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There are many areas of interest at the Ohio History Center and Ohio Village. The Ohio Village is open on specific dates for special events and school programming. The Ohio History Center and Ohio Village programs are listed below.
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Costs per student are:
Museum Visit for Students $4.00 admission*
30 Minute Program $5.00 includes admission*
Featured Exhibit Programs $8.00 includes admission*
Programs $8.00 includes admission*
Chaperones $4.00**
Teachers Free
*Program fee includes Ohio History Center’s admission during open hours.
**Please allow 1 adult chaperone per 10 students
Favorite Ongoing Ohio History Center Exhibits:
Students can visit the museum and explore the gallery exhibits "The Nature of
Ohio" and "Ohio Centuries of Change." The History Center also features other
changing exhibits. For more information about the current and future special exhibits, visit http://www.ohiohistory.org/etcetera/exhibits/#ohc
Special Programs:
Program: Discover Archaeology (October 19, 20, 26 & 27; May 2, 9, 16, 23 & 30– Grades 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8) (67 k)
Students will participate in a hands-on simulated archaeological dig under the direction of an education specialist. They will excavate the site using proper archaeological methods, retrieve artifacts, and then analyze their findings. The students will also have hands on experience with tools and games from the time period. Important concepts to be stressed include the chronology, culture and a comparison of early cultures with our own.
*This program is both indoors and outdoors, so please have the students dress appropriately for the weather.
Program: School Days! School Days! (September 21 & 28; April 4, 6, 11, 13, 18, 20, 25 & 26– Grades 3, 4, & 5, also appropriate for Home Schools) (72 k)
Students will learn of schooling and the study of reading, 'riting, and 'rithmetic in a one-room
school during the late 1800s during this half-day workshop.
Prerequisite Activities: (Required) (15 k)
Program: Thunder Mugs and Tea Cups (Victorian Life) (May 3, 4, 10, 11, 24, 25, 31; June1; Homeschool Day April 27
Civil War Day May 17, 18 – Grades 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, & 10) (80 k)
During this program students will learn of the splendor and hardships of the Victorian life in a small
Ohio town during the late 1800s. There will be hands on activities to illustrate the life of a child
during this time.
Program: Underground Railroad Program (March 28, 29, 30; April 12, 19– Grades 3, 4, 5, 6, & 8) (60 k)
For this program, costumed characters greet students at the various businesses and residences of the
Ohio Village. At each location along the way students will learn about slavery, states' rights, and
abolitionists.
Program: Winter Holidays (December 1, 2 – Grades 3, 4, 5, & 6) (92 k)
This program examines several ethnic winter holidays and traditions, and how each culture celebrates
them.
30 Minute Program: American Indian Voices from the Past (September through March) (62 k)
During this 30 minute hands-on program students will learn about the
Ohio Historic American Indians. Students will immerse themselves in the
everyday lives of these people. They will study the chronology,
settlement patterns, economic practices, and understand how the American
Indians' lives were impacted by the expansion of European settlements.
30 Minute Program: Animals that Go Bump in the Night (September through March)
(50 k)
Ohio's nocturnal animals are the subject of this 30 minute hands-on program. Through a study of animals and birds that move about during the
night, students will explore the characteristics and structure of life,
heredity, adaptability, and the diversity and interdependence of life.
Students have the opportunity to see preserved nocturnal animals and
touch selected animal skins.
30 Minute Program: Inhabitants Before There Was an Ohio (September through March) (62 k)
During this 30 minute presentation, students handle
authentic and reproduction artifacts and learn about the cultures of Ohio?s
prehistoric peoples. In the process, they will learn about the chronology,
settlement patterns and economic practices of Ohio?s prehistoric peoples.
Following the program students use Venn diagrams to make comparisons and
draw conclusions. The Discovery Theater is the setting for this program.
30 Minute Program: Settling the Ohio Frontier (September through March) (61 k)
Through this 30 minute hands-on program students will learn of the
pioneer period in Ohio which was brief, spanning the late 1700s through
statehood. This interactive program examines the first settlers in Ohio,
their transportation, their lifestyles, and interaction with the
American Indians.
30 Minute Program: So, You Think You Know Ohio? (September through March) (60 k)
A game show format is followed with this 30 minute hands-on program.
This program highlights how different people in society contribute to
the common good by examining the accomplishments of Ohio inventors and
entrepreneurs. Students are exposed to a study of Ohio government.
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