Social Studies Programs-on-Wheels
Designed for: Various Grade levels
Maximum Number: 30 participants
Length: 60 minute
One World, Many Cultures
Grades K-4
Children will use maps, clothing, crafts, games, celebrations, music and more to explore other cultures on many different continents. (This program was developed by Cincinnati Museum Center for a national traveling exhibit, Children Just Like Me. To experience the exhibit, visit the Duke Energy Children’s Museum.) *This program requires a large open area for the presentation.
Business Beginnings*
Presented by JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Grades 3-8
Investigate the beginnings of
soap and candle making, meatpacking, furniture making, and brewing in 19th-century Cincinnati. 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. *10% discount on all Business Beginnings programs booked by June 2008, courtesy of JP Morgan Chase & Co.
Lotions, Potions & Strange Notions
Grades 3-8
Who will be the “cholera bug?” 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, compare names of illnesses past and present, and use mortars and pestles to roll pills like those dispensed in 19th-century apothecaries.
Transportation Transformations
Grades 3-6
Learn how canals, streetcars and inclines impacted the growth of Cincinnati from the 1820s through the 1950s. Learn about a period folksong, role-play loading goods on a canal boat, complete a crossword puzzle and “ride” one of Cincinnati’s five inclines.
Walking City
Grades 3-9
Explore how geographic factors kept Cincinnatians confined to the downtown basin. Use period maps, advertisements and illustrations to perform a series of tasks that help you understand what life was like in 1863 Cincinnati, a walking city.
When Two Worlds Met
Grades 3-6
The North American fur trade brought together people from two different worlds. Exchange furs, coins and wampum for replicas of goods from a late 18th century trading post. Step into first person roles as the signers of the Treaty of Greenville to learn about the Battle of Fallen Timbers.
Underground Rairoad: Its History, Its People, Its Glory
Grades 3-9
Look at the history of slavery and the Underground Railroad. By using a time line, pictures, slave shackles, photographs, navigational tools and true stories of actual historical figures, children re-create elements of this incredible journey. Through this program children will better understand the resourcefulness, courage and determination of freedom-seeking slaves.
Lewis & Clark
Grades 3-8
From grizzly bears to prickly pears, participants will use maps, historical artifacts and primary source material to study the wildlife, unknown lands and people the Corps of Discovery encountered on the expedition that changed the course of history. The primary source material includes a Meriwether Lewis manuscript owned by Cincinnati Museum Center.
Liberty on the Border
Grades 3-8
Through photographs, prints, maps, music, replicas and other period materials participants study territorial expansion, compromises, historical figures, economics, causes, course and effects of the Civil War. (This program is based on a national traveling exhibit developed by Cincinnati Museum Center called Liberty on the Border: A Civil War Exhibit, currently on tour. For tour venues or for program resources visit www.libertyontheborder.org.)
To schedule programs, call (513) 287-7021. Programs in December discounted 10%.
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