Stereoscopes, toys, jewelry, medical instruments and household items provide details and help create a contrast to current lifestyles.
Students hear a narrative-style presentation and are able to touch artifacts.
Students first generate ideas on nineteenth century lifestyles through guided observation of artifacts. After looking into the past students are encouraged to apply these same methods to the present in order to determine how people in the future will know about us and what clues we will leave for them. Second and third graders also visit the Nineteenth Century Gallery. Stereoscopes, toys, jewelry, medical instruments and household items provide details and help create a contrast to current lifestyles. Students hear a narrative-style presentation and are able to touch artifacts.