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School Programs
Interactive programs
are an engaging way to spark the interest of students, reinforce the
lessons taught in the classroom, and leave a lasting impression.
Imagining what it must have been like to be a pioneer in the early days
of settling Michigan is a useful exercise. However, smelling the fire
that is cooking the lunch you helped prepare, writing with a feather,
and creating your own candles just like a pioneer literally helps
students step back in time before microwave ovens, electronic styluses,
and store-bought home decor.
LIVING HISTORY PROGRAMS
Michigan Heritage Days in the Classroom
Students explore Michigan's heritage with
hands-on projects about local industries. They will participate in an
assembly-line to produce a model car constructed out of macaroni, make
paper from pulp, practice the method settlers used for rope-making,
experience a trading post, and design log marks from logging camps.
Pioneer Days at the Log Cabin
Visit the Kammer log cabin, relocated to
the Main Museum from its original location in Casco Township, to learn
what life was like for some Michigan pioneers. Make soup over an open
fire, bake cornbread, churn butter, dip candles, create a tin-punch
crafts, and make journal entries with a feather pen. If time allows, a
short tour of the Main Museum can be arranged to complete your day at
the cabin. Come dressed to impress in period clothing (if you would
like).
Pioneer Days in the Classroom
Unable to make the trek to Kammer log
cabin? Bring the pioneer experience to your classroom. Students explore
what life was like for Michigan's pioneers by dipping candles, creating
a tin-punch craft, playing pioneer games, and journaling with a feather
pen. Students will also make a tasty treat by hand-rolling ice cream.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Wizards Workshop
Thomas Alva Edison has been called the
"Wizard of Menlo Park," in remembrance of the day when 3,000 spectators
marveled as the first electric lights cast their golden glow over the
grounds at Edison's factory in Menlo Park, New Jersey. The Port Huron
Museum offers an exciting educational program where students get to be
the Wizards of Edison Parkway at the Thomas Edison Depot Museum.
This program includes:
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An in-depth tour of the Depot Museum
and Rail Car
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The chance to print a newspaper using
a galley proof press, just like the one Young Tom used to print his
own newspaper, The Weekly Herald, considered to be the first
newspaper ever printed on a moving train
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A live science demonstration featuring
a Van De Graff generator, which produces large static electric
charges. Students have the opportunity to learn first hand about
static electricity
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A historic movie about Thomas Edison
For additional
information on what the many sites of the Port Huron Museum has to
offer, please browse the Teachers Education Guide above.
If you have any questions, or would like
to register for one of these programs, please call Sheila Lindsey (810)
982-0891, ext. 119.
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