Classroom Resources
Online Resources
Voices of the Canoe
Learn about Fijian, Squamish and Haida canoe traditions and understand the historical and ongoing importance of canoe culture for these Indigenous peoples. The site features interviews from Indigenous artists, canoe makers and others to encourage students to consider multiple perspectives and question how historical significance is defined and determined. It also hosts a range of evidence, including photographs, maps, interviews, historical texts and short films. This website was developed by MOA in conjunction with The History Education Network/Histoire et Education en Reseau.
Returning the Past: Repatriation of First Nations Cultural Property
Intended for secondary students, this online resource features lesson plans, case studies, and research activities surrounding the subject of the repatriation of cultural property. Students engage in an exploration process of questioning, comparing, summarizing, drawing conclusions and defending a position. This resource encourages students to critically analyze the ethical implications of current events.
Architecture: Museum as Muse
This teacher resource is adapted from MOA’s previous Architecture: Museum as Muse school program. Taking inspiration from museum architecture around the world, students will learn to actively sense, observe and respond to their built environments—and to cultural institutions—in new ways.
Indigenous Knowledge + Earthquakes
This teacher resource is drawn from the Shake Up: Preserving What We Value exhibition, developed to link MOA’s seismic upgrades and renewal project to Northwest Coast Indigenous knowledge and earth sciences. Students will learn about the cultural importance of earthquakes to different Indigenous peoples of the Northwest Coast, and will be encouraged to think critically about the intersections between Indigenous knowledge, oral histories and Western scientific perspectives.
Transforming Image
This teacher resource is adapted from MOA’s previous Transforming Image school program. Students will encounter examples of historical and contemporary Northwest Coast First Nations paintings and be introduced to the innovative Image Recovery Project.
MOA App
Use the MOA App to explore the Museum and its worldwide collections through rich, multimedia content. Move through the different gallery spaces—at your own pace, in your own order—to discover collection highlights, brought to life through the perspectives of Indigenous artists and knowledge holders, museum curators, and other experts.
Digital Publications + Sourcebooks
Sourcebooks are produced by MOA staff, students, volunteers, visiting scholars and community members to reflect their research and personal interests. Each sourcebook focuses on an object, artist or area of cultural significance, and serves as an important introduction to the work of the Museum and its community partners. Accompanied by text, images and useful references, these books are invaluable resources for the classroom and the casual reader alike.
Online Exhibitions
Explore MOA’s online exhibitions and digital materials.
Explore MOA’s online exhibitions