Alternative Education Series
Ages: Eight and up
Time: 10:00-11:30 AM
Place: Cumberland County Historical Society
21 N. Pitt St.
Carlisle, PA 17013
717-249-7610
Member Registration Free Below
Cost: $10.00 per student per session and $10.00 for each additional child from the same family. (Family members free – RSVP below. Information on memberships available below.)
November 20: Native Americans of the Eastern Woodlands
Do you think that you could stand still and proud as your nose was pierced with a sharpened bone? Would you like to know how to make clothing out of animal flesh using only stone tools and brain
matter? These were the skills and cultural expectations of people from the Eastern Woodlands. Using clothing, animal pelts, weapons, and tools, we will explore the fascinating and vibrant heritage
of our county’s earliest settlers.
December 18: 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 holidays in the Old World and the adaptation and assimilation of various customs by a variety of ethnic and religious groups in Central Pennsylvania.
January 22: Cumberland County 275
Come commemorate the anniversary of the largest county ever in Pennsylvania. Hear stories of the unique history of the “gateway to the west”.
February 19: Pennsylvania Classics
During this session. We will explore the history of the Conestoga wagon and the Pennsylvania long rifle, two of the most important innovations that helped settlers move and thrive on the frontier of America.
March 19: Agriculture in Cumberland County
From the earliest human inhabitants to the present day, Cumberland County has been an agricultural breadbasket. Many great innovations were developed or tested in the Cumberland Valley. We will discuss the important role our area has played in the production of food.
April 16: Carlisle Indian School
During a time when the United States government was willing to spend $1 million to eradicate a single Indian tribe out west, Captain Richard Henry Pratt established the Carlisle Indian Industrial School. Pratt’s idea was to “save” native children by turning the “savages” into white men and women. Critique the school’s plan to “Kill the Indian, save the Man” as you explore what it means to be stripped of your cultural heritage through forced assimilation. There will be a guided tour of the new CCHS exhibition: Before and After, and After.
Cost: $10.00 per student per session and $10.00 for each additional child from the same family. (Now Free for Family members; Information on memberships available below.)
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