The Changing Faces of Tourism in British Columbia

In this lesson, students will begin by comparing a contemporary photograph of Emerald Lake with the image in the January panel of the British Columbia 150 Years Calendar by Historica and inferring the explicit and implicit messages revealed about British Columbia then and now. After being introduced to the concepts of continuity and change, students will examine present day tourism brochures and magazines to determine what is being promoted by the images and text. Finally, they will rate the extent to which tourism has changed and/or remained the same over time by examining photographs from the railways and brochures and posters from the late 1800s.