school programs

Guided Programs

Farm Life: 1880s Style (K -2nd-3rd) 
Students examine the link between food and farm to discover the role of the farmer from 130 years ago and today.  They also examine the life of children from th 1870s the the DeVore farm house. Class size recommended not to exceed 50 students.

Daily Life: 1870s City Living (K-2nd-3rd) 
Participate in common chores, games, and manners of city children in an 1870s lower middle class home. Class size recommended not to exceed 25 students. 

The Cowboys, Cattle and Kansas (3rd – 4th)
Learn from an 1870s cowboy about the diverse group of men who secure Wichita as a booming “cowtown.”  Class size recommended not to exceed 25 students.

Trails & Rails: The Settling of Wichita (3rd – 5th)
Learn how the people of the 1860s and 1870s traveled the Prairie Desert and the hardships they faced, to call the Great Plains and Kansas their home.

Self-Guided Programs

Old Sedgwick County Fair Education Day - Oct. 3

One Day only! Reservations Required! Special Fee!
Experience the sights and sounds of an old county fair as your students take a 2 hour tour of the grounds vising places that attract your students interest.  There are more activities than can be experienced in the time alotted, but that should give your students the ability to focus on ativities that most interst them.  One Chaperone for every five students is requested and admitted free.

One Room School (K – 12th)
Be an 1870s teacher for half a day. Use McGuffey’s Readers, slates and chalk to teach in a one-room school.

Community Helpers and Changing Times (K – 2nd)
Compare and contrast occupations of the 1870s and what replaced them today.

Children: Town and Country (3rd – 4th)
Compare living in the city and on an 1880s farm to decide if city children or those in the country had it easier.

Children: Town and Country - Student Booklet 

Working Together To Make A Town Work (3rd – 5th)
How did people of a new town work together? Find out how working together to provide basic goods and services was needed to keep the town alive.

All Around the Town (5th-8th)

Taking the role of townspeople, students tour to find the basics about the town that any 1870s citizen would need to know.

                                   All Around the Town Leader Booklet

                                    All Around the Town Student Booklet

To Schedule a Program Contact

316-350-3321