Grades 3-5
Group Limit: one classroom
Length: Live, interactive 1-hour program
Cost: $100 per program, discounts available for Priority and Title I School Districts
To Schedule: email [email protected]
or call (860) 236-5621 ext. 232
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Grades 3-5
Group Limit: one classroom
Length: Live, interactive 1-hour program
Cost: $100 per program, discounts available for Priority and Title I School Districts
To Schedule: email [email protected]
or call (860) 236-5621 ext. 232
In this program, students will explore the different ways children learned in colonial New England through primary source images, objects, and journals from the CHS collection. Students will explore how learning took place at home, at school, and at work. Students will compare and contrast education today and long ago regarding learning environments, tools and supplies used in the “classrooms,” and how education differed for boys and girls.
Students will be able to:
This project has been made possible in part by a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities: Democracy demands wisdom.
Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this project do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Tuesday-Friday 12pm-5pm, Thursday nights until 8pm
Saturday 9am-5pm
Sunday 12pm-5pm
Tuesday-Saturday 12pm-5pm, Thursday nights until 8pm
Always by appointment only.
One Elizabeth Street
Hartford CT, 06105