Fourth Form Explores Historic Deerfield
On the last day of the fall trimester, Eaglebrook’s Fourth Form (seventh grade) students and their history teachers took a short trip down the hill to Historic Deerfield, where they visited the Pioneer Valley Memorial Association’s museums. The Fourth Form began the term studying geography, but moved on to Colonial History in the last few weeks of the term. The focus of their beginning studies was Historic Deerfield and the Raid of 1704. “We will have to go back in time and start from the beginning of the American Colonies when the students return from Thanksgiving Recess,” explained Brian Rose, History Department Chair, “but beginning Colonial History with a unit that is so close to us and so pertinent to the area makes sense,” he continued.
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While at the museums, the students got to move through four different experiences: Tavern Life, Colonial Life, Native American Life, and A Voice from the Past, which was about a woman who experienced the Raid of 1704. They played games in the Tavern, cooked over a hearth, laid down in a colonial bed, and examined tools and toys from the era. See photos of the trip here, and learn more about the Eaglebrook Fourth Form here.
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