Québec / Québec History
48 discoveries to read together · Edition 1
Québec History to Colour
Find the drawings in book order. Choose an image to read its story, look at the details and keep the conversation going.
Find your drawing by its image and title. The numbers below show the drawing order, not book page numbers.
Drawings 01–10
Drawing 01
Looking around the museum
Today
Drawing 02
A Wendat longhouse
A present-day reconstruction
Drawing 03
A birchbark canoe
Knowledge passed on
Drawing 04
Building the Habitation
1608
Drawing 05
A well-filled chest
In the 17th and 18th centuries
Drawing 06
The bread oven
Long ago
Drawing 07
Water from the well
Long ago
Drawing 08
Making butter
Around 1900
Drawing 09
The weaving loom
Long ago
Drawing 10
The spinning wheel turns
Long agoDrawings 11–20
Drawing 11
A quill and some ink
The 19th century
Drawing 12
At the shoemaker's
The 19th century
Drawing 13
At the blacksmith's
Long ago
Drawing 14
The barrel maker at work
Long ago
Drawing 15
The potter's hands
The 19th century
Drawing 16
The printing press
Long ago
Drawing 17
A schooner on the river
The 19th century
Drawing 18
The steamship
1809
Drawing 19
The early railway
1836
Drawing 20
The horse-drawn streetcar
1861Drawings 21–30
Drawing 21
The electric streetcar
1892
Drawing 22
All aboard, travellers!
The late 19th century
Drawing 23
At the general store
Around 1900
Drawing 24
Delivery by horse and cart
Around 1910
Drawing 25
The wood-burning cookstove
The early 20th century
Drawing 26
Laundry day
Long ago
Drawing 27
The oil lamp
Around 1900
Drawing 28
The kitchen icebox
Long ago
Drawing 29
The one-room schoolhouse
The early 20th century
Drawing 30
A slate to write on
Long agoDrawings 31–40
Drawing 31
The rocking horse
Around 1910
Drawing 32
The spinning top
In the 19th century
Drawing 33
The cup-and-ball game
In the 18th century
Drawing 34
A rag doll
Long ago
Drawing 35
Listening to the radio
The 20th century
Drawing 36
Hello, who's there?
The 20th century
Drawing 37
The right to vote
1940
Drawing 38
Québec's flag
January 21, 1948
Drawing 39
Schools are changing
1964
Drawing 40
