School Groups Welcome

at the

Athens County Historical Society & Museum!

All educational programming is hands-on and meets the state academic standards.  We schedule field trips Monday through Friday from 9am – noon and Monday afternoons 1pm-3pm.  We recommend blocking off 1.5 hours for the field trip, but we have successfully completed activities in only 1 hour.  Special situations may allow for other time slot considerations. Teachers receive pre-visit activity packets and access to post-visit PowerPoint presentations for their classroom.  All school trips are FREE and funding to cover bus transportation is available. Click here for the ACHS&M Bus Fund application. 

 

 


 


 

  

History Detectives            35 minute program                     Grades K-8

Hands-on artifact discovery program. Students learn the terms artifact, historian, and museum as they examine objects from our collection. Wearing curatorial gloves, students work together to discover the object's use and place it on a timeline. Currently offered.

 

 

 

Medicine in Athens County    35 minute program      Grades K-8

Focusing primarily on the Athens Asylum/State Hospital, students will learn the history behind the Kirkbride Plan and treating illness in the 19th Century. The program follows the evolution of medical treatment and the role of pharmaceuticals in the 20th and 21st Centuries. Students will touch actual artifacts from the Athens Asylum. Currently offered.

 

 

Living History               1-hour program                       Grades K-12

Hocking College interpretation students provide living history programs using the ACHS&M exhibits.

 

Offered in March, 2011--space is limited.

 

 

Hotel Berry                  35-minute program                 Grades K-12

Students learn the history behind the successful African-American establishment The Hotel Berry. This hands-on program allows student to touch actual artifacts from the famous hotel, followed by a short walk to the site where the hotel once stood on Court Street. Currently offered.

 

 

 

 

Civil War Battles: Antietam through Gettysburg   

1.5 hour program     Grades 6-12

Students learn the importance of these critical Civil War battles in Lincoln's decision to enact the Emancipation Proclamation and gain an understanding of why soldiers enlisted.  The presentation provides them with actual photos of these battlefields and the important historical figures, as well as the opportunity to touch actual Civil War relics. Currently offered.  

Westward!                        35-minute program                 Grades K-12

Explores the extraordinary experience of moving to the Ohio Frontier. The students experience frontier chores and learn the difficulty of want vs. need when packing for the trip westward. Currently offered. 
 

 

 

Exhibit Scavenger Hunt       35-minute program        Grades K-12

Allows the students to explore our 5 interactive exhibits within Please Touch  on their own or in small groups. Currently offered.