The Bown House - Teacher Resources

The Bown House teacher resources are available for download as either Word documents or Adobe pdf documents.

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• Bown House Brochure    PDF
  NOTE: this brochure should be printed on legal size paper
• Introducing the Bown House    Word    PDF
  • Bown History
  • Joseph Bown - His Story in His Words
  • Timeline - Bown Family History
  • Recent History
• Instructions for a Bown House Heritage Education Trip    Word    PDF
• Bown House Name Tags (page 1 - Farm Room, Geography Room, History Newsroom)   PDF    JPG
• Bown House Name Tags (page 2 - Kitchen, Parlor, Schoolroom)   PDF    JPG
• Pre-Trip Activities    Word    PDF
  • Overview
  • Kitchen and laundry
  • Joseph Bown's Travels & Trivia (Geography Theme - Movement)
  • Bown House Architecture Quiz
• Post-Trip Activities    Word    PDF
  • Overview
  • How Houses Change
  • Toy Histories
  • Make a Seneca Cornhusk Doll
  • Spelling Bee Words
• The Bown Family Times   PDF
  • A "newspaper" featuring historical events during the lives of the Bowns.

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