Frontier Culture Museum
For more information or to
book your tour, please contact Sasha King,
540-332-7850 ext. 129 or Email: sasha.king@fcmv.virginia.gov
To contact our Education
Director please contact, Larry Sabourin 540-332-7850 ext. 149 or Email: larry.sabourin@fcmv.virginia.gov
Extended Programs: The Frontier Culture Museum offers five, intensive Extended Programs
that expand upon the themes introduced in the Farm Tours. Extended
Programs are available for groups of 15 to 150, are conducted inside
one the Museum’s modern buildings, and last 1 hour. The number of Extended
Programs available per day is limited and is scheduled on a first-come,
first-served basis. They do not stand alone and must be done in
conjunction with a regular farm tour.
- Coming to America – SOL
# - History and Social Studies – 3.12, VS.1d and f and g, VS.3a, VS.4b,
USI.1b and c and d, USI.5a, VUS.1c, VUS.2, VUS.3
The
Coming to America program offers an in-depth look at the lives of early
immigrants to Colonial America. This program explores their reasons for leaving
their homelands, for coming to America, and for settling in the Valley of Virginia. Under the direction of a museum teacher,
students are provided the opportunity to see and handle examples of the
possessions these immigrants brought with on them their journeys, and to
participate in role-playing exercises designed to give them a deeper
understanding of the challenges that confronted America’s early immigrants. This program is suitable
for grade levels 3-12.
- Through a Child’s Eyes – SOL # -
History and Social Studies K.1, K.2, 1.1, 2.3, VS.1d and f and g, VS.4b,
USI.1b and d, USI.8c, VUS.1c
The Through
a Child’s Eyes program provides students a glimpse into the lives of
children on a 1850s Valley of Virginia farm. A Museum teacher guides students through
the daily round of farm life using common tools and objects and role-playing
exercises. Students learn the chores typically preformed by children, the
games farm children played, and what children learned in school in 1850s America. This program is suitable for grade levels 1-4.
3. Historic House Building – SOL# -
History and Social Studies VS.1d and f and g, USI.1b and d, VUS.1c
The Historic
House Building program is designed to show students how houses were built
before the invention of power tools. A Museum teachers explains the steps
to building a house, displays and demonstrates to tools and techniques used by
early modern carpenters, and guides students in building a scale model timber
frame house like those featured at the Museum. This program is suitable
for grade levels 3-9.
4. Pleasures and Pastimes: These programs are suitable for all ages and grade
levels.
·
Songs They Sang and Strings They
Strummed – SOL# Music K.1, K.11, 1.11, 2.8, 2.10, 3.9, 3.12, 4.8,
4.12, 5.7, 5.9, MS.1, MS.5, MS.7, H.S.5, H.S.6
Students are presented with demonstrations of period musical
instruments, as well as demonstrations of early American songs. They will
also explore the Old World roots American music.
·
Step in Tyme
– SOL#
- Music K.3, K.4, 1.3, 2.3, 2.6, 3.3, 3.9, 4.3, 5.3 and Dance DM.12,
DI.12, DI.13
Students
participate in period dances from the Old World and the
New.
·
Home Spun Leisure Fun – SOL# - English 3.1, 3.5, 4.4, 7.5, 9.3 and History
K.2, 1.12, 2.12, 3.12, VS.4 (b), USI.1 (b)(d) and Theatre M.6, M.7, M.8, TI.7,
TI.8
Storytelling, folklore and
dramatic parlor games…entertainment with a moral. Students will learn
about how people in Europe and America would pass the time in bad weather and on special
occasions.
Programs with the Wildlife Center of Virginia.
The Museum is pleased to announce a new series of
special programs presented to school groups in cooperation with the nationally
recognized Wildlife Center of Virginia. Central to these programs are
animals rehabilitated by the Wildlife Center with presentations by its educators on the natural
environment and the impact of human settlement and development on the
environment and wildlife. The programs are conducted at the Museum’s
educational facilities and are 45 to 60 minutes in length. The programs
are designed to complement the Museum’s educational programs and to incorporate
Social Science and Science Standards of Learning in to one all-day field trip.
http://www.wildlifecenter.org
Combined Museum and Wildlife Center programs are offered weekly, and must be reserved
with a Museum tour at least three weeks in advance, subject to
availability. The charge for a Wildlife Center extended program is $5 per person in addition to the
$5 per student and the $7 per chaperone cost of the Museum tour. The minimum
charge per program is $125. Wildlife Center programs do not stand alone and must be done in
conjunction with a regular Museum tour. Teachers attend all tours and
programs free. Call the Museum for more information.
Programs with the Children’s Art Network
http://www.childrensartnetwork.com
Combined Museum and Children’s Art Network programs
are offered weekly. The charge for a Children’s Art Network extended
program is an additional $5 per person in the Staunton, Waynesboro, Augusta
County area; $10 per person outside of the Augusta County area.. Children’s Art
Network programs must be scheduled in conjunction with a regular Museum
tour. Teachers attend all tours and programs free. Call the Museum for
more information 540-332-7850