They came to the museum to practice using primary sources from homestead papers and bibles to old photos and diaries. All of the middle school students at Laurens-Marathon took a short class on family history.

We conducted a historic house tour for high school students at Pocahontas in an architecture class. Almost all Pocahontas County fifth graders attended school days at Wiegert Farmstead in early May. Museum volunteers helped with resources and research. This year they went local with their topics. The museum provided a scavenger hunt activity in the farm house. We worked with Laurens-Marathon fifth graders on their Iowa history projects which included both a written report and a visual display. Museum volunteers helped with resources and research.Īlmost all Pocahontas County fifth graders attended school days at Wiegert Farmstead in early May. We worked with Laurens-Marathon fifth graders on their Iowa history projects which included both a written report and a visual display. It's been quite a while since our last post, but that doesn't mean that we haven't been busy.įrom a talk at the library on pioneer farming and a museum visit from Horizon's Unlimited to reminiscence programs at the Laurens Care Center and Arlington Place in Pocahontas, the first part of 2017 has been pretty full. Laurens-Marathon Middle School Students at the Museum

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