1. Mount Vernon Hotel Museum Day
A Living History Program for Middle School Children
TIME ACTIVITY
9 am Welcome & Film (15 min) on MVHM
9:15 am Discussion of Hotel as Indicator Jacksonian Era
9:45 am Living History Break Out Groups:
1) the Help
Read about
Kitchen &
Laundry
Help of
1820s
Make
Syllabub
w/Berries
Prepare a
Honey-
Lemonade
2) the
Guests
Reading
Accounts of
the Time
Prepare
Personality
Poem &
Sketch
3) the
Proprietors
Read/Resea
rch MVHM
Write an ad
for MVMH
Bill Keeping
11:45 am MVHM Party
● Serve & eat refreshments
● Hear Personality Poems
● Hear Ad for MVMH
● Eat Student Bagged Lunches
12:45 pm Closing Circle -- Exit Cards
1 pm Farewells