Programs - Trail End Historic Site
As an historic house museum filled with original objects and sitting on its original grounds, Trail End can't help but serve as a learning laboratory for students of all ages. While the site's educational focus has traditionally been on history for elementary and junior high students, recent efforts have broadened that focus to include science and nature as well as language arts and music for older students and adults - actually, anyone interested in Trail End!
Behind the Scenes at Trail End
Trail End staff have developed a number of educational programs, some based on history; others ... not so much:
TechnoPast Like a chocolate-vanilla swirl ice cream cone, this program combines history with technology to create a tasty treat for students in grades nine through twelve.
Junior Curators Part of Kids eXtreme, this program for kids grades six through eight lets them go beyond the plexiglass doors and into the collections to let them actually TOUCH the STUFF!
Trail End Trackers This program gets kids interested in birdwatching.
Home Is Where the History Is With readings, exercises, activities and even a quiz or two, this classroom-based program teaches about more than just Trail End; it gets kids motivated to explore their own lives and neighborhoods.
The Living Laboratory The Living Laboratory is a collection of site-based and hands-on science activities custom-designed to introduce local teachers and students (third through eighth grades) to the wealth of learning opportunities available on the grounds at Trail End. Each of these lessons meets the most recent Wyoming State Standards for Science and Social Studies and is designed to be teacher-led. Copies are available in all Sheridan County elementary and junior high schools, and at Trail End for homeschool students.
With an Eye to the Past This fledgling program contains a small variety of in-class presentations and little projects for people of all ages, from word games to tree identification. When it grows up, we hope it will contain a LARGE variety of in-class presentations and little projects for people of all ages!
For more information on Trail End’s educational programs, visit https://trailend.org/education-%26-research
