EXTENDED CLASSROOM 2013 - 2014 Pennsylvania Anthracite Heritage Museum Pennsylvania Anthracite Heritage Museum: Anthracite People Tour (Grades 2-12) Children experience a 1-hour guided tour of extensive exhibits: “Anthracite People – Immigration and Ethnicity in Pennsylvania Hard Coal Region.” Trained volunteers tell stories and interpret exhibits related to coal; immigrant groups; energy sources; transportation; daily life of mining families; medical care & safety; labor history; textile manufacture; community life and folk art. Speakers will interpret displays and tailor the presentation to the age group. They will compare them to the group’s home community and correlate them with the classroom curriculum, as stated by teacher. Hands-on objects are examined by students. NYS standards: ELA 1; MST 1, 4; ARTS 2 Venue Cost: $5.00 per student / chaperone District Cost: Venue Cost + BOCES 18% fee Class Limit: MINIMUM Class size = 10 students Length of Program: 1 hour Site: Pennsylvania Anthracite Heritage Museum, Scranton PA - (570) 963-4804 Contact: Kathy Harasta, 766-3731 email: kharasta@btboces.org Pennsylvania Anthracite Heritage Museum: Anthracite People Tour & Carboniferous Fossil Activity (Grades 2-12) Students will participate in the 1-hour Anthracite People Tour and experience ½ hour Fossil Activity. Children will receive an overview introducing important carboniferous period plant life, common in the Northeast Pennsylvania/Anthracite Region. Numerous fossil examples of these plants will be available for hands-on examination with the naked eye and using a hand-lens. Exercises will include a fossil identification worksheet and group activity on fossil formation. NYS standards: ELA 1; MST 1, 4; ARTS 2 Venue Cost: $7.00 per student / chaperone District Cost: Venue Cost + BOCES 18% fee Class Limit: MINIMUM Class size = 10 students Length of Program: 1.5 hours Site: Pennsylvania Anthracite Heritage Museum, Scranton PA - (570) 963-4804 Contact: Kathy Harasta, 766-3731 email: kharasta@btboces.org 1 EXTENDED CLASSROOM 2013 - 2014 Pennsylvania Anthracite Heritage Museum: Coal Cracker Cart Program (Grades 1-4) Children receive a hands-on experience teaching them about geological history, technology, tools, safety measures, and everyday items used by the men and boys who worked in the anthracite coal mines of northeastern PA. Students are able to see and handle items such as anthracite coal fossils, coal drills, simulated dynamite, carbide lamps, toys, and many other historical items. Students are challenged to imagine and consider what life and work were like during the time when “Coal was King.” NYS Standards: SS 1, 3; ELA 1, 4; MST 1, 4, 5, 6, 7; CD & OCC 1, 2. Venue Cost: $7.00 per student / chaperone District Cost: Venue Cost + BOCES 18% fee Class Limit: MINIMUM Class size = 10 students Length of Program: 1.5 hours Site: Pennsylvania Anthracite Heritage Museum, Scranton PA - (570) 963-4804 Contact: Kathy Harasta, 766-3731 email: kharasta@btboces.org Pennsylvania Anthracite Heritage Museum: Scranton Iron Furnaces Tour (Grades 2-12) Students experience a 1-hour guided outdoor tour of the grounds of the Iron Furnaces and interior of the Visitor Center which includes hands-on examination of original or reproduction objects from the “for use” collection. Trained volunteers tell stories and interpret exhibits related to Scranton’s Anthracite Iron Industry. This may include: casting iron, making steel, supplying the blast to the furnaces, rolling and puddling iron, T-rails, the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Shops, settlement and the city of Scranton as an iron making community, the Lackawanna Valley and labor history. Choice of topics may be guided by the group’s goals. Speakers interpret displays and tailor the presentation to the age group. They will compare them to the student’s home community and correlate them with the students’ classroom curriculum. NYS Standards: SS 1, 3; MST 4; CD & OCC 1, 2. Venue Cost: $5.00 per student / chaperone District Cost: Venue Cost + BOCES 18% fee Class Limit: MINIMUM Class size = 10 students Length of Program: 1 hour tour. Allow additional 30 minutes to travel to and from the museum to the Scranton Iron Furnaces. Site: Scranton Iron Furnaces, Scranton PA - (570) 963-4804 Contact: Kathy Harasta, 766-3731 email: kharasta@btboces.org 2