Hands On History
Hands-On History uses activities, crafts and/or games to teach students about historical times or experiences. The presentations offer a mix of historical or educational information as well as an opportunity for students to actually experience the time period with hands-on activities. Most are correlated to the Virginia History and Social Science SOLs and are offered in a variety of delivery modes.
Classroom Session Offerings
Most popular is the hour-long sessions designed to use with class-sized groups of approximately 30 students (maximum amount for optimum experience). These are done in costume. Cost is $45/hour or $170/day plus student activity of either $1.00 or $1.25 (depending on the activity).
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Celebrations/Festivals
Whole day or half day programs are offered. Materials and directions for Colonial/Pioneer or Native American activity centers are provided - you provide the volunteers to staff the activities. A minimum of 30 minutes per activity is required. A short introduction can be included. Cost is $45/hour or $170/day (more than 3 hours) plus student activity fee of $ .75 or $1.00/activity (i.e. 2 $ .75 activities = $1.50/student, 4 $ .75 activities = $3.00/student, 2 $ .75 activities and 1 $1.00 = $2.50/student).
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Additional Presentations
The Science of Toys is an hour long hands-on presentation sharing a variety of toys with the explanations of how and why they work. Students then have the opportunity to play with the toys and make two toys to take home. Choose from a top, a flying machine or a button on a string.
Alaska offers presentations on Alaskan natives, animals, history or a combination of all three topics.
Women of the Revolutionary War and Women of the Civil War are 45 minute presentations designed for grades 4-8 and are done in period costume. The presenter will share the stories of different women who lived during the Revolutionary or Civil War. Call or email for price of these presentations.