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
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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
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