Our current Living History Programs at the Old Barracks Museum have been refined to meet changing standards and objectives not only of fourth-grade, but for other classes as well. In fact, the programs are easily modified to accommodate adult groups. Our professional interpretive staff responds to the needs of each individual group to ensure that their visit is as productive and enjoyable as possible. Meeting the twentieth-century interpreter again, students are asked to describe their experience in their own words and to consider what choice they would have made. Why it works By portraying ordinary people of 1777, a bridge through time is built.
History is no longer merely famous dates, presidents, and generals.
It becomes realistic, personal, more three-dimensional. The Living History Programs at the Old Barracks consistently meet the Core Curriculum Standards as issued by the State Department of Education in 1996 for Social Studies, as well as the National Council for History education's 1995 National Standards for United states History. Benchmarks The following is the application of the Old Barracks Museum's programs in relation to the Standards and Indicators. The museum's interpretive staff modifies its presentation to suit each grade level. All students will learn democratic citizenship and how to participate in the constitutional system of government of the United States.