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An outdoor history
museum, where the
past comes to life
A walk-through timeline
offering snapshots of
daily life from the
1690s to the 1950s
Reservations are required for all programs and self-guided visits. Contact the museum anytime
to reserve programs for future dates.
SCHOOL
PROGRAMS
HOW TO REGISTER:
Please have the following information ready, then contact Strawbery Banke by email to book
your program: [email protected] or visit the museum’s website and fill out a
Group Reservation Form.
n Name of school or group attending
n Name and contact information for lead teacher or trip organizer
n Total number in group (students, chaperones, and teachers)
n Grade level or age group of students
n Choice of programs
n Preferred visit dates: Workshops and self-guided tours are available May – October
or by special arrangement. Thanksgiving and History Explorers programs are offered
on select dates (see website program description) Outreach programs are available
January – April.
AT STRAWBERY BANKE MUSEUM
An authentic waterfront
neighborhood of historic
houses and gardens
A hands-on history lab
where kids explore,
experience, discover,
and learn
HISTORY WITHIN
REACH SPONSORS:
TD Bank Charitable Foundation
Horne Family Foundation
Lincoln Financial Foundation
Once your visit is scheduled, you’ll receive a Confirmation Email and information about how to
access the online Field Trip Planner. Please check your confirmation page for accuracy and call us
with any changes. The Planner includes directions, payment information, practical tips and ideas
for making the most of your visit to Strawbery Banke Museum. Please read the Field Trip Planner
carefully for important information and updates.
FEES AND PAYMENT:
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Time Travel Workshops: $12.00 per student/$8.00 per adult chaperone.
Thanksgiving Program: $12.00 per student/$8.00 per adult chaperone.
n Colonial Crafts Program: $12.00 per student/$8.00 per adult chaperone
n History Explorers Program: $12.00 per student/$8.00 per adult chaperone.
n Self-Guided Visit: $8.00 per student/$8.00 per adult chaperone.
n Classroom teachers and school staff attend all programs at no charge.
n Participation in any Time Travel Workshop includes admission to the Museum.
nOutreach Program: $150 per initial presentation (plus mileage), $100 per subsequent
presentation of same program.
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PO Box 300 14 Hancock Street
Portsmouth, NH 03802
Step into the unfolding
American story at
Strawbery Banke
www.strawberybanke.org
Questions?
Contact Us:
Phone: (603) 422-7541
E-Mail: [email protected]
Web: www.strawberybanke.org
Mail: Education Department
Strawbery Banke Museum
PO Box 300
Portsmouth, NH 03802
Strawbery Banke Museum
Strawbery Banke is...
PROGRAM RESERVATIONS
Trace the roots of a real
community among more
than 30 preserved historic
buildings spread over 10
acres of grounds. Gardens
and landscapes, art and
artifacts, archaeology and
architecture combine to
provide new experiences
for every learner.
Self-Guided Visits
Step into the past in the historic neighborhood of
Strawbery Banke! Unique among outdoor history
museums, Strawbery Banke presents the unfolding
story of life in a New England city over four centuries
of change. Explore furnished homes, still sitting on
their original foundations along well-traveled streets.
Experience home life, entertainment, chores, play,
and work. Learn from intriguing exhibits, and take in
the sights and scents of period gardens. The skilled
historic interpreters and costumed roleplayers guide
your students through daily life in times past, from
the 1690s to the 1950s. Use our museum’s Discovery
Guide to help plan and focus your visit.
Supports NH Frameworks: Social Studies: GE:2, GE:4,
GE:5, HI:4, HI:5; Science: SPS3
Check out the Strawbery Banke Virtual Classroom to
find pre & post visit activities, suggested thematic
tours, photographs and primary source documents
to enhance any visit to the Museum. Find the Virtual
Classroom here:
http://strawberybankemuseum.wordpress.com/
ARCHITECTURE
THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
TO BUILD A HOUSE
19TH-CENTURY COOKSTOVE COOKING
Grades K – 12
In the 1800s, cookstoves were the latest in high-tech home
appliances. See how the Industrial Revolution found its way
into America’s kitchens, utterly transforming daily life, as you
prepare a Victorian-era recipe on a cast-iron cookstove. Then
search the museum’s historic homes for the new inventions
of the Industrial Age. Supports NH Frameworks: Language Arts:
Grades 4 – 12
How did colonial people build homes with just hand tools
and human power? Discover the answers by becoming a
construction crew and working as a team to assemble a
tabletop model of an 18th-century post-and-beam house.
Then explore a real historic house built on the same plan,
looking for clues to its construction and the lives of the
people who lived there long ago. Supports NH Frameworks:
Language Arts: W:OC:1; Social Studies: EC:5, GE:2, GE:4, GE:5, HI:4,
HI:5; Mathematics: CCR:3
ARCHAEOLOGY
UNEARTHING THE PAST
Grades 3 – 6
Become an archaeologist in a simulated tabletop excavation.
Using trowels and brushes, unearth buried ‘artifacts’ and
learn how archaeologists use objects to discover the secrets
of the past. Visit a recreated privy and historic home to
examine real artifacts, all recovered in excavations on the
museum site. Supports NH Frameworks: Language Arts: W:OC:1;
Social Studies: GE:2, GE:5, HI:4, HI:5, Science: SPS1, SPS2, SPS3
IMMIGRATION
BECOMING AMERICANS
Time Travel Workshops
90-minute interactive programs, guided by
professional museum educators, involve students in
hands-on history. Workshops feature engaging, fun
activities and support state and national curriculum
standards, including those for New Hampshire,
Maine, and Massachusetts. Maximum group size per
workshop: 15 students.
