> Has anyone presented a package to museums on living history programs or
> specific subjects to  4th & 5th grade classes?  Do you charge a fee for
> staff or volunteers to put on such a program.  How long do the
> presentations last?   Do you have samples of brochures about such a
> program?  Thanks in advance.
>
> John

I don't know if this is quite what you're interested in, but the Ohio
Historical Society is developing a series of hands-on programs for
elementary students and they field-tested the Underground Railroad one at my
site (John Rankin House) last week.  OHS staff and members of our local
historical   society played the parts of:  Rev. Rankin, Mrs. Rankin, John
Parker (an African American UGRR conductor), a fugitive and a federal
marshall.  Fourth graders from our local public and Catholic school had the
opportunity to meet these historical  figures and to role-play fugitives and
free blacks who  wanted to emigrate to  Ohio.   I am not  actually an  OHS
employee; rather,  I'm  employed by our local historical  society, so I
don't know  a great deal about their plans, but you can  go   to
www.ohiohistory.org and probably find out more.

Susannah West
John Rankin House, Ripley, OH

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