(School-based Program) Colonial Life
Description
Learn how a family of 13 lived in a single-room house through storytelling, inquiry, artifact investigation, images, and hands-on activities. Explore the restored home of Pieter Claesen Wyckoff and bring to life what the daily experience in colonial Nieuw Amersfoort was like for the Dutch, enslaved Africans, and Lenape people who called this place home.
Choose one hands-on activity: Butter Churning, Herbal Sachet Making, or Wool Felting.
Flexible timing is available.
Offered At
Wyckoff House Museum
The Wyckoff House Museum preserves, interprets, and operates New York City’s oldest building and its surrounding 1.5 acres of farmland. Through innovative educational and farm-based programs we build cultural and agricultural connections within our community, emphasizing immigration, family, food, and community through history. During field trips to the farmhouse, students learn about the history of the site through inquiry, exploration, and hands-on activities.
NEW for the 2024-25 school year Book up to two classes per time slot for Colonial Life, our most popular lesson!
Contact programs@wyckoffmuseum.org to discuss how we can modify our program offerings to best serve your students.
We are in school district 18.
Details
Subjects
History, Colonial Times, 17th Century, Agriculture, Social Studies
Capacity
30 students
Duration
60 min.
Activity
School Based Program
Grades
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, K
Price Options
$300.00 per Group for Private School
$200.00 per Group for Public School
$180.00 per Group for Local District School
$180.00 per Group for Title I School