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                              Youth and School Programs
The Homestead has the following options available to help engage students in grades K-5th with local history.

Think Like a Historian!

 

4th grade

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A hands-on, inquiry-based program designed to complement 4th grade

Social Studies and Common Core standards. 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 from the 1840s, 1870s, and 1920s.

  • collect evidence and 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 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.

 

*Student activity books/casebooks can also be provided in Spanish for dual immersion classes or for ELD students, please let us know if this is preferred at the time of your booking. 

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For more information or to make a reservation, please contact Steven Dugan at 626-968-8492 or email s.dugan@homesteadmuseum.org

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Looking for pre or post-visit activities? Please take a look at our suggested curriculum, available in English and Spanish, by clicking here.

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Virtual Program

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EXAMINE LA

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3rd-5th grade 

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If you are unable to come to the Homestead, we can come to your

classroom for a 30-minute distance learning activity with a museum

educator where students have an opportunity to analyze three primary

source images of Los Angeles from the 1840s, 1870s, and 1920s in order to discuss change over time. 

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For more information or to schedule a date, please contact Steven Dugan at 626-968-8492 or email s.dugan@homesteadmuseum.org.

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Ain't We Got Fun? 

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K-5th grade 

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Discover how the Los Angeles region changed over time by exploring various forms of entertainment from the 1840s, 1870s, and 1920s. During this 90-minute visit to the museum, participants will explore specified rooms within the Workman House and La Casa Nueva and make a craft based on a historic toy to take home. 

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For more information or to schedule a date, please contact Steven Dugan at 626-968-8492 or email s.dugan@homesteadmuseum.org.

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