Family Hands-on Programs

Living with the Indians
Corn grinding, hide scraping and cordage making are some of the activities families may try in the re-created Powhatan Indian village as they explore the culture of the Powhatans. 
Program date:  September 15
Program time:  10:00 am

Life at Jamestown
Families are introduced to daily life, economic ventures, and early struggles in the Jamstown colony through hands-on demonstrations such as open-hearth cooking and musket firing in James Fort. 
Program date:  September 15
Program time:  2:00 pm

Hands-on Homeschool Parent Teacher Workshop

“Re-encountering the New World”
Hands-on Homeschool Parent Teacher Workshop
This hands-on teacher workshop for homeschool parent teachers is related to the special exhibition, “A New World:  England’s First View of America,” at Jamestown Settlement July 15-October 15. This special exhibition from the British Museum features the 16th-century watercolors of John White, the earliest visual record by an Englishman of the flora, fauna and people of the New World. The 3½-hour hands-on workshop will include:
• The story of John White and the Roanoke expedition (the Lost Colony)
• An interactive tour of the special exhibition with an emphasis on developing skills in artistic and historical analysis
• A walking tour of the re-created Powhatan Indian village focusing on primary sources, including John White’s watercolors, and archaeology, and how they are used the interpret the Powhatan culture
• A workshop on using primary sources, including John White’s watercolors, to make inferences about people and events in history
Date:     Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Time:    1:00 – 4:30 p.m.

The workshop is included with the Fall 2008 homeschool ticket, but space is limited. The workshop is for homeschool parent teachers without their children. Adult-supervised homeschool students are encouraged to visit the museum during the workshop. To register for the “Re-encountering the New World” workshop, call Group Reservations at (757) 253-4939.

Yorktown Victory Center

Family Guided Tour
Visit the re-created Continental Army encampment,1780s farm, and museum galleries on this two-hour, hands-on tour guided by a trained museum educator.
Tour dates: September 9, 12, 18
Tour times: 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m.

Hands-on Programs for Students

Pre-Kindergarten through Grade 2 - Colonial Life
Students examine tools and materials used on a small Virginia farm to explore life of a typical Tidewater farming family.
Program dates: September 9, 12, 18 Program times: 10:30 a.m., 1:15 p.m. and 2:30 p.m.

Grades 3-6 - Revolutionary Virginia
Students analyze primary sources and reproduction artifacts to learn about lives of ordinary 18th-century Virginians.
Program dates: September 9, 12, 18 Program times:  10:30 a.m., 1:15 p.m. and 2:30 p.m.

Grades 7-12 - Life of a Private
Students explore a Continental soldier’s haversack, clothing and weapons to relate to the experiences of people during the American Revolution.
Program dates: September 9, 12, 18
Program times: 10:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m.

Family Hands-on Programs

Life of a Private
Families investigate key issues that led to the American Revolution and experience what life was like for an average soldier.
Program date:  September 16
Program time:  10:00 a.m.

Colonial Medicine
Families experience 18th-century healthcare in the Continental Army encampment and 1780s Virginia Tidwater farm.
Program date:  September 16
Program time:  2:00 pm