| Content Provider | Minnesota Historical Society | |
| Contact Information | Tami Moehring ivc@mnhs.org 345 Kellogg Blvd. West St. Paul, MN 55102 United States Phone: (651) 259-3423 Fax: (651) 282-2484 | |
| Program Type | Individual Program | |
| Program Rating |   based on 2 evaluation(s). | |
| Target Audience | Education: Grade(s): 4, 5, 6 | |
| Maximum Number of Participants | 30 | |
| Minimum Number of Participants | 10 | |
| Primary Disciplines | Social Studies/History | |
| Secondary Disciplines | Community Interests | |
| Program Description | Meet Harriet Bishop, the first public school teacher in St. Paul, Minnesota, as she prepares her students to be citizens of 19th-century America. Miss Bishop will take students back in time to her frontier schoolhouse, where together they will practice cleanliness, spelling, geography, arithmetic, sewing and recitation, while learning about 1850s frontier life. Students will learn how our values as citizens, both in Bishop’s time and today, shape the communities in which we live. | |
| Program Format | 1. Introduction to Harriet Bishop's oneroom schoolhouse and frontier life. 2. Discuss how school lessons will help them become good citizens. 3. Discuss how geogrpahy lessons help build a community. 4. Discuss how government lessons help build a community. 5. Discuss how math/economics lessons help build a community. 6. Discuss the most imporant parts of a community and how citizens can help out. | |
| Objectives | 1. For students to become familiar with the effects of Westward expansion on the citizens of the United States. 2. For students to understand what education was like on the western frontier in the mid 1800’s and how it is different or similar to today. 3.To provide students with the correlation of how citizens of a community are economically dependent. 4. For students to understand how peoples’ values influence how a community is formed and sustained. 5. To give students the opportunity to analyze artifacts and primary resources of the mid 1800’s. 6. To allow students to comprehend the role women played on the American frontier. 7. To introduce students to the diverse peoples who lived in the United States during the territorial period. 8.For students to identify with the mid-19th century experience of leaving one’s home behind to move to a new place. | |
| National Standards to which this program aligns | A list of the National Education Standards is available on the Minnesota Historical Society's website: http://www.minnesotahistorycenter.org/becoming-citizens-of-frontier-lessons-of-one-room-schoolhouse | |
| State/Regional Standards to which this program aligns | A list of the Minnesota, Texas, Ohio and California Educational Standards is available on the Minnesota Historical Society's website:http://www.minnesotahistorycenter.org/becoming-citizens-of-frontier-lessons-of-one-room-schoolhouse | |
| Program Length | 45 Minutes | |
| By Request | This program is available by request ONLY | |
| Connection Type(s) Available and Program Fees | Interactive Cost: $120.00 Point to Point Cost: $120.00 | |
| Program Fee Notes | $75.00 for programs provided to schools within the state of Minnesota. $120.00 for programs provided to schools outside of the state of Minnesota. Request to receive this program for FREE in honor of Women's History Month if viewed during March 21st -31st. THIS SCHOOL YEAR ONLY 2010-2011 buy any 2 programs for the Minnesota History Society and get the 3rd FREE! You can mix and match or book all 3 of the same class. | |
| Cancellation Policy | Please notify us at least 24 hours in advance if there is a cancellation. We will not charge for programs cancelled due to nature i.e. snow days. THIS SCHOOL YEAR ONLY 2010-2011 buy any 2 programs for the Minnesota History Society and get the 3rd FREE! You can mix and match or book all 3 of the same class. | |
| Is recording allowed? | No | |
| The Provider broadcasts over | IP | |
| Minimum Technology Specifications for sites connecting to this provider | Schools are required to dial the Minnesota Historical Society on the day of the class with a minimum speed of 128 K, but 384 K is preferred. |
