This course is designed for homeschooling groups to visit Ringwood Manor one day a week for five weeks, teaching students the history of Ringwood Manor, from European settlement to NJ State Park. Scroll down for a description of the curriculum for the five week course.
This course is suitable for children ages 7-13 and is limited to 10 students in total. Children 10 an under must be accompanied by an adult for the entire class. Details about each week's focus can be seen below (scroll down).
Fee for the five week course is $75 per student; $65 for siblings.
Our next course session is being offered in the fall of 2024! Stay tuned for dates & details on when registration opens.
If you have questions about our next 5 week course, please call our Education Director, Allie Sabatini, at 973-962-2240, or email her by clicking HERE.
To help us best craft an educational and enjoyable visit for your child, please let us know of any special conditions, requests, accessibility issues, etc. We are happy to accommodate as much as possible.
This course is suitable for children ages 7-13 and is limited to 10 students in total. Children 10 an under must be accompanied by an adult for the entire class. Details about each week's focus can be seen below (scroll down).
Fee for the five week course is $75 per student; $65 for siblings.
Our next course session is being offered in the fall of 2024! Stay tuned for dates & details on when registration opens.
If you have questions about our next 5 week course, please call our Education Director, Allie Sabatini, at 973-962-2240, or email her by clicking HERE.
To help us best craft an educational and enjoyable visit for your child, please let us know of any special conditions, requests, accessibility issues, etc. We are happy to accommodate as much as possible.
Week 1. Natural Ringwood
