Middle & High School Programs
For the health and safety of visitors and staff, Winterthur’s on-site school programs are suspended until further notice. We are currently offering these virtual school programs.
Working in Early America
Grades 5–8
Using several objects and tools from our demonstration collection, students learn how skilled craftspeople—a potter, a tinsmith, and a tailor—met basic human needs in early America.
Program length: 45 minutes
Reinforces Delaware standards: Science 2; Economics 3; History 2; Visual Arts 4
Reinforces ELA Common Core Standards: RH6-8.1, RH6-8.4
Get the Pre and Post Visit Materials.
There's History in Things
Grades 6–12
Objects can be primary sources! Students hone their analytical skills using a house inventory and artifacts from our demonstration collection to reveal evidence about people’s lives in early America.
Program length: 45 Minutes
Reinforces Delaware Standards: History 2; Visual Arts 4, 5
Reinforces ELA Common Core Standards: RH11-12.1