The Cumberland County Historical Society Education
Department homeschool hands-on series
brings history to life using the material
culture of the period.
Homeschool
Series 2009-2010
The Cumberland County Historical
Society’s
Education Department Homeschool
Hands-on Series
Brings history to life using
material culture of the period.
Ages 8 and up
10:00 – 11:30 a.m.
Sessions will meet in the Education Center
of the Historical Society
October 8 – Greek and Egyptian
Influence on American Medicine
Naked exercise? Communal bathing?
This program will both amuse and surprise you. The ancient world’s
revolutionary views on medicine influence the medical values and treatments
of early America. Medical symbols, use of the Hippocratic Oath, hygiene,
sanitation, physical fitness, and medicinal plants all have ancient origins.
Through material culture and activities we will explore the role of the
ancient world on modern America.
November 12 – Musical Intelligence
We will take a musical journey through time to
examine ways that musical intelligence is utilized. Some activities
will be directed to ways in which Native American and African American
cultures integrated music into ceremony and play, others will explore military
and literary applications in cadence. Musical developments from classical
alliteration to folk and jazz will be dissected. Musical study guides
and kazoo playing of the top 40 songs from the 1800s will allow students
to visit the many ways that music is an expression of talent and ingenuity.
December 10 – Holiday Traditions
December uniquely displays our American heritage.
Each wave of immigration, from Scots-Irish and English to German, left
its own distinctive mark. Nowhere is this more evident than in holiday
customs. This presentation will cover the roots of the holiday in
Europe and the adaptation and assimilation of various customs by a variety
of ethnic and religious groups in Central Pennsylvania.
January 14 – Kinesthetic Intelligence
Can you perform like Babe Ruth and hit a baseball
in a specific direction? Can you dance the quick step like Jim Thorpe?
How do cultures view physical prowess in relation to intellectual proficiency?
Movement, coordination, and balance will be explored in a variety of forms.
Our activities will examine control of the body and its athletic output.
Competition at marshmallow basketball, walking on stilts, and participation
in coordination games are all part of the fun.
February 11 – History of Clothing
We will dress students in period clothing from
1880-1930 to demonstrate ways in which transformation and upheaval are
often expressed through dramatic shifts in style. Unspoken messages
conveying economics, class structure, politics, gender, and technology
are subliminally expressed through clothing. This program uses textiles
to provide contextual understanding of major political and social
movements occurring throughout American history.
March 11 – Whiskey Rebellion
Tarring and feathering did not end with the American
Revolution, nor was the Civil War the first time a segment of the
United States attempted to form a new country. One of the earliest
groups to threaten succession consisted of 5 counties from Western Pennsylvania.
Cumberland County found itself front and center during the first challenge
to our new nation. Discover the role of Robert Whitehill, James Wilson,
and Hugh Henry Brackenridge in the first real challenge to the government
of the United States.
April 8 – Crime and Punishment
in Cumberland County
**This program runs from 10:00 – 11:30 a.m.**
Living in a world that prohibits cruel and unusual
punishment, it is strange to imagine a person being whipped or left to
stand in a pillory. During the Colonial Era it was commonplace.
We will look at common crimes and how criminals were punished, place people
in a pillory, and end the day with a visit to the Old Jail, where you will
see just how dangerous it was to break the law in the 1700’s.
Cost $10.00 per student per session for CCHS
members
$5.00 for each additional child from the same
family
no charge for adult attendance
The cost for non-members is $15.00 per person
per session
with no discount for additional children.
Member applications can be found on www.historicalsociety.com
Minimum of ten students must be enrolled two
days prior to each program.
Maximum of thirty students per session.
Visa and MasterCard accepted by telephone at
(717) 249-7610 or mail check to:
CCHS, 21 North Pitt Street, Carlisle, PA 17013
If you have any questions please contact the Education Curator at 717-249-7610 or by email at edcurator@historicalsociety.com