Living History Summer Camp

Participants must be entering 4th through 6th grade in the fall of 2011. MONDAY ? FUR TRADERS AND NATIVE AMERICANS: Join us in the days of the Native Americans and Fur Traders. Dressing up, using a flint and steel, cooking some traditional food, playing games and making a pouch out of leather or wool will be some of the things we do. TUESDAY--PIONEER LIFE: We will move forward to the time of the early settlers. We'll dress up and do activities they would have done including grinding wheat into flour, making butter, using a small loom, playing pioneer games, and other things. WEDNESDAY--ONE ROOM SCHOOL: Everyone has been to school, but Living History Campers will get a chance to attend a one-room school on this day. We will experience what it would have been like to attend school there. Join us for lessons from early 1900s textbooks and play some classroom and outdoor games. THURSDAY--MILLING IN RICE COUNTY: This is our field trip day. We will be on the road visiting the sites of some of the early mills in our county. We'll start with a restored mill in Morristown, view Northfield's Ames Mill and visit Dundas along the way. * Note: This day will be extended to 3pm to accommodate the field trip. FRIDAY--FAMILY HISTORY: Today will be our day to make a family history booklet and then during the last part of the morning we will share the week's experiences with our invited guests.