A couple of weeks ago we had an appointment in Montgomery in the morning. Since the school day was already going to be very out-of-whack, I decided that it was time for a Field Trip instead of "regular school." We're studying American History this year, so Dan's mom met us in Montgomery, and we took the kids to the Alabama Archives building.
It is downtown, right beside the state capitol building. In fact, if you look in the picture above, you can see the reflection of the capitol in the doors of the Archives!
We had a very nice tour guide, and he shared many facts that we had recently covered in our home school studies. Actually, most of the items we saw went right along with our units of history! I always appreciate it when a field trip is very good reinforcement to what I've been trying to get across!!
There is a new addition of Native American rooms which Justin enjoyed!
And, we had just finished a unit on the Civil War, so this part was very applicable:
When we had completed the tour and actual museum-type part of the building, we went down the hall to "Grandma's Attic."
This is the only part of the Archives that I had brought the girls to when they were little. They loved to play dress-up then, and .... well, some things never change!! :)
"Grandma's Attic" is a hands-on place for kids to experience different aspects of life in Alabama throughout history. It has LOTS of activities. This one was Jonathan's favorite:
We did manage to get him away from the train set long enough to join the others in dressing up, though:
And, the final one when I got them all together! LOTS of fun!!!
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