Grades
1-2: Students are divided into three groups. Each will
visit three different
stations
for activities focusing on the life of a young child in the 1890’s.
Students
will
enjoy a wagon ride to the farm, a nature walk and participatein household
chores
and play games of the period.
Grades
3-4: Students are divided into four groups. Each group
participates in two
activities
centered around the home, farm and industry, the doctor's office
and
commercial
sites, and the nature walk. Activities might include building birdhouses,
tending
the flower and herb gardens and sewing quilt squares.
Grades
5-8: Students are divided into four groups with each group participating
in two
activities
centered around the home, the farm and industry, the doctor’s office and
commercial
sites and the nature walk. Activities may include making biscuits
and
baking
them on the hearth, building birdhouses, tending the farm animals, and
learning
how
some herbs were used for cooking and others for medicinal purposes.
Group
size: 20 to 30 students Costuming not recommended due to time restraints.
Age:
1st through 8th grade Program meets QCC objectives. Cost: $7.00 per
student
It
can be combined with a teacher-guided tour, country store shopping spree
and
train
ride. Two adults admitted free, additional adults
$7.00 each.
Bring
your own picnic lunch or purchase our sack lunches ($4.00 per person).
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Workshop
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