HomeMy WebLinkAbout8.2 Dev of Fourth Grade Tour Program AGENDA STATEMENT
DCITY OF HERITAGE AND CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSION
UBLIN MEETING DATE: May 9, 2013
SUBJECT: Development of a Fourth Grade Tour Program
Prepared by Elizabeth Isles, Heritage Center Director
ATTACHMENTS: None
RECOMMENDATION: Receive Report
FINANCIAL STATEMENT: None
DESCRIPTION: In 1995, the City of Dublin assumed responsibility for the Dublin
Heritage Center. Following the restoration of the Murray Schoolhouse, the City began offering tours to
every third grade class in Dublin. Over the years,there have been several changes to the tour program:
2004 Orientation Film was added.
2006 Permanent Exhibit was installed in the Murray Schoolhouse.
2008 Third Grade Local History Resource Binder funded by Dublin San Ramon Women's Club
was distributed to every third grade classroom in Dublin.
2011 Heritage Park expansion added four acres and four historic buildings.
2012 Tour was developed to include Old St. Raymond Church, the Murray Schoolhouse, the
Pioneer Cemetery and the Kolb House and grounds. Optional add-ons to the basic tour
are Tractor Rides and Barn Activities.
After completing a full year of the current tour developed in 2012,teachers and docents expressed there
was too much content to cover within the allotted time. In order to address these concerns, the Kolb
House was removed from the tour because it was not essential to the third grade curriculum, which the
permanent exhibit in the Murray School was designed specifically to meet. Additionally, a special Fourth
Grade Tour Program that includes the Kolb House is being developed for Fall 2013.
The Third Grade Tour Program was designed to help third grade teachers and students meet History-.
Social Science Content Standards developed by the California State Board of Education, and in particular
Number 3.3 "Students draw from historical and community resources to organize the sequence of local
historical events and describe how each period of settlement left its mark on the land."
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The Fourth Grade Tour Program will meet the following Content Standards adopted by the California
State Board of Education:
4.2 Students describe the social, political, cultural, and economic life and interactions among
people of California from the pre-Columbian societies to the Spanish mission and Mexican
rancho periods.
4.3 Students explain the economic, social, and political life in California from the
establishment of the Bear Flag Republic through the Mexican-American War, the Gold Rush, and
the granting of statehood.
4.4 Students explain how California became an agricultural and industrial power, tracing the
transformation of the California economy and its political and cultural development since the
1850s.
An interpretive strategy will be developed with key goals and mechanisms identified, such as interactive
interpretation. Because the Spanish Mission, Mexican Rancho, and Gold Rush are effectively covered in
the Third Grade Tour, number 4.4 presents opportunities to interpret the Kolb House and Barns. The
Kolb family typify California's family farm and will help students gain a deeper understanding of the
California agriculture industry during the 20th century.
The timeline for completion and implementation is by September 2013 so that those fourth grade
students who did not see the Kolb house this year as third graders will be first to participate in the tour
program.
RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends that the Heritage and Cultural Arts Commission
receive the report.
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