Homeschool Programs

HOMESCHOOL PROGRAM
February 18-26, 2012

At Jamestown Settlement and the Yorktown Victory Center, your homeschool students will love discovering the sights and sounds of the 17th and 18th centuries while learning about their nation’s history. And you will love the variety of curriculum-based education programs offered for a range of grade levels – all taught by trained museum educators.

The next homeschool program will be offered February 18-26, 2012, at Jamestown Settlement and the Yorktown Victory Center. The homeschool ticket is good for admission to both museums throughout the entire date range. In addition, optional hands-on programs and guided tours are available for students and their families. All programs address Virginia and United States standards of learning for history and social studies.

Students can enroll in one of three classroom programs at each museum, according to grade level, and families can register for an interactive, two-hour guided tour at each museum. Each ticketholder is entitled to one hands-on classroom program and one family tour at each museum. Hands-on classroom programs and family tours must be scheduled separately following ticket purchase by calling group reservations at (757) 253-4939. Call early! Classroom programs and tours fill quickly.

Jamestown Settlement

Family Guided Tour
Visit re-creations of a Powhatan Indian village and James Fort, replica 1607 ships, and a riverfront discovery area on this 2-hour hands-on tour guided by a trained museum educator.
Tour dates: February 20, 22, 23
Tour times: 10:00 a.m., 11:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m.

Preschool – Kindergarten – Little Powhatans
Through simple and fun hands-on activities, students identify ways the Powhatan Indians met their basic needs for food, shelter and clothing using natural resources. They will also hear a Powhatan Indian story, and compare Powhatan Indian life to life today.
Program dates: February 20 and 23
Program time: 10:45 a.m. and 2:45 p.m.

Grades 1-2 – Powhatan Indian World
Students handle and analyze clothing, bone tools and pottery of the Powhatan Indian culture.
Program dates: February 20, 22 and 23
Program times: 10:45 a.m., 1:30 p.m. and 2:45 p.m.

Grades 3-6 - Cultures at Jamestown
Students compare and contrast the Powhatan Indian, English and African cultures that came into contact during the 17th century.
Program dates: February 20, 22 and 23
Program times: 10:45 a.m., 1:30 p.m. and 2:45 p.m.

Grades 7-12 - Voyage to Virginia
Students learn about the 1607 voyage to Virginia by exploring period navigational tools.
Program dates: February 20, 22 and 23
Program times: 10:45 a.m. and 2:45 p.m.

Yorktown Victory Center

Family Guided Tour
Visit the re-created Continental Army encampment and 1780s farm on this 2-hour hands-on tour guided by a trained museum educator.
Tour dates: February 21, 22 and 24
Tour times: 10:00 a.m., 11:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m.

Preschool – Kindergarten – Little Farmers
Children will learn about life as a child on a farm in the eighteenth century. Through hands-on activities, they will learn about their clothing, their chores, and their stories and games. Throughout the program they will compare life for an eighteenth century child to their lives today.
Program dates: February 21 and 24
Program times: 10:45 a.m. and 2:45 p.m.

Grades 1-2 - Colonial Life
Students examine tools and materials used on a small Virginia farm to explore life of a typical Tidewater farming family.
Program dates: February 21, 22 and 24
Program times: 10:45 a.m., 1:30 p.m. and 2:45 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: February 21, 22 and 24
Program times: 10:45 a.m., 1:30 p.m. and 2:45 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: February 21, 22 and 24
Program times: Program times: 10:45 a.m. and 2:45 p.m.

The fee is $10.50 per family member (youth or adult) for general admission to both museums from February 18-26. Children under age four are free. Homeschool ticket holders can visit both museums as many times as they like during the date range. The fee also includes one optional hands-on classroom program and one optional guided tour of Jamestown Settlement and the Yorktown Victory Center. Classroom capacity is limited to 25 people for hands-on programs. Please register in advance to ensure a place in the program. Walk-ins will be accepted if space is available. Please call group reservations at (757) 253-4939 as soon as possible if you are unable to attend the program for which you registered.

Please register in advance to ensure a place in the program by calling group reservations at (757) 253-4939 or at the visitor services desk at either museum. Purchase your homeschool admission tickets online. Once you have purchased tickets, please preregister for hands-on programs and guided tours. To do this, call group reservations at (757) 253-4939. The pre-registration deadline for hands-on programs and guided tours is 5 p.m. three business days prior to the program/tour.

Plan time to see the introductory film, visit the museum galleries, have lunch and visit the gift shops at Jamestown Settlement before or after your program and tour. At the Yorktown Victory Center, visit the museum galleries, view the film and visit the gift shop.

Jamestown Settlement, a museum of 17th-century Virginia history and culture, and the Yorktown Victory Center, a museum of the American Revolution, are administered by the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation, an educational agency of the Commonwealth of Virginia accredited by the American Association of Museums.

For more information about homeschool programs, contact Group Reservations at:
group.reservations@jyf.virginia.gov
(757) 253-4939 FAX (757) 253-4997 (888) 868-7593 toll free
Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation, P.O. Box 1607, Williamsburg, VA 23187

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Closed Christmas Day and New Year's Day.

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MAP & DIRECTIONS to Jamestown Settlement and Yorktown Victory Center.
Open daily 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Closed Christmas Day and New Year's Day.