On April 1st the fourth grade class attended a
field trip to Havensville Living History Days. Students participated in many
hands on activities and watched presentations to experience Kansas history and
live life the way our ancestors did in pioneering days.
Classroom presentations we attended were The Square Dance
and Mountain Music. Outdoor presentations we participated in were “PLAY BALL!”
19th Century Style – we enjoyed learning about and playing a game of cricket,
Candle making, Fort Riley Honor Guard where they showed us the types of things
the army would have used during the Civil War, and Standing Bear Inter-tribal
Brotherhood where we listened to Native American drums and songs. Indoor
activities and booths were soap making, pottery, buffalo-monarch of the plains,
doll making, washing laundry, old time toys, loom weaving, and rope making.
While attending all our activities we looked for and found the Kansas state
symbols.
Some of their favorite activities were:
Michael – My favorite part was seeing the tools they used to
use back then because it was very interesting.
Riley – I liked that we got to play cricket and make candles
because it was really fun to see how it was done.
Fred – The mountain man was neat when he shot the musket and
the animal skins were neat too. It was interesting to see that you can make
things to survive.
It was a little windy, but we really enjoyed our day
stepping back into the past and experiencing Kansas history first-hand.
