Centerville-Washington Township Historical Society
2011 Summer
Classes
Hands On, Grades 3-8
Classes are small so
register early!
(no phone registrations please)
All classes are held at the
Asahel Wright House, 26 N. Main Street
For questions call 291-2223 or email
amycwths@sbcglobal.net
Click here for registration form
Click here for pictures from
past years
| •Picturing
Our Past
- Do you love to draw, paint and
work with crafts? Explore Centerville's rich history by using various
art materials and techniques to learn about architecture and artifacts.
We will work both indoors and out, with a snack provided daily.
Students entering grades 5, 6, 7, 8 July 19-21, 9am - Noon Fee: $45 for 3 mornings
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| •Stories
in the Stones - You have never been on a scavenger hunt like this!
Explore a local cemetery filled with secrets of Centerville's past.
Enjoy sketching, gravestone rubbings, and searching for clues. You
may become an expert CSI (Cemetery Stone Investigator). Snack
provided. (Rain date July 28) Students entering grades 3, 4, 5 Session 1: July 26 - Sugarcreek (Old Centerville) Cemetery and July 27 - New Centerville Cemetery 9am - Noon Fee: $30
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| •A
Summer Day of Work and Play - Spend a morning in the 1890s in
Centerville and Washington Township. Do the wash (laundry), make a
tin lantern, and make butter and eat it on crackers. When you
finish your chores you can take a pretend trip to the Githen's Store for
penny candy and then play games. Students entering grades 3, 4, 5
Session 1: August 3 9am - Noon Fee: $15 per session
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| •Games
of Long Ago - Did you know that a Centerville team once won a Quoits
tournament? Learn to play quoits and other games that kids used to play,
like marbles and graces. Make a game to take home. Snack
provided. Students entering grades 3, 4, 5 August 8, 9am - Noon Fee: $15
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| •A
School Day the Old Time Way - Step back in time to the days of one-room
schools in Washington Township. Learn to cipher (do math) on a
slate, write with a pen dipped ink, draw what you see in nature, read
from a McGuffey Reader, play a game at recess, and eat a snack from a
metal lunch pail. Students entering grades 3, 4, 5
Session 1: August 9 9am - Noon Fee: $15 per session |