CHS
can design programs specifically to meet the needs of a particular class or home
schooled students. Programming is free for students at CTES and the schools
that are part of the Two Rivers Supervisory Union. Fees for trips organized by
CHS for CTES will be provided for by CGYH.
Schools
not in district will be charged a nominal fee to cover the costs of materials
and staff time.
For
more information on CHS, to add to the list below, or to arrange for a trip,
please call 802-226-7807, e-mail margocaulfield@icloud.com
or snail mail PO Box 472, Cavendish, VT 05142.
As
you go through the list, it is recommended that you check websites for changing
exhibits as well as to take advantage of the various videos many sites offer.
Some videos will fit in well with curriculum.
Cavendish
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Archeology
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Captive Johnson: The story behind "Calico Captive"
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Composting/recycling: Cavendish Transfer Station
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Community Service opportunities
•
Crown Pointe Rd
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Cultures that shaped Cavendish
• Farms
•
First peoples
• Fitton
Mill
•
Gage, Phineas
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Ghost Walk (Proctorsville)
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Lime Kiln
•
Manufacturing-Mack Molding
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Municipal Government (includes town meeting)
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One room schoolhouse-Center Rd School
•
Revolutionary Cemetery
•
Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr
• Sugaring
The
Cavendish Historical Society Museum is open Memorial Day – Columbus Day. We
also recommend using the Cavendish Business Directory to learn more about are businesses,
including artistes and musicians, many of whom are willing to speak to classes
or have you visit them.
HOUR AND UNDER FROM CTES
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| American Precision Museum |
• American Precision Museum (Windsor): Excellent
hands on program. Their Apprentice Program allows the students to earn a badge
that gives them free admission to the Museum as well as to all their special
programming for kids. Website offers a number of videos that no only help to
orient students to the Museum but are good educational tools to be used at
other times.
• Artisans Park (Windsor): Eight unique Vermont
businesses all located in the same park. We are home to the Harpoon Brewery,
Simon Pearce, SILO Distillery, Path of Life Sculpture Garden, Great River
Outfitters, Artisan Eats, Blake Hill Preserves, and Vermont Farmstead Cheese
Company Market. While not all are appropriate for students, this is an
opportunity to see glass blowing, see manufacturing as well as experience the
difference between a maze and a labyrinth.
• Bennington Monument The tallest structure in Vermont commemorates the Battle of
Bennington, a battle that lead to the turning point in the Revolutionary War.
Today, visitors may ride an elevator to the top of the Bennington Monument for
panoramic views of the valleys and rolling hills of Vermont, Massachusetts and
New York.
• Billings Farm and Museum: Woodstock. Note that the type of programming provided by Billings Farm can be found in Cavendish free of charge.
• Brattleboro Retreat Farm Since 1837, the Retreat Farm
has been a source of food and fuel, productive work, nature-inspired
restoration, knowledge, recreation, and innovation.
• Calvin Coolidge
Plymouth Notch, Vermont is the birthplace and boyhood home
of Calvin Coolidge, the 30th President of the United States. The Village
is virtually unchanged since the early 20th century. The homes of Calvin
Coolidge's family and neighbors, the community church, cheese factory, one room
schoolhouse, and general store have been carefully preserved, and many of the
buildings have their original furnishings.
• Constitution House: The Vermont Constitution was far reaching - the first to
prohibit slavery, establish universal voting rights for all males, and to
authorize a public school system. The Constitution guided the Republic
for 14 years until 1791, when Vermont was admitted to the Union as the 14th
state.
• Estey Organ Museum
(Brattleboro)
• Green Mountain Foliage Train (Chester)
• Hall Art Foundation: Located in Reading, need to know what the exhibits are in
advance as some are not appropriate for children.
• Marsh Billings Rockefeller National Historical Park Will design specific programs for your class. It’s free of
charge and they have a lot to offer.
