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Colonial Pennsylvania Plantation

Colonial Pennsylvania Plantation at Ridley Creek State Park is an 18th-century farm so authentic your students, scouts, homeschoolers, and campers will feel as if they’ve traveled back in time. The 112-acre working farm is a tribute to the real-life Pratt family, who lived there during the American Revolution. Groups will have the chance to experience what life was like in the 1770s through educational programs and activities that focus on colonial farming, clothing, and more. Go on a tour of the plantation, visit barnyard animals, watch a volunteer blacksmith at work in the Blacksmith Forge, observe bees in the apiary, peruse the Lower Crop Field, and more! Special events such as war reenactments and an annual sheep shearing are hosted on-site throughout the year.

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FUN FACTS

Two hundred thousand Civil War soldiers were boys no older than 16, and an estimated 300 women were brave enough to disguise themselves as men and fight in the war. The average soldier weighed only 145 pounds due to poor diet, long marches, disease, and tough living, and earned between $13-$16 per month. Reading about these facts is interesting, but actually living them makes the information come alive. Living History Centers can allow students to experience how people lived during important historical eras, including enlisting as a soldier during the Civil War.

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Colonial Pennsylvania Plantation

Colonial Pennsylvania Plantation at Ridley Creek State Park is an 18th-century farm so authentic your students, scouts, homeschoolers, and campers will feel as if they’ve traveled back in time. The 112-acre working farm is a tribute to the real-life Pratt family, who lived there during the American Revolution. Groups will have the chance to experience what life was like in the 1770s through educational programs and activities that focus on colonial farming, clothing, and more. Go on a tour of the plantation, visit barnyard animals, watch a volunteer blacksmith at work in the Blacksmith Forge, observe bees in the apiary, peruse the Lower Crop Field, and more! Special events such as war reenactments and an annual sheep shearing are hosted on-site throughout the year.

contact info

Hrs: Vary.

HELPFUL LESSON PLAN(S)

Prepared by FieldTripDirectory.com

Living History Lesson Plan

FUN FACTS

Two hundred thousand Civil War soldiers were boys no older than 16, and an estimated 300 women were brave enough to disguise themselves as men and fight in the war. The average soldier weighed only 145 pounds due to poor diet, long marches, disease, and tough living, and earned between $13-$16 per month. Reading about these facts is interesting, but actually living them makes the information come alive. Living History Centers can allow students to experience how people lived during important historical eras, including enlisting as a soldier during the Civil War.

View Lesson Plan>>

ABOUT

Colonial Pennsylvania Plantation

Colonial Pennsylvania Plantation at Ridley Creek State Park is an 18th-century farm so authentic your students, scouts, homeschoolers, and campers will feel as if they’ve traveled back in time. The 112-acre working farm is a tribute to the real-life Pratt family, who lived there during the American Revolution. Groups will have the chance to experience what life was like in the 1770s through educational programs and activities that focus on colonial farming, clothing, and more. Go on a tour of the plantation, visit barnyard animals, watch a volunteer blacksmith at work in the Blacksmith Forge, observe bees in the apiary, peruse the Lower Crop Field, and more! Special events such as war reenactments and an annual sheep shearing are hosted on-site throughout the year.

contact info

Hrs: Vary.

HELPFUL LESSON PLAN(S)

Prepared by FieldTripDirectory.com

Living History Lesson Plan

FUN FACTS

Two hundred thousand Civil War soldiers were boys no older than 16, and an estimated 300 women were brave enough to disguise themselves as men and fight in the war. The average soldier weighed only 145 pounds due to poor diet, long marches, disease, and tough living, and earned between $13-$16 per month. Reading about these facts is interesting, but actually living them makes the information come alive. Living History Centers can allow students to experience how people lived during important historical eras, including enlisting as a soldier during the Civil War.

View Lesson Plan>>

ABOUT

Colonial Pennsylvania Plantation

Colonial Pennsylvania Plantation at Ridley Creek State Park is an 18th-century farm so authentic your students, scouts, homeschoolers, and campers will feel as if they’ve traveled back in time. The 112-acre working farm is a tribute to the real-life Pratt family, who lived there during the American Revolution. Groups will have the chance to experience what life was like in the 1770s through educational programs and activities that focus on colonial farming, clothing, and more. Go on a tour of the plantation, visit barnyard animals, watch a volunteer blacksmith at work in the Blacksmith Forge, observe bees in the apiary, peruse the Lower Crop Field, and more! Special events such as war reenactments and an annual sheep shearing are hosted on-site throughout the year.

contact info

Hrs: Vary.

HELPFUL LESSON PLAN(S)

Prepared by FieldTripDirectory.com

Living History Lesson Plan

FUN FACTS

Two hundred thousand Civil War soldiers were boys no older than 16, and an estimated 300 women were brave enough to disguise themselves as men and fight in the war. The average soldier weighed only 145 pounds due to poor diet, long marches, disease, and tough living, and earned between $13-$16 per month. Reading about these facts is interesting, but actually living them makes the information come alive. Living History Centers can allow students to experience how people lived during important historical eras, including enlisting as a soldier during the Civil War.

View Lesson Plan>>