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Think Like A Historian! Tour

A hands-on, inquiry-based visit that complements 4th grade Social Studies/Common Core standards.

1 h 30 min

Service Description

During a 90-minute visit to the museum, students will: -explore the historic homes of the Workman and Temple families. -work together in groups to find, analyze, and interpret primary source materials focused on the 1840s, 1870s, and 1920s. -collect evidence to answer questions on one of four themes: transportation, architecture, business, and entertainment. -present their findings to the rest of the class utilizing their understanding of the sources they discovered to give the historical causation, periodization, and context of a theme during a particular decade. -formulate arguments to explain how and why these themes changed over time.


Contact Details

info@homesteadmuseum.org


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