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Historic Brattonsville

• Life on the Plantation 3rd–12th Grades Cotton is King! This is the cash crop. How did the plantation operate to support this economy before the Civil War? Exploring an 1840s plantation, students will gain insight and participate in activities to appreciate how people worked, lived and survived. Activities change seasonally and may include a plantation house tour, slave life, textiles, cooking, hands-on cotton processing and a farm animal tour. Length: 90 minutes, Max: 100 students, 9:30 am & 11:30 am $6 per student Standards: Social Studies 3-2.7, 3-4.1, 3-4.2, 3-5.1, 4-1.4, 4-2.5, 4-2.6, 4-5.2, 4-6.3, 5-1.4, 7-3.4, 8-3.1, 8-7.3 USHC-3.3, USHC-4.1 back to top

• The Backcountry in Revolt: A Revolutionary War Experience 3rd–12th Grade Liberty or death! The choice is yours! In this interactive program, students learn how people from all walks of life including civilian and enslaved people were drawn into the Revolutionary War. Students will march and train as a militia unit. Other activities may include a musket-firing demonstration, cooking, spinning, backcountry medicine or storytelling. Length: 90 minutes, Max: 100 students, 9:30 am & 11:30 am $6 per student Standards: Social Studies 3-3.1, 3-3.2, 4-2.4, 4-2.6, 4-2.7, 4-3.1, 4-3.2, 4-3.6, 4-3.7, 7-1.2, 7-1.3, 8-2.1, 8-2.2, USHC 1.1, USHC 2.1 back to top

Museum of York County - Tours

• Awesome Animal Adaptations 3rd-7th Explore special adaptations that allow animals to survive in their distinct environments. Students may investigate animal super senses that enable nocturnal animals to live in a world with little light; vertebrate classification featuring an “animal oddity”; and diversity of mammal tooth structure. 45-60 minutes Admission: $3 per person for groups of 15 or more Program Cost: $2 per child back to top

• Guided Highlights Tour 1st Grade–Adult The Guided Highlights Tour has been designed to provide a quality educational experience for groups of all ages. Please call to schedule. Standards: Social Studies 3-1.4, 3-5.1, 4-3.6 Science 1-2, 2-2, 3-1.1, 3-1.2, 3-1.7, 3-1.6, 3-1.3, 3-1.4, 3-2, 3-5.1, 3-5.2, 3-5.3, 4-1.3, 4-1.4, 4-1.6, 4-2, 5-1.2, 5-1.3, 5-2,5-5.1, 5-5.3, 5-5.4, 5-5.5, 5-5.6, 6-3, 6-5.2, 6-5.6, 7-4, 8-2 Visual Arts IV-B, V-A back to top

Museum of York County - Classes

• You Are What You Eat 6-8 Using specimens from the Naturalist Center, students will create a food chain from given organisms and identify roles that other organisms serve within a food chain. 45-60 minutes Admission: $3 per person for groups of 15 or more Program Cost: $2 per child Standards: 7-4, 7.4.2 back to top