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Shirley Home School Day
features "Early American Home School Traditions and Activities” |
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| “Early American Home School Traditions and Activities” will be the theme of the second Shirley Plantation Home School Day on April 13, 2007 from 9:30 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. From its beginning in the 1700s, Shirley Plantation served as a school for many children and was one of the first home schools in the new world. The 400-year-old plantation will host home-schooled students ages 5-18 for a day of learning and playing as the Carter family children did hundreds of years ago. Activities are based on specific age ranges and located in various places throughout the historic area’s grounds and outbuildings. Younger children may enjoy “Art-in-the-Park”, planting seeds, or storybook time. In the schoolroom, elementary-age students can write with a quill pen as Robert E. Lee did when he was schooled with his Carter cousins. Or they can apprentice an “Undertaker” (building contractor) and learn how to construct a brick wall two feet thick. Junior-high and high-school-age students can explore Shirley grounds using a treasure map, dance the Virginia reel, take a turn at the art of needlework, or take part in logic games with “Think Tank.” Adults are encouraged to join with the students in these activities. Children of all ages and adults may try their hand at colonial games played 200 years ago such as lawn bowling, jacks, pick-up-sticks, and marbles and observe the blacksmith trade provided by a costumed interpreter with a reconstructed iron forge. Tours of the Great house include tales of the plantation’s colorful history of 11 generations of one family to own and reside at Shirley. Students can enter a contest to help the Carter family name their two recently adopted goats. Winners will receive merchandise from the museum gift shop. Admission for Home School Day is $6.50 for students and $6.50 for adults with complimentary admission for children under five years old. Registration is required and the deadline is Friday, April 6. |
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