Yesterday we went on our first class field trip to the Western Reserve Historical Society! We have just finished studying how people lived long ago and we knew that this trip would let us see it all in person!
We were so excited when we first arrived...
First, we were taken on a tour through the Hay-McKinney House, which was built in 1911.
This is the children's room.
Next, our tour guide showed us some games that kids played with in the past. We were allowed to try each game! These toys and games made the things we play with today seem very fancy!
The last part of our tour let us investigate four different aspects of how living in Ohio has changed through the years.
1. Transportation
2: Lighting our homes (we actually got to walk through rooms with different options of light through the years, the first started with just a fireplace and the last used electricity)
3: Cooking and preparing food
4: Building materials
After lunch, we had time to explore the rest of the museum on our own. Here are some of our favorite things...
I think the train sets were our absolute favorite!
This was a fabulous end to our unit about how people lived in the past!
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