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Dallas Heritage Village Field Trip

03 April 2012 by Mani Manjari in Upper Elementary

Before we finish up our study of the Little House books, I wanted the students to have some firsthand experience of pioneer life so we took a field trip to Dallas Heritage Village. The students went on "History Hunts," self-guided tours of the park where signs or historic guides gave them information about specific sites. We visited a log cabin farmhouse, the home of a railroad station manager and a one-room schoolhouse. The students learned such things as how to grind corn into cornmeal, how laundry was done before electricity and how yarn is made from wool.

Here are detailed pictures of what the students saw and learned!

Just arrived! 2nd to 5th grade class on their way to see history in reality!
Welcome to Dallas Heritage Village
The tour guide gives the students the History Hunt packets.
The Parlor in the Millermoore House had 6 different musical instruments in it. Here is Ava in front of the antique harp.
Many rooms have kerosene lamps.
Students listening intently.
Around the well, where fresh rainwater was stored.
Around the well, where fresh rainwater was stored.
Fatima, Zion's mother.
Nitai Charan
Krishna Nandalal
Balaram
Nitai Pran
Ava
Vraja Kishor
Zion
M. Gopi Gita
The eerie dollhouse in front of Millermoore
Kids having a blast on the beautiful spring day.
Kids having a blast on the beautiful spring day.
Kids having a blast on the beautiful spring day.
Too much fun!
Chillin' out.
Miller Log House made of Cedar and Oak was our next stop.
Handmade kitchen utensils, a cozy fireplace and simplicity reflects the self-sufficient lifestyle of pioneer families.
Mother Melissa explaining the details of the era.
Miller Cabin
Fresh logs on the back porch
Students explore.
Hari bol!
Hari bol!
Hari bol!
Krishna N. and Balaram filling in details on their History Hunt worksheets.
Nitai Pran filling in details on his History Hunt worksheets.
Zion filling in details on his History Hunt worksheets.
Nitai Charan filling in details on his History Hunt worksheets.
Ava filling in details on her History Hunt worksheets.
Section House: A two room dwelling for a railroad section crew.
Students listen as the pioneer tour speaks of her lifestyle here.
Chickens are racing around outside in the yard.
Balaram practices grinding corn with the simple grinder.
It looks like a plunger but it was used for washing clothes! Mother Melissa demonstrates :)
A juxtaposition between handmade homes and the metropolitan Dallas skyline in the background.
The School Room inside Renner School houses beautiful wood desks.
McGuffy readers are on each desk. Our students settle right in.
McGuffy readers are on each desk. Our students settle right in.
They take turns reading different parts.
In the entrance to the school, pioneer students hung their lunch pails up before taking their seats.
Students note the differences between former pioneer students attire and mood as shown in the School Portraits hung on the wall.
Boys are on the left.
Girls on the right.
Outside Renner School.
Feeling real cotton
Rubbing it between your palms coats them with its natural oils.
Spinning cotton into fibers.
Spinning cotton into fibers.
Different types of cotton.
The original cotton plant with seeds and pods.
The original cotton plant with seeds and pods.
Rugged wall made with bricks and lumber.
Antique machinery
Antique machinery
Antique machinery
Antique machinery
Inspecting the water fountain.
Mother Melissa with the roses.
Beautiful scenery
Beautiful scenery
The donkeys and chickens responded to the students when they sang Hare Krishna! It was amazing!

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Mani Manjari Flores is a recent welcome arrival from Austin, Texas. Last year she taught 7th Grade English Language Arts in the Del Valle Independent School District. Before that, she taught an ESL preschool class for three years at Austin Learning Academy, a nonprofit family literacy organization.

She has a Master's of Education from Texas State University and a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Texas at Austin. She is expert at integrating course objectives with Krishna conscious curriculum and motivates her students to think independently and be successful. Her project based classrooms are generally a buzz of activity, with her students focused, excited and busy. She is a disciple of His Holiness Giriraj Swami, and she hopes to receive the blessings of the Vaisnavas by serving the children and families of the Dallas community nicely.

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