history
Creativity Resources from the Denver Art Museum
Lesson plans for Early Childhood, Elementary and Secondary levels. Each focuses on a particular piece of art, and includes a full page photo of the art piece in question, allowing you to do the lesson at home. There is also a database of the museum's art work, searchable by country/culture of origin, medium, period and continent of origin.
Food timeline
A timeline showing when and where various foods were invented with lots of informative links.
Games through History
Games have been around for hundreds of years! Games give us a time to relax and have fun. We will explore some games that were played by Native Americans and children of the 1800 and 1900‘s. The name of this game is FUN!
Choose one session: 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. or 2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Cost $4.29/person/session. Pre-registration is required.
Please register online at www.anokacountyparks.com
Grimm Farm Day for Homeschoolers
Step back in time and explore a restored 1870's farmhouse. In the morning imagine you are leaving your home forever and traveling over 5000 miles across the ocean and half a continent to start a new life in a foreign land. Learn about Wendelin Grimm's journey and discover the items many immigrants brought with them on the journey. In the afternoon get hands-on experience of work and play activities typical to life on a late 19th century Minnesota farm. Sign up for a.m., p.m. or both sessions. Reservations required.
Homeschool Days: Minnesota's Greatest Generation
Homeschool students will be introduced to Minnesota’s Greatest
Generation by meeting characters from Minnesota’s past and participating
in hands-on programs. Three, hour-long classes are available: younger
students will learn what it was like to be a child during the Great
Depression. Students in grades 4-6 will meet History Player Virginia Mae
Hope and learn about being a pilot in the WASP (Women Airforce Service
Pilots) program during World War II. Students in grades 7-12 will meet
Homeschool Happenings: The Civil War
Fort Snelling closed in 1858, but the attack on Fort Sumter in South
Carolina just three years later, caused Governor Alexander Ramsey to
re-open Fort Snelling. Fort Snelling became the entry and training point
for all of the 25,000 Minnesota volunteers who fought in the Civil War.
Learn about their experiences, technology of the period, the war at home
with the Dakota, and even how slaves at Fort Snelling in the 1830s
influenced the lead up to the Civil War.
Fee: $5 per day, $4 per day MHS members.
Homeschool Happenings: World War II
Fort Snelling was a major induction and training center for troops from
all across the Midwest during World War II. Over 300,000 soldiers began
their Army life at the Fort, and special schools for Military Police,
railroad engineers, and translators were set up. See a restored tank
from the Fort Snelling Military Museum, learn about life on the "home
front," practice swing dancing and try out the expanded obstacle course
for "new recruits".
Fee: $5 per day, $4 per day MHS members.
Homeschool Days: Science and Technology
Four unique programs will be offered in September, each designed to
engage homeschool students of all ages with games, hands-on activities,
and a history scavenger hunt with a special “Fort Kids” prize at the
end. For Science and Technology day, students will explore how
19th-century soldiers and settlers used simple machines, science, and
"modern" technology to build and survive in the frontier outpost. Learn
how to make fire with flint & steel, see how the blacksmiths work with
Historic Fort Snelling
Location
America's Library
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