Pre and Post Living History Activity Guides
These activity guides contain vocabulary, discussion questions, crafts, and additional activities to match each of the stations you choose for your Living History Tour. Activities are designed to be used either in preparation for your field trip or to reinforce topics learned on the trip.
1850s Barn/Farm Life/Harvest Chores
Animal Tracks
The Audubon Society
Bank Shares
The Blacksmith
Etiquette
Fashion
Fire Station
Food Preservation
The General Store
Herbs and Medicine
Hospital/Braille
Hygiene
Kitchen Gardens
Old Stone School
Parlor Games
Patchwork Quilts
The Prairie
The Print Shop
Rope Making/The Police Station
Schoolyard Games/Vintage Baseball
Square Dancing/Virginia Reel
Toys
Wind and Water Power at the Mill House
Your Carbon Footprint vs. the Vtctorian's Carbon Footprint