• Montshire Museum
(Norwich)
• Nature Museum (Grafton)
• Stellafane: Home of the
Springfield Telescope Makers
• Vermont Center for Photography (Brattleboro)
New Hampshire
• Enfield Shaker Museum Have
programs for students in 4-6th The 4th-5th
grade program-History Alive- meets VT History, Civics and Government,
Economics; Language Art; Written/Oral Communication standards. The program is
from 9-1:30.
•
The Fort No. 4 (Charlestown):
Tours are available June, September and October. Experience is dependent on
tour guide.
• HoodMuseum of Art (Hanover)
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| Shaw Memorial St. Gaudens |
• Sugar River Trail (Claremont/Newport):
Amazing old rail trail can walk/bike
HOUR-2 HOURS
• Chimney Point Historic Site
Chimney Point on Lake Champlain in Vermont is one of the
earliest, most intensely settled, and most strategic sites in the Champlain
Valley, with human habitation dating back as far as 9,000 years ago.
Exhibits and special events present the story of the three early cultures in
the Chimney Point area - Native American, French Colonial and early American.
• Chaffee Art Center (Rutland)
• Chester Arthur In 1881, Vermonter Chester Alan Arthur was sworn in as the nation's
21st President. The son of an impoverished Baptist minister, Arthur was born in
a small temporary parsonage. He became a lawyer who advocated for civil rights
and as President, a champion of civil service reform.
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| Ethan Allan Homestead |
• Ethan Allen Homestead Museum (Burlington) Includes Abenaki History. Partner with Alnobaiwi, an
inter-tribal organization of Abenakis dedicated to revitalizing and celebrating
Abenaki culture. Website has good videos. Watch the videos on the Abenaki as
they are doing some unique things. The Museum is open May 1 to Oct. 31. Closed
for winter
• Fort Ethan Allen Museum (Essex): A collection of photos, artifacts, ephemera, uniforms,
equipment, etc. From its opening as a Cavalry Post in 1896, to it’s short
time as an Air Force Base, to it’s conversion to the private sector, much of
the Post remains as it was when first built. The Fort represents an important
piece of Vermont and military history.
• Hubbarton Battlefield Here, on the steamy
morning of July 7, 1777, the Green Mountain Boys and others stayed behind as a
rear guard to slow the advance of the Redcoats so the main American force would
have time to retreat. On these green hills, the Americans made a defiant stand.
Though outnumbered, the Americans successfully halted the British, and
retreated southward, winning successful battles later that year at Bennington
and Saratoga.
• Lake Champlain Maritime Museum (Vergennes)
• Mount Independence: Mount Independence, a National Historic Landmark, is one of
the largest and most well preserved Revolutionary War archaeological sites in
America. An exceptional museum houses an exhibit using artifacts and
modern technology to chronicle the story of this major defense.
• SCHEP (Southern ChamplainEcology Project):
Archeological dig opportunity at the Bruckner Preserve. Site visit includes
workshops with Elnu Abenaki and the Nature Conservancy. Operates in conjunction
with Castleton University. CHS provides volunteers to the dig and lab work.
Contact CHS or South Champlain Historical Ecology Projectschep.research@gmail.com Free
• Shelburne Museum: Have
programs for schools.
• Vermont Granite Museum Located within
an authentic turn-of-the-century granite manufacturing plant, the museum’s
mission is to create stimulating, interactive environments for learning about
the geology, technology, history, and art of Vermont’s unique granite heritage
art, industry, capabilities and cultural heritage.
• Vermont Marble Museum and Gift Shop
(Proctor)
• Wonderfeet Kid’s Museum (Rutland) Offers early childhood STEM kits, a lending library and other resources
teachers might find useful.
New Hampshire
Canterbury Shaker Village Offers a variety of
youth programs starting with children as young as 5.
New York
2 + HOURS
• Boston offers a variety of
museums, science center as well as the Freedom Trail. The National Park Service
runs a number of free programs that are excellent and appropriate for those
studying the Revolutionary period. CHS can work with teachers to outline a
program that will best meet the needs of their students, curriculum and budget.
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| Pequot Museum |
• Pequot Museum &
Research Museum Considered to have one of the best museums in the country for Native
Americans.
• Strawberry Banke Museum (Portsmith, NH)
OTHER
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