For a half-day visit, teachers may choose which activities they would like their class to do: what they feel their students will enjoy the most or what will best fit their teaching. The Blackwell History of Education Museum will work with teachers to develop a lesson plan appropriate for the teachers’ needs.
Full-Day VisitTo begin the day, separate the students into 2 groups, one boys and one girls, and then separate them further by their birthdays:
The children will then form two lines - one for boys and one for girls, youngest to oldest, to file into the schoolhouse. While the children file in, the teacher rings the bell in the bell tower. Students then stand at their desks until the teacher is at the front of the room. A time-appropriate copy of the Pledge of Allegiance will be provided for the class to recite. The Pledge of Allegiance went through various stages and was different in 1904 than in the 1930s. It finally was adopted in its current form in 1954. Children can sing a song or two after which the teacher should ring the small handbell (the tardy bell). These activities will take up the first fifteen minutes of the day.