History Comes Calling

Museum Outreach Visits Your Classroom
With a variety of engaging programs.
Grade appropriate topics for K through 8th

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Abenaki Culture, Pre & Post Contact
Archaeology, How we learn what we know
Architecture, New England Barns & Buildings
Early Vermont Settlement, Artifacts & Diaries
Civil War, Vermont’s Role through Letters
Runaway Pond, Water Power in New England
The North Woods, Changing Ideas of the Great Forest
Abolition, Education, Temperance, Roots of Reform
Seeds to Soup & Back Again, Seed Saving & Seasonal Cycles
Stones and Bones, Cemetery Mysteries

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Or invite a character from the early 1800s to your school

Slate & Quill
A schoolkeeper from the district school gives children a taste of schooling from the early days, as lessons are memorized, recited, penmanship practiced and proper manners are taught.

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A Traveler from Boston
Recounting many adventures and the trials of transportation via stagecoach, train and steamboat the traveler describes his experiences on the road from Boston to Stanstead.

 

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Mr. Hinman Remembers
A controversial figure from Orleans County recalls his early years as a Revolutionary war soldier, Vermont surveyor, road builder, merchant, judge, farmer and explains how he ended up in debtors prison.

 

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Barn Raising

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How to Participate
Schedule visits to your school or homeschool at least two weeks in advance.
You may schedule up to two programs per visit.

Contact Susanna ,  education@oldstonehousemuseum.org or 802-754-2022

Fee per school visit  $150     (Orleans County– $75)