
Year-Round Programs
The World of the Plantation
Discover life on a Middle Tennessee plantation
during the early 1800s! This program combines all of our most
popular activities to create a picture of life in antebellum
Nashville. It includes an abbreviated tour of the historic house,
lessons in our schoolroom, playing with old-fashion toys, and your
choice of a hands-on activity. Activity choices include: writing
with quill pens in autograph books or making handkerchief
dolls.
Program can be adapted for students of all ages
Program length is 90 minutes; $5.00 per student
Minimum 10 students – Maximum 100 students

The Mound Builders
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NOW OFFERED YEAR ROUND TO FIT
YOUR CURRICULUM
Explore on of American history's biggest mysteries...the
Moundbuilders! Almost 1,000 years ago these pre-historic
Native Americans built a village on the land that is now
occupied by Travellers Rest.The Mississippians built complex
cities and large earthen mounds.
They had agriculture and far flung trading routes.
Then one day their civilization disappeared and even today no
one knows exactly what happened. Visit Travellers Rest and
learn about Tennessee's lost people... Includes: Story Telling
and multimedia presentation, Food tasting and Artifact sharing,
Green Corn Dance, and Gorget making.
*Historic House tour can be added for an additional $1.00 per
student.
Best for 1st-4th graders.
Program length 90 minutes ; $5.00
per student.
INTO THE WILDERNESS
Travel
back in time to when Tennessee marked the western frontier and
learn about the world of soldiers, settlers and Native
Americans. Discover the Nashville of 200 years ago and
along the way hear about John Overton and a few of his famous
friends, like Sam Houston and Andrew Jackson. Includes:
Historic House Tour, The Life of a Long Knife (frontier
soldier), Gorget making, and Judge Overton's Courtroom.
Best suited to grades 3rd-8th.
Program
length is 120 minutes; $6.00 per student
Deluxe House Tour
Designed especially for those studying Tennessee
history, this tour highlights Judge John Overton and the many
roles he played in our state's history. This program includes a
deluxe tour of the historic house and grounds, and all supplies
needed for a craft activity to follow up in the classroom.
Program can be adapted for students of all ages.
Program length is 60 minutes; $4.00 per student
Minimum 10 students
NASHVILLE
1864
In the
winter of 1864,the fields and orchard near Travellers Rest
became a battlefield. Learn how the soldiers
lived and fought. Hear the stories of the civilians
who found themselves caught between the armies. Discover how
surgeons treated the sick and the wounded once the battles had
ceased. Includes: Historic House Tour with focus on Civil War
Nashville, Visit with a Civil War surgeon, Quill Pen Writing,
and a Day in the Life of a Soldier.
Best for 4th grade through High School
Program length is 120 minutes; $6.00 per student
Minimum 10 students
SEASONAL PROGRAMS
19th Century Trades Days
October 15 and 16,
2009
(Thursday and Friday) 9:00am-4:00pm
For two days the site
will be filled with period artisans demonstrating 19th
century skilled crafts, including brick making, pottery making,
candle dipping, flint knapping, and more. Over 30
artisans will be present.
Admission: $10 Adults, $5.50 Kids under 16.
PLANTATION
HOLIDAYS
December
10, 2008;
1.00 pm
- 2.30 pm
See how the holidays were celebrated before Santa Claus and Christmas
trees! Program includes a customized tour of the historic house,
dancing the Virginia Reel, syllabub and food tasting, writing with
quill pens on holiday cards, and making an ornament to take home.
Recommended for grades K – 6
Program length is 90 minutes. $5.00 per student
No Minimum - No Maximum
Victorian Valentine's Day
January-February,2009
Come celebrate Valentine's Day in classical Victorian fashion! Enjoy
dancing the Virginia Reel, make a Valentine for the birds, practice
wood block printing and tour the historic house. Along the way
you will learn about the history of Valentine's day and the customs
that made this holiday a favorite in Victorian times.
So...will you be our Valentine?
Sweet Deal: $4.00 per sudent
Spring Sampler
May
5th, 2009; 9.00 am - 4.00 pm
Celebrate spring at Travellers Rest! Visit with us and
experience the Tennessee of long ago as you explore Nashville's
earliest historic house museum. Craftsmen will demonstrate the
skills once common to daily life in the early 19th century.
Interactive activities include candle dipping, corn grinding, quill
pen writing, doll making, and seed planting. New this year is
a Civil War scavenger hunt!
Program is self-guided. $5.50
To Register...
call: 615.832.8197; ext. 15
or
email:
tonya@travellersrestplantation.org
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