Kansas History came to life for students in Mrs. Julie Friesen’s Social Studies class.

Students came dressed in overalls and gingham, with their lunches in pails or knapsacks. The girls wore braids and ribbons in their hair.

They took a trip to the Center Hill School where they sat at desks that were used in the early 1900’s, and learned what it was like to attend a one-room school.

Some things are still the same - recess was the highlight of the day,
the boys pulled the girls' pigtails, friends shared secrets, there were lessons to be learned.

Another activity that helped the students connect with Kansas history was the living museum.

Each student researched the life of a famous Kansan and wrote a biographical sketch about that person.

The students presented the information they learned by dressing as "their" Kansan and reciting some of the events of that person's life to visitors of the museum.