Team Dees

We went to the Historic Arkansas Museum for our field trip today. Thankfully, the rain held out until we got back to school! The kids had a blast learning about what life was like back in the 1800s. I think a lot of them were shocked to find out how Americans lived back then (i.e. used old corn cobs as toilet paper, had separate buildings for kitchens, and slept on pillows filled with corn shucks).

Coreyuna learned what it would be like to get a drink of water back then. She prefers the way we do it now...go to the water fountain.

Some of the group learned about the clothes back then. Did you know that the shoes didn't have a left or right foot? Most of the students were in agreement that they like today's clothes way better!

Some of the group learned how "weird" school was back then. Bennett didn't like that the boys had to sit in the back and that they had to use tablets instead of notebooks. However, Maggie thought that the use of a feather pen was AWESOME!

One of the groups got to try on clothes from back then. Luka is modeling a pretty cool pair of pants. Most of the group decided that he looked like Mario from Super Mario Brothers.

Taylor got to model a jacket from back then. It looks similar to a pullover nowadays. Some of the kids thought he looked like Dracula.

Is Abby wearing a chef hat from today or a ladies' hat from back then? She's actually modeling a hat and a shawl from back then.

Each of the groups got to see a house from back then. In this picture, the students were identifying objects that could have either kept them warm during the Winter (the bed, rugs, hot drinks, and fireplaces) or cool during the Summer (tall ceilings, covered the fireplace, opened the front and back door to create a breezeway).

Davidson discovered what the pillows from back then felt like. The only soft pillows that were around were filled with cotton and those were for the more wealthy people. Most of the pillows, however, were filled with either dried corn husks or feathers.

Carter thinks that he'll just save up his allowance to buy a nicer pillow rather than sleep on a corn husk pillow. :)

Need a place to stay and don't have any money? Well, back then people would trade things for a night's stay at a hotel. The students got to feel this real bear that someone traded in to stay the night.

The kids had an extraordinary time at the museum. I think you can tell by their faces.

Instead of going to Burns Park because it might have rained, we came back to school to eat lunch in the Flex Space. The kids loved getting to eat in the Flex Space then playing on the playground until it rained.

Thanks for a fun trip!!!!