Free Educator Resource Downloads
For each of the stations of our living history tour, please explore additional vocabulary, readings, discussion or writing topics, activities, and specific Illinois state standards. These guides are meant to be used before or after your tours to enhance your field trip experience once you are back in the classroom.
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