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History Makers (Outreach, onsite or virtual)

Join a Valentine Educator for a live virtual tour and introduce your students to the museum in real time. We will explore the stories that museums can tell and focus on those of important Virginia history makers, including Pocahontas, Arthur Ashe, Maggie Walker, George Washington.   

Program Objectives: Students will compare and contrast, discuss past and present, examine artifacts and identify the stories of individuals who contributed to national, state and local history.

Includes pre-visit materials and videos that provide supplemental content and activities!

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Our Changing Community (Onsite or outreach)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Students visit the 1812 John Wickham House and Valentine galleries  and examine trades and recreation activities of early and contemporary Richmond residents.  During outreach programs, this is done through artifact investigations, games and a craft. Students engage with hands on artifacts, play games and learn about how life in the past is different than today.

Program Objectives: Students will identify primary sources, compare and contrast historical evidence, discover and identify jobs, learn about past and  present and talk about what it means to be a member of the Richmond Community.

Includes pre-visit materials and videos that provide supplemental content and activities!

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Wickham House Tours (Onsite or virtual)

During your tour a Valentine Educator will lead your group through the Wickham House, a national historic landmark constructed for the Wickham family in 1812. Students will learn about history of the home, as well as stories of the individuals that lived and worked in the house, including the Wickham family and the enslaved laborers.  

Choose from one of three themes below for the focus of your tour:

  • Eye-Spy! Past and Present – Learn about life in the past as you visit the Wickham House. Discover what games children played, what they ate, how they learned and even what their bedrooms looked like! Virginia SOLs: K.1, 1.1, 2.1, 3.1, VS.1 USII.1 
  • Greek by Design – Discover arches, columns, wall painting and view the unique shapes and designs within the building as your students tour this house looking for Neoclassical Architecture. K2, K3, K4, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.5, 1.10, 3.1a, b, e, g, 3.3, 3.5 
  • Women in the Wickham House – Hear stories of Betsy, Nancy and Amy and other women who lived and worked in the Wickham House.  Discuss suffrage, agency, resilience and creativity and learn how life has changed for women in Richmond since 1812.  VUS.6d 

Includes pre-visit materials and videos that provide supplemental content and activities!

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Design in Time (Outreach, onsite or virtual)

Join a Valentine Educator to dive into pattern and color while exploring the clothes we wear and the jobs we do. During this program, a Valentine Educator will share objects and stories from the museum’s Costume and Textiles collections, discovering clothing from long ago and today. Students will compare past and present and learn about how community helpers have dressed in the past and today.

Program Objectives: Students will identify colors, shape and designs found in the clothing collection and relate them to their everyday life.’

This program can be modified to meet most grade levels and the Pre-k Creative Curriculum Clothing Unit!

Includes pre-visit materials and videos that provide supplemental content and activities!

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Whose Hat is That? (Outreach or onsite)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Using hats and histories students examine roles in our community from long ago and today!  Students work on matching, colors and discuss how hats are symbols that help us identify community helpers.

Program Objectives:  Students will explore primary sources,  compare and contrast and draw conclusions while learning about community and different types of jobs, clothing and neighborhoods in Richmond.

Includes pre-visit materials and videos that provide supplemental content and activities!

 

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Monumental II: Representation & Design in Richmond’s Landscape (Outreach or virtual)

How do monuments get made? What is the next monument to go up in our city? Students will analyze concept ideas from an international competition to reimagine the public spaces on Monument Avenue. What do you think the next monument should be? (outreach or virtual)

Program Objectives: Students will demonstrate an understanding how monuments as objects of public memory are created  in our community and how representation and design have changed over time.

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