Beginning in the winter of 2008, the Harbor History Museum's restored Midway School will serve as the site of the Living History Day program.

Living History Day offer educators and their students the opportunity to step back in time and relive schoolhouse life as it was at the turn of the 19th century. Education consultant Elizabeth Scherman has created an exceptional school curriculum to help make the visit to the Midway School fun, educational, and truly memorable.

An in-depth educator packet is provided to assist instructors in making the visit beneficial for their students. The curriculum is designed for fourth graders, but suggestions for adapting the curriculum for older or younger students are included. Home schooled students and their parents are invited to participate in the Living History Day program.

The educator packet includes:

• Background information on the Midway School for visiting teachers
  
  
• Pre-visit activities, including documents, timeline handouts, and a PowerPoint slide show on disc or CD ROM
  
  
• What to expect during your school day at the Midway Schoolhouse
  
  
• Sample permission slip, class list, checklist, evaluation forms
  
  
• Post-visit activities, including handouts and web links
  
  
• Washington State Essential Learning Requirements
  
  
• Artifact replicas (slate and pencil, pen and ink, smock and pinafore) or photographs of these items
  
  
• DVD "Midway Schoolhouse" -- oral histories of people who attended Midway School, with information on rural peninsula schools
  
  
• Day-of schedule for Midway School Living History Day (four hours)
  
  
• Lesson plans and reference sources
  
  
• Supervised recess activities with games common to the late
  19th century