A Teacher's Guide to Point of Honor:
Living History Programs

Hands on the Past
Travel back in time to experience what everyday life was like during the early nineteenth century. Explore the Cabell home, use artifacts to interpret the past, and discover how the family lived while listening to period music and playing traditional games.

Social Studies: 2.3,2.9,2.12,3.12,VS.1,VS.2,USI.1,USI.5
English: 2.2,2.3,3.1,4.1,5.1,6.1

Voices of History
Experience a few of the many different lifestyles found in early America and compare to life today. Listen to the stories of daily life from the perspective of a wealthy landowner, an enslaved individual, the average farmer, and a Native American.

Social Studies: 2.2,2.3,2.12,3.11,3.12,VS.1,VS.2,USI.1,USI.5
English: 2.2,2.3,3.1,4.1,5.1,6.1

• Discover how food was prepared and clothing was produced with live cooking, spinning, and weaving demonstrations.
  
  
• Explore the home of Dr. Cabell and use historical clues to gain knowledge and understanding of daily life in early America.
  
  
• Study local history using primary and secondary source documents to gain knowledge of the people and places that shaped the City of Lynchburg.
  
  
• Increase understanding of events and life in the United States by comparing and contrasting the past with the present.
  

For more information contact:

Rachel Deddens, Educator
(434) 455-6226
P.O. Box 529
Lynchburg, VA 24505
rachel.deddens@lynchburgva.gov

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