Programs We Bring to Your Site
All education programs offered are filled with hands-on activities to engage your students.
Programs We Bring to Your Site
- Civil War-Grades 5-8
- Learn what an infantry solder carried during the war and about his daily life as you march in President Lincoln's Army.
- Fancy Farming-Grades 8-12
- How do changes in technology influence 19th century farming and thereby, daily life?
- Fun & Games-Grades K-4
- Try out some 1860s games and make your own to take home.
- Home on the Range-Grades 3-8
- Students explore the lives of drovers (cowboys) who traversed the frontier with herds of Texas cattle. They will learn how this all-American job originated in Mexico and the Southwest as they handle cowboy gear, and try their hand at roping.
- Mad Scientists-Grades 3-8
- Learn about phrenology, try an effervescing drink, and make your own cyanotype.
- Wagons Ho!
- Thousands of people passed the Mahaffie home on their journey to Santa Fe, Oregon, and California. Students discover why and how Americans herded west.
Costs
- Starting at $95/hour.
More Information
- Please email Mahaffie, mahaffieprograms@olatheks.org or call 913-971-5111 to reserve your program.
- School Programs Flyer
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