Outreach

OUTREACH PROGRAMS AT

Hearthstone Historic House Museum

ABOUT

Hours

Monday: Closed

Tuesday — Friday: First tour begins at 10:00 am

Saturday: First tour begins at 11:00 am

Sunday: First tour begins at 1:00 pm

Tours are conducted every half hour with the last tour of the day beginning at 3:30.

Evening tours are available during Haunted Hearthstone and Victorian Christmas or by appointment. Hearthstone is closed Easter, July 4th, Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, Christmas and New Year’s Day.

Admission:

General Admission:

Adults: $7.00

Senior Citizen/AAA Members: $6.00

Children (ages 5-17): $4.00

Children under 5: Free

Outreach Programs

Can’t come to Hearthstone, let us come to you.

Outreach programs to save you time and make your lessons come alive. History programs include a costumed interpreter with their unique bag of artifacts. Science programs include our Silly Scientist with their lab of experiments. Each presentation lasts about 30 minutes followed by a question and answer period.

$50 for the first class and $30 for each additional class.

Outreach programs must be booked at least two weeks in advance. To book an outreach program contact hearthtours@att.net

SCIENCE PROGRAMS

GET CURIOUS ABOUT SCIENCE

What are you curious about? Find out how curiosity helps us in science. Books by H.A. Rey are the basis for science activities explored by the students. Use curiosity and planning together to help you solve problems.

SIMPLY AMAZING MACHINES

Explore the six basic simple machines and how they work together to help us. Learn how early civilizations used them to build great structures without cars and gasoline.

SHOCKING DISCOVERIES

Why do you get a shock when you touch some things? This is just one thing students learn about electricity as they explore conductors and insulators. They will construct simple, parallel, and series circuits and how they work.

Experimenting with Physical Science

What shapes do bubbles take? Does sound vibrate? Explore bubbles, sound, electricity, magnets, motion, light, color, mirrors and optical illusions in this inquiry-based program. Create hypotheses, perform experiments, draw conclusions, and share your decisions.

FARMING FANTASTIC FUELS

What are Biofuels? How is wind power harvested? Can water power a light bulb? Does solar power work when the sun goes down? These ideas and more are explored in this exciting lesson about energy needs, fossil fuels and alternative sources of energy.

SOCIAL STUDIES PROGRAMS

One World, Many Cultures

Children use maps, clothing, crafts, games, celebrations, music, and more to explore other cultures on many different continents.

Transportation Transformations

Learn how rivers, streetcars and road development impacted the growth of cities. Role play loading goods on a river boat, investigate photographs of moods of transportations, and take a trip down Route 66.

When Two Worlds Met

The North American fur trade brought together people from two different worlds. Exchange furs, coins, and wampum for replica goods from the late 18th century trading post.

Business Beginnings

Investigate the beginnings of the meat packing, paper making, cheese making, and brewing industry in 19th century Wisconsin. Working in small groups to review period business records and illustrations, learn to identify the four factors of production and understand the economic concepts of production and consumption.

Lotions, Potions and Strange Notions

Learn what 19th century people once thought caused cholera then role play what effects / symptoms this disease caused. Explore old fashioned home and herbal remedies, use mortars and pestles to create remedies like those dispensed in 19th century apothecaries.

Coming to America

People have long traveled the world and chosen the United States as their new home. What lasting impact did their arrival have on the country? Explore the experiences of German, Irish, Italian, Jewish and African immigrants as they arrive in America.

Life on the Fox River

Take a ride down the Fox River and learn what life was like for Native American and early settlers. Travel down the river and through history .Explore how the river affected where people settled and how that settlement changed the river. Examine how changes in technology throughout the years have changed the way people use the river.

Hand -Me-Down History

Learning the stories and traditions passed down from one generation to another helps students see the links between the past and the present. Students will learn about oral tradition, primary and secondary documents, and will be briefly introduced to genealogy.

Creating Communities

Explore the needs of communities by using the village of 1880 Mytown as an example. First the natural resources of the area will be explored as your students develop a community. Then, the variety of Mytown jobs will examine how goods and services are exchanged.

Rights for Workers

Meet a mill worker who is fighting for worker’s rights as they try to organize a union. She tells about working conditions, the plight of the worker and the movement to organize.

Victorian Childhood

Focus on the lifestyles of Victorian children at home, at school, at play and often at work. Emphasis is placed on similarities and differences between modern childhood and that of one hundred years ago.

Inventors and Inventions

What inventions have changed the way we live? Explore how inventions brought about new freedoms and new industries. Learn about the men and women who created the items that changed our lives.

Architecture

How have architecture and building materials changed over the years? Explore architecture through time and around the globe to see what have influenced building styles. Students will learn to identify characteristics of architectural styles.