Students will explore primary and secondary sources to learn about the Civil War from different perspectives of those who lived, worked and were enslaved at Tudor Place. Students will investigate […]
History
Historical Detectives – Foodways of the Past
As historical detectives, students will analyze historical objects, places, and documents to learn about food history at Tudor Place via a hands-on, group-based workshop along with a tour of the […]
Mosaic Theater Company’s Intergenerational Matinee Program – YOUNG JOHN LEWIS: PRODIGY OF PROTEST
Mosaic’s Intergenerational Matinee Program provides opportunities for middle and high school students to experience culturally-diverse, socially-relevant theater. Students attend a performance at Mosaic and participate in an interactive post-show conversation […]
Cinema Classroom at The Avalon – There’s Something in the Water
Cinema Classroom at the historic Avalon Theater offers free programming to schools and students in grades 6-12. Featured films engage students in pressing human rights and social justice issues through […]
Garden Detectives: Buzzing Bees and Flowers Growing!
Students will use their senses, inquiry-based learning, and a participatory experience to learn about flowers and pollinators as well as the garden as a whole here at Tudor Place. Students […]
WMC Performs the Music of Shirley Horn
This in-person program introduces students to the music of Shirley Horn, a DC native and trailblazing jazz vocalist that broke down barriers for female jazz musicians. Through a performance of […]
Byzantine Medallions: Power in your Hands
Explore the history of the Byzantine Empire through an arts activity making coins or seals. Far from “falling,” the Eastern Roman Empire, which we call Byzantium, continued to thrive at […]
Trees as Witness: Ancestor, Property, Archive
Explore the layered histories of DC, from the perspective of witness trees at Dumbarton Oaks Gardens. Students will tour historic trees in the gardens & consider the history a tree […]
Cemetery Grave Hunter: Discover DC History
This 90-minute program asks students to explore U.S. and Washington history through the lives of those buried at Historic Congressional Cemetery. Guided by an educator, students will locate gravesites, working […]
Chocolate: The Columbian Exchange in a Cup
Explore the intertwined histories of cacao and sugar across the Old & New Worlds, examining trade and culture. Students begin with a tour of the Pre-Columbian Galleries and the “Stimulant […]