GUIDE FOR LIVING HISTORY & HERITAGE WORKSHOP PROGRAMS


The mission of the Georgia Agrirama is to preserve and educate the public in the rich cultural and historical area know as the "Wiregrass" region in the years 1870-1910.

An important service to the public is the Living History Workshop. The workshop gives students an opportunity to "go back in time," and experience the daily activities of a person their age, doing many of the same things that their ancestors did a century ago.

 
 
The role of the student in the workshop is an interactive one with the interpreters. The students live a day like students did in days gone by fixing the noon meal, spinning cotton, grinding meal, or building a barrel at the cooper shed. A day that a student spends in a Living History Workshop will be an experience that will never be forgotten. It is a goal of the Agrirama staff for students participating in the workshops to be educated in the history of the Wiregrass region through hands-on learning of the time period. 
The Department of Education has correlated the workshop activities to the Quality Core Curriculum that was established by the State Board of Education. The correlation is meant to establish a base reference for educators so that a trip to the Agrirama is more than a field trip. The students will use skills in language arts, math, social studies, and science. Examples of these are calculating board feet at the sawmill or comparing the news stories from 1900 to today’s new(s) stories. The guidelines are set up with multiple disciplines being covered. Not all areas will be covered in all workshops due to seasonal variances of work. With the guidelines, the Agrirama staff will be able to meet the needs of educators and maintain the integrity of the Living History and Heritage Workshops as an educational service.

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