Check out our exciting new programs for the 2009-2010 school year! This year's program of Homeschool Friday sessions has been designed to complement the Upcountry History Museum's year-long exhibition on WWII. From events leading to the war and the social, political, and technological developments, sessions will examine the impact on Upcountry residents and the Nation as a whole.
Two identical sessions are offered for each Homeschool Friday date, beginning at 10:00 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Each session runs approximately two hours. Space is limited to the first 25 students each session, so call or email with questions or difficulty with online payments. Cost per program is $3.00 per student, parent, or chaperone. Students must be registered in advance to participate in a program. To guarantee your spot you must pay online or register and pay in person at the Upcountry History Museum.
Classes are not intended to be a drop-off program, so we ask that parents stay with their children. However, to ensure that the older students can fully participate and enjoy the classroom activities, parents with preschool aged children are asked to take advantage of age-appropriate activities set up in the Pepsi Lounge under parent supervision.
The Education Department at Bob Jones Museum & Gallery will also offer homeschool programming on the same dates at the same times as the Upcountry History Museum. This will allow participants to enjoy programs at one museum in the morning and the other in the afternoon and make a day of it at Heritage Green! To learn more about the programs offered at the Museum & Gallery, visit their website at www.bjumg.org
March 19, 2010: Vaccines: The War on Disease
In this program we will look at one of the most dramatic wars waged in America in the Twentieth Century: the fight against polio, also known as infantile paralysis. This war was fought throughout the United States and ended with the invention of the polio vaccination in the 1950s. We’ll take a look at some of the heroes, the inventions, the mistakes that were made along the way in the fight against this epidemic, and what we can learn about today’s childhood diseases.
April 16, 2010: Defeating Jim Crow: Civil Rights in the Upcountry
The Civil Rights Movement of the Fifties and Sixties sought to change the Jim Crow segregation laws which were part of the foundation of the South after the Civil War. The changes could not have taken place without the actions of teenagers who were willing to go to jail in order to protest segregation, proving that students really can make a difference. This program will teach students about the impact of the Civil Rights Movement here in the Upcountry and will provide them with information regarding the historic sites of non-violent protests located here in the Upcountry.
In this program we will look at one of the most dramatic wars waged in America in the Twentieth Century: the fight against polio, also known as infantile paralysis. This war was fought throughout the United States and ended with the invention of the polio vaccination in the 1950s. We’ll take a look at some of the heroes, the inventions, the mistakes that were made along the way in the fight against this epidemic, and what we can learn about today’s childhood diseases.