Taverns in Barriefield

The Frontenac County Schools Museum is situated in Barriefield Village. Presently the Village is a secluded, serene place but it wasn’t always this way. Barriefield was once a bustling place. Highway 15 ran straight through the Village on what is now Main Street....

Special Education in Ontario prior to 2000

Special education is the practice of teaching students in ways that accommodate their learning differences and needs. This involves planning for each student and ensuring that the arrangement of teaching procedures, adapted equipment and materials, and settings are...

Classical Mythology and Canadian Education

While it may not be obvious at first glance, classical mythology lurks in the crowded bookshelves of our museum. It hides in old readers and permeates the volumes in our poetry section. Although we have a few books with an explicit classical focus, most of our...

Geography and Globes in the Classroom

World geography is often seen as a static discipline: a subject that can be mastered by familiarizing yourself with maps and memorizing the names of capital cities. However, our earth is in a perpetual state of flux, not just physically but politically. Politics and...