![Kids in a group - education](https://i0.wp.com/oatlands.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Education-kids.jpg?ssl=1)
Education Programs
Learning about the past — to make a better future
Summer Camps & Programs
K-12 School Programs at Oatlands
Oatlands Education Programs
- Modules available for Pre-K – Grade 12
- 20 minutes to 3 hours
- Covers Virginia Standards of Learning (SOL)
- Utilizes Oatlands’ buildings, collections, archives, and land
- Interactive and hands-on
- Emphasis on History and Social Sciences with inter-disciplinary topics including Science, English, and Diversity
![2020-Path-Aerials-Drone-Mansion-garden-1240](https://i0.wp.com/oatlands.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/2020-Path-Aerials-Drone-Mansion-garden-1240.jpg?resize=1240%2C883&ssl=1)
CURRICULUM
Pre-K through Grade 2
Chores, Games, and Toys
![Iron, Straw broom, Ironing board](https://i0.wp.com/oatlands.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/hands-on-artifacts.png?resize=800%2C800&ssl=1)
Hands-on Artifacts
(K.1.a, 1.10.a, 2.1.a)
![Sharing, waiting your turn, being polite and respectful](https://i0.wp.com/oatlands.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/sharing.png?resize=800%2C800&ssl=1)
Civics
(K.10.a, 1.10.a, 2.11.d)
![Games, American Girl doll](https://i0.wp.com/oatlands.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/past-present.png?resize=800%2C800&ssl=1)
Past and Present
(K.1.g, 1.1.g)
Pre-K through Grade 2
The Life of a Strawberry
![Plant Life Cycle](https://i0.wp.com/oatlands.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/plant-life-cycle.png?resize=800%2C800&ssl=1)
Plant Life Cycle
(K.5, 1.4,2.4)
![Corn meal, strawberries, herbs](https://i0.wp.com/oatlands.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/hands-on-objects.png?resize=800%2C800&ssl=1)
Hands-on Objects
(K.1.d, 1.1.d)
![Wheat, wheat bread, corn, corn meal](https://i0.wp.com/oatlands.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/compare-contrast.png?resize=800%2C800&ssl=1)
Compare and Contrast (K.1.e, 1.1.e)
Pre-K through Grade 2
What’s Growing in the Garden?
![Animal-plant lifecycle](https://i0.wp.com/oatlands.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/life-cycle.png?resize=800%2C800&ssl=1)
Plant Life Cycle
(K.5, 1.4,2.4)
![](https://i0.wp.com/oatlands.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/hands-on-objects-2.png?resize=800%2C800&ssl=1)
Hands-on Objects
(K.1.d, 1.1.d)
![Ecosystems](https://i0.wp.com/oatlands.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/ecosystems.png?resize=800%2C800&ssl=1)
Ecosystems
(K .5, 1.5, 2.5)
Grades 2 through 4
Time and Technology Travelers
![](https://i0.wp.com/oatlands.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/past-present-1.png?resize=800%2C800&ssl=1)
Identifying Artifacts
(2.1.a, 3.1.a)
![](https://i0.wp.com/oatlands.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/past-present-2.png?resize=800%2C800&ssl=1)
Connect Past & Present
(2.1.g, 3.1.g, VS.1.g)
![Call buttons and box](https://i0.wp.com/oatlands.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/evaluating-data.png?resize=800%2C800&ssl=1)
Evaluating Data
(2.1.c, 3.1.c, 4.1.c)
Grades 2 through 4
School’s in Session at the Mtn. Gap School
![](https://i0.wp.com/oatlands.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/understanding_American_history-.png?resize=800%2C800&ssl=1)
Understanding American History (2.1.a&c, VS.1.a&c)
![Slate, water pump, and school bell](https://i0.wp.com/oatlands.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/compare-contrast2.png?resize=800%2C800&ssl=1)
Compare and Contrast
(2.1.e, VS.1.g)
![Ringing the school bell](https://i0.wp.com/oatlands.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/good-citizenship.png?resize=800%2C800&ssl=1)
Good Citizenship Skills
(2.1.e, VS.1.g)
Grades 3 through 6
Reclaim Your Story: The Enslaved Community at Oatlands
![Smokehouse at Oatlands](https://i0.wp.com/oatlands.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/slavery-2.png?resize=800%2C800&ssl=1)
Slavery
(VS.1.a,USI.1.a)
![“The Agony of Slavery” by Gertrude Evans](https://i0.wp.com/oatlands.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/slavery-3.png?resize=800%2C800&ssl=1)
by Gertrude Evans
Slavery
(VS.1.a,USI.1.a)
![“Mountain Gap Colored School” by Gertrude Evans](https://i0.wp.com/oatlands.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/education_pwrpt_images_Picture60-1.png?resize=437%2C581&ssl=1)
Post-slavery (VS.1.a,USI.1.a)