Multiple workshops can be run at the same time.
W:OC:1; Social Studies: GE:2, GE:5, HI:4, HI:5, Science: SPS3
EARLY AMERICA
18TH-CENTURY HEARTH COOKING
Grades K – 12
Feeding a family in pre-industrial times took resourcefulness
and hard work. Travel back to the 1700s to experience open
hearth cooking over a wood fire. Read an historic recipe,
weigh and measure ingredients on kitchen scales, and bake
over hot coals using 18th-century tools and techniques. Tour
a Colonial shop to get a taste of global trade and discover
exotic spices and foreign goods brought to New England
from faraway places. Supports NH Frameworks: Language Arts:
W:OC:1; Social Studies: EC:4, EC:5, GE:2, HI:2, HI:4, HI:5
TRADE AND MARITIME HISTORY
Grades 4 – 8
What is it like leave your home and move to a new country?
In this workshop, a ‘Passport to the Past’ gives you the
character of a real immigrant from history. Working together,
research why your character came to America and the
obstacles they faced. Then make the journey, exploring and
comparing your new homes and new lives in America on
an up-close visit to the museum’s buildings. Supports NH
AT THE DOORSTEP OF THE WORLD
Grades 4 – 7
The atmosphere of a bustling waterfront comes to life as your
group takes on the roles of a ship’s crew in an interactive
game of fortune and strategy. Follow New England sea
captains on their global trade routes, while braving the
dangers of warfare, weather, and the shifting balance of
trade. Explore the home of a real sea captain, and inspect the
imported goods in an 18th-century wharfside shop.
Frameworks: Language Arts: W:OC:1, OC:2; Social Studies: CV:3, GE:1,
GE:2, GE:4, GE:5, HI:2, HI:4, HI:5, WH:1
Supports NH Frameworks: Language Arts: W:OC:1;
Social Studies: EC:2, EC:3, EC:4, EC:5, GE:1, GE:2, GE:5, HI:2, HI:5
Winter Programs
THANKSGIVING:
FROM FESTIVAL TO FEAST
Grades 2 – 6
Offered in November. Contact the museum for specific dates.
9:45 AM – 12:00 PM
Trace the evolution of Thanksgiving from the Puritans’ holy
day of thanks to today’s family feast and homecoming. In this
active, fast-paced, and multi-sensory program, you’ll discover
how Thanksgiving transcended time, place and culture to
become the uniquely American holiday we celebrate today.
Try some old-fashioned cooking, create harvest crafts, and
talk with costumed roleplayers. In small groups guided by a
museum educator, find the common themes of this holiday
over three centuries: charity, survival, gratitude, national
identity, and the celebration of family and community.
Maximum group size per day session: 120 students.
Supports NH Frameworks: Language Arts: W:OC:1;
Social Studies: CV:3, GE:2, GE: 4, HI:4, HI:5
HISTORY EXPLORERS:
A JOURNEY INTO COLONIAL LIFE
Grades 1 – 3
Offered in March. Contact the museum for specific dates.
9:45 AM – 1:00 PM
Step into the past using a book as your time machine! Hear
an amusing story of a colonial boy’s day in Williamsburg,
VA. Experience his life as you participate in kitchen chores in
front of an open hearth, make old-fashioned tooth powder,
dress up and simulate a stagecoach ride, and play an 18thcentury school game. Participants will visit two historic
homes as they compare and contrast daily life 200 years ago
to daily life today. Topics include health & hygiene, school,
entertainments and daily chores.
Maximum group size per day: 120 students
Supports NH Frameworks: Social Studies (HI:5),
Reading (LT:1. LT:4, & RS:2), Math (N & O:3), and Science (PS4:3)
Bus and tuition scholarships are available for the History Explorers
program. Please contact Strawbery Banke Museum to apply.
Outreach Programs
Bring Strawbery Banke Museum to your classroom with
one of our traveling programs! Programs are designed
to be done for a single class in a 50 – 60 minute period.
(Offered January – April)
TOYS AND GAMES OF LONG AGO
Grades 1 – 5
Explore the daily life of pre-industrial Americans through the
toys and games of times past. Try out homemade wooden
toys, play word games invented to make tedious chores
more enjoyable and discover games that helped children
learn reading, writing and arithmetic.
TO BUILD A HOUSE: 18TH-CENTURY
ARCHITECTURE
Grades 4 – 8
Students become a construction crew and, working as
a team, assemble a tabletop model of an 18th-century
post-and-beam house. Then they use the model to find out
what the layout of a house can tell us about the daily life of
people living 250 years ago.
A VISITOR FROM THE PAST
Grades 3 – 8
Explore life in one of the past three centuries with a costumed
roleplayer who will share stories of life in the Puddle Dock
neighborhood of Portsmouth. Roleplayers use objects and
hands-on activity to bring their historical eras to life in the
classroom. Choose from one of the following options:
• Hear tales of patriots and loyalists in 1777 from Mrs. Stavers
• Learn about the changing world of the 19th-century from
Mrs. Goodwin
• Share the experiences of Mrs. Shapiro, an early 20thcentury Jewish immigrant.