Voices from the Past:
Evergreen Cemetery Discovery Walk
This program
is held on the first full
week in October for school groups in grades 6 and up and is offered to
the general public the weekend before and after. Actors
portray real people buried in Evergreen Memorial Cemetery whose lives
have been researched in the museum’s archives.
Groups tour
the cemetery, moving from
character to character to learn about cemetery symbolism and local
history put in context with national events.
To register
for this award-winning
educational outreach program, look for details in your school mailbox
in April each year.
Click
here
to see biographies of past Cemetary Walk characters.
Senior Reminiscence
Programs
These programs provide
mentally engaging social experiences for seniors in assisted
communities,
senior centers, and adult day service facilities. The
programs stimulate cognition,
communication, interaction and memory recall, while providing residents
with
the opportunity to share stories of their lives.
●
Trailblazers:
Women of McLeanCounty From
pioneers
to
politicians,
this slide show examines the
lives of remarkable women from McLeanCounty’s
past.Participants are encouraged to share
their
memories of these women and the role they played in McLeanCounty’s
history. ●Journey
Through the Great Depression This
program examines the
impact the Great Depression had on McLeanCounty
and the steps local residents took
to survive it. Participants are then asked to share their memories of
the
period. ●
Photo
Reminiscence Participants
examine
large
scale
historic photographs of
persons, places and events in McLeanCounty
and are asked to
share their memories of what they see in each picture.Offering over 100 images of McLeanCounty
in the past, this program is our most popular and can be repeated
several
times. ●
Indians of McLeanCounty Study
the first
inhabitants of Central Illinois
through by examining objects of everyday life. The program
explores traditional lifeways of prehistoric Indians and the Kickapoo —
the
last tribe to live in McLeanCounty. ●
The Well
Dressed Man About Town Participants
learning
about
grooming
habits and clothing used
by men from 1920 to 1940 and share their memories about trends, habits
and
styles popular in their youth.The
program features artifacts and advertisements of the period. ●
Pioneer
Life Tools,
toys, and
equipment used by early settlers of McLeanCounty
are examined by participants.They are
then asked to share their memories of like items that they used in
their pasts.
To arrange for a
Senior Reminscence outreach program, contact the McLean County Museum
of History at 309/827-0428 and ask for the education department or
email education@mchistory.org
History
Careers
Day Camp*
This 5-day summer camp for students
entering grades 4-6 includes first hand experiences in the fields
of
history, archaeology, architecture, museum studies and environmental
science.
Three separate sessions are offered.
2010 Schedule:
Session
I:
June 21, 22, 23, 24,25
Session II: July 12,13,14,15,16
Session III: August 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Registration Begins: April 12,
2010
Registration Deadline: May 28, 2010
Daily
schedule: 8:30am
to 4:00pm
(drop-off begins no earlier than 8:00am, pick-up required by 4:00pm)
Cost: $100 per
student. Participation is limited to 20 students per session.
Students
with an annual household income less than $30,000 are eligible for free
registration.
*Presented in
partnership with the DavidDavisMansion State Historic Site andSugar
Grove Nature
Center
For more information
contact the McLean County Museum of History at 309/827-0428 and ask for
the
education department or email education@mchistory.org.
