A standard tour of the nearby 1812 Homestead Museum and Living History Farm includes the five below elements, with groups of students spending generally 25 minutes at each station. Other demonstrations, such as rail-splitting or spinning, may be offered depending on the skills of available staff.

Schoolhouse Lesson
Students would be well advised to be on their best behavior while learning grammar, arithmetic, or natural history from Schoolmaster MacCready, lest they learn more than they’d like about 19th century disciplinary procedures.

Carpentry
After an introduction to the apprentice/master system that dominated many of the crafts, students will tour the shop and learn the purpose of the hand tools. The bulk of the class is spent working cedar shingles all the way from log to complete.

Hearth Baking
Students will learn the history of the inn that was the property’s first building in 1813. Then they’ll cook and eat a snack from a Dutch oven.

Chandlery
In a more typical home of the period, a log cabin with a loft, students will learn some women’s history and each will make a wax candle as children their age would have done at the time.

Blacksmithing
An experienced metal-worker will explain the role of the 19th century blacksmith while making a J-hook of other useful tool.