseum.ca/Exhibitions/Trains/English/index.html

5-8

yes

short

fulldata

Watch The Birdie

Interactive game in which players take on the role of a customer or apprentice photographer working in the famous Notman studio on Montreal around 1860. Springboard for the learning of secondary-level Canadian history. Canada – 19th century.

McCord Museum of Canadian History

Flash

English

http://www.mccord-museum.qc.ca/notman/notman.php?fileXML=notman_page_155.xml&Lang=1&jeu_id=2

8-13

yes

short

Fulldata

Great Upper Canada Adventure

Try your hand at the life of a settler on the Sydenham River. This interactive game takes you through several of the challenges settlers had to face in Upper Canada.

Virtual Museum of Canada

Flash

English

http://sydenhamdiscovery.ca/english/game.asp

Canada

6-11

yes

short

fulldata

A Sunken Ship’s Tale. The game

The Montreal Museum of Archaeology and History proudly presents ‘A Sunken Ship’s Tale’; an archaeology game for kids and young adults. This interactive online archaeology game is based on the discovery of the wreck of the Elizabeth and Mary. Kids will experience the discovery of actual artifacts found on this famous shipwreck and gradually unearth a secret buried within this archaeological treasure.

Montreal Museum of Archaeology and History

Flash

English

http://uneepaveraconte.net/english/index.htm

6-13

yes

short

Fulldata

1759 : From the Warpath to the Plains of Abraham

The Seven Years War began in 1756 and was the first world armed conflict. This incredibly detailed website will walk you through the history of this conflict from the perspectives of the French, the British, the Canadians and the Amerindians. Over three hours of engaging and dynamic content detail this virtual tour of the Seven Years War created by the North American Battlefield Commission.

The National Battlefields Commission 2005

English and French

http://1759.ccbn-nbc.gc.ca/index.html

1720 1780

6-13

yes

medium

fulldata