This heritage education program uses 19th Century subjects and activities which correspond to the current 4th grade Tennessee Comprehensive Curriculum Guidelines. The past becomes the present as children experience history from the inside out. Students participate in an historic school day as the year 1892 unfolds. The Pledge of Allegiance, not in existence when Oak Hill School was built, is said in the original form that was adopted in 1892. Lessons come from textbooks of the era and are taught in a manner consistent with that of one-room schooling.
Students use slate pencils and slate boards to practice arithmetic drills and spelling lists.
Copybooks, made by the students and brought with them to the school, provide the paper to practice their penmanship with a quill pen and ink. Children wear school clothing of the period, bring their lunch in lard pails, and play nineteenth-century games during recess. Through this project, children will gain new insights into childhood work, play, and family and community life of earlier times. They will also learn the importance of preserving and restoring historic structures such as the schoolhouse, and why historic buildings should be saved. A teacher's resource and curriculum guide was produced to prepare students for class visits to the restored Oak Hill School.