Webb-Deane-Stevens Museum Homeschool Field Trip

Passing this along from Diane Connors, see below for registration info......

WEBB-DEANE-STEVENS MUSEUM

 HOMESCHOOL FIELD TRIP

211 Main Street

Wethersfield,  CT

Date:  Thursday, May 9th
1 PM - 2:45 PM
Arrive *before* 1 PM, please, for a prompt start
Registration deadline:  May 2nd when I pick up  my mail, will be the last day I accept registrations/payments.

Classes:  Pick TWO classes per student (no single classes).  One at 1 PM and one at 2 PM, for a combined price of $6 per student for both classes.  The classes are indoors and will be held regardless of weather.  Parking is easy, on the street in a quiet area.

Class Title: HOME, SCHOOL & PLAY: CHILD LIFE IN THE EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Time: 1 – 1:45 PM for 45 minutes
Grades: 4 - 6
Description: The children’s exhibits and interactive classroom on the 2nd floor of the Stevens House are used to teach about the dress, work, life-style, schooling and play things of children 200 years ago.  Using the artifacts from the Stevens House, students will attend “school” and play with reproduction toys and games. 

Class Title: A SOLDIER IN THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
Time: 1 – 1:45 PM for 45 minutes
Grades: 1-3
Description:  With a soldier in the American Revolution’s knapsack, students will write a letter using invisible ink.  Sam Webb, the son of the builder of the Webb House and aide-de-camp to General George Washington, is used as an example. 

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Class Title: APPRENTICESHIP & BARTERING
Time: 2 – 2:45 PM for 45 minutes
Grades: 4 - 6
Description:  The home of Isaac Stevens provides the setting for learning about an important early American craft. Students tour the Steven's home, learn about the stages of leather production, and hunt for objects made of leather, including a set of leather fire-buckets. In this program, students will be given the opportunity to barter using goods and services. Students will also learn what it was like to be an apprentice in the early 1800's.

Class Title: EARLY AMERICAN HEALTH & MEDICINE
Time: 2 – 2:45 PM for 45 minutes
Grades: 1-3
Description:  Students examine the medical practices and theories of early New England.  They visit a sickroom set up in the Stevens House and an outhouse.  They learn about herbal medicine and make a scent bag.

PARENTS:  Parents and non-participating siblings are welcome to stay and visit in the large barn at the WDS’s property.  You may bring games to play.  There are sidewalks in the area if you’d like to go for a walk. There are a few shoppes down the street.  Several miles down the road there is a small playground.  There will only be one chaperone per class, which needs to be someone without a non-participating sibling.  The museum also has a little gift shop if you’d like to peruse that, as well.

REGISTRATION:   Send a check for $6 per child, and be sure to include the following:

    Parent’s name, phone and email, neatly please

    Child(ren)’s name, grade level of the classes they are participating in.

    Check made payable to:  Diane Connors that you should mail to P.O. Box 629, Columbia, CT 06237.  You will receive an EMAIL confirmation.You may email me to let you know you intend to register, but I will only secure a child’s space when I receive payment.  If you have any questions, please email me at drmomoften@hotmail.com