社会研究
课堂教学程序

项目

60分钟，最多30名学生.

俄亥俄河谷原住民考古

等级3 - 8

Gain an introduction to the major cultural groups of the Ohio Valley’s prehistory, 发现工具, natural resources and skills that allowed them to survive. Using a timeline, view these local cultures within the context of civilizations around the world. Learn about two techniques that archaeologists use to gather information and make inferences about people of the past. Use artifacts to experience quadrant mapping and create an example of stratigraphy for your group to keep.

业务开始

3 - 6年级

学习肥皂和蜡烛的制作, 肉类加工业, 19世纪辛辛那提的家具制作和酿造. Work in small groups to review period business records, illustrations and historical artifacts. Learn how productive resources were used in these industries and how they impacted production and consumption. Get to know economic terms such as opportunity cost, scarcity, profit and loss. 很强的阅读能力是这个项目的必要条件.

发明的影响

1 - 6年级

许多发明家, 包括托马斯·爱迪生, 刘易斯·霍华德·拉蒂默, 加勒特摩根, 伊莱·惠特尼, 乔治·华盛顿·卡弗和帕特里夏·巴斯, 创造了改变我们日常生活的物品吗. 使用时间轴, 实验, hands-on activities and role-playing to investigate the impact of their inventions and others on the past, 现在和未来.

和刘易斯一起上路 & 克拉克

等级2 - 8

和路易斯来一次想象中的旅行 & 克拉克 to explore President Jefferson’s recent acquisition of the Louisiana Purchase. 他们为什么要去? 他们装了什么?? Answer these questions and more as we head out on our adventure. 使用一个选择自己的冒险风格的游戏, 地图, historical artifacts and primary source material to study the wildlife, unknown lands and people that the Corps of Discovery encountered on their journey. Primary source material includes an 1803 Meriwether Lewis letter and replicas of the Jefferson Peace Medal. 程序可在 勘探站格式.

边境上的自由

等级3 - 8

Imagine life as a Civil War soldier and interact with hardtack, period ammunition and a haversack containing personal supplies and historical letters written during the war. 了解内战的起因, 经济影响, important figures and territorial expansion through photographs, 打印, 地图, 复制品和其他时期的材料.

乳液、魔药和奇想

3 - 6年级

Learn about cholera, the disease at the root of multiple Cincinnati epidemics in the 1800s. Role-play its symptoms and discuss its causes (known and historical theories). Investigate the difference between a pandemic and an epidemic while matching “giant microbes” with the diseases they cause. Then, use mortars and pestles to roll herbal pills like those dispensed by 19th-century apothecaries.

一个世界，多种文化

1 - 4年级

Take a trip around the world, using 地图 and travel buddies to navigate your way. 探索非洲文化, 亚洲, 澳大利亚和南美、北美通过服装, 工艺品, 游戏, 庆祝活动, 音乐和照片. 程序可在 勘探站格式.

交通转换

1 - 6年级

了解运河, streetcars and inclines impacted the growth of Cincinnati from the 1820s through the 1950s. 学习一个时代的民歌, 在模拟运河船上装载货物, experience one of Cincinnati’s five inclines and view historical photographs of these forms of transportation.

发现埃及*

等级2 - 8

打电话给所有的埃及古物学家! Explore archaeology, the science that unlocks the secrets of past civilizations. Excavate and analyze artifacts from a replica burial site to deduce their owner’s identity and expand your knowledge of Egyptian culture. Immerse yourself in this world of hieroglyphs, pharaohs and gods and goddesses galore!

地下铁路:它的历史，人们 & 荣耀

等级3 - 8

Recreate elements of the Underground Railroad through photographs, 地图, 导航工具, replica shackles and true stories of historical figures. 发现足智多谋, courage and determination of freedom-seeking enslaved people and abolitionists.

行走的城市

等级3 - 8

Explore how geographic factors kept Cincinnatians confined to the downtown basin and learn why our city remained a walking city longer than most. 使用巨大的正宗1863年城市地图, 其关键, advertisements from the city directory and illustrations to perform a series of tasks that help you understand what life was like then in downtown Cincinnati. 程序可在 勘探站格式.

当两个世界相遇

等级3 - 8

The North American fur trade connected people from two different worlds. Exchange furs, coins and wampum for replica goods from a late 18th-century trading post. Learn about the Battle of Fallen Timbers by stepping into roles as the signers of the Treaty of Greenville. Experience a period beaver felt hat, wampum and a calumet.