Homeschool Days at Jamestown Settlement and Yorktown Victory Center

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Homeschool programs will be offered February 27-March 7, 2010, at Jamestown Settlement and the Yorktown Victory Center.  The homeschool ticket is good for admission to both museums throughout the entire date range.  In addition, optional hands-on programs and guided tours are available for students and their families.  All programs address Virginia and United States standards of learning for history and social studies.

Students can enroll in one of three programs at each museum, according to grade level, and families can register for an interactive, two-hour guided tour at each museum.  Each ticketholder is entitled to one hands-on program and one family tour at each museum.

The fee is $10.25 per family member (youth or adult) for general admission to both museums from February 27-March 7, 2010.  Children under age four are free.  Homeschool ticket holders can visit both museums as many times as they like during the date range.  The fee also includes one optional hands-on program and one optional guided tour of Jamestown Settlement and the Yorktown Victory Center.  Classroom capacity is limited to 25 people for hands-on programs.  Please register in advance to ensure a place in the program.  Walk-ins will be accepted if space is available. 

Please register in advance to ensure a place in the program by calling group reservations at (757) 253-4939 or at the visitor services desk at either museum.  Purchase your tickets online.  Once you have purchased tickets, please preregister for hands-on programs and guided tours.  To do this, call group reservations at (757) 253-4939.  The pre-registration deadline for hands-on programs and guided tours is 5 p.m. three business days prior to the program/tour.

For more information, or to register please see: http://historyisfun.org/Homeschool-Programs-2.htm

Jamestown Settlement

Family Guided Tour
Visit re-creations of a Powhatan Indian village and the colonial fort, replica 1607 ships, and a riverfront discovery area on this 2-hour hands-on tour guided by a trained museum educator.
Tour dates: March 1, 3, 4.
Tour times: 10 a.m., and 2 p.m.

Pre-Kindergarten through Grade 2 - Living with the Indians
Students handle and analyze clothing, bone tools and pottery of the Powhatan Indian culture.
Program dates: March 1, 3, 4
Program times: 10:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m.

Grades 3-6 - Cultures at Jamestown
Students compare and contrast the Powhatan Indian, English and African cultures that came into contact during the 17th century.
Program dates: March 1, 3, 4
Program times: 10:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m.

Grades 7-12 - Voyage to Virginia
Students learn about the 1607 voyage to Virginia by exploring period navigational tools.
Program dates: March 1, 3, 4
Program times: 10:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m.

Yorktown Victory Center 

Family Guided Tour
Visit the re-created Continental Army encampment and 1780s farm on this 2-hour hands-on tour guided by a trained museum educator.
Tour dates: March 2, 3, 5
Tour times: 10 a.m. and 2:00 p.m.

Pre-Kindergarten through Grade 2 - Colonial Life
Students examine tools and materials used on a small Virginia farm to explore the life of a typical Tidewater farming family.
Program dates: March 2, 3, 5
Program times: 10:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m.

Grades 3-6 - Revolutionary Virginia
Students analyze primary sources and preproduction artifacts to learn about the lives of ordinary 18th-century Virginians.
Program dates: March 2, 3, 5
Program times: 10:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m.

Grades 7-12 - Life of a Private
Students explore a Continental soldier's haverack, clothing and weapons to relate to the experiences of people during the American Revolution.
Program dates: March 2, 3, 5
Program times: 10:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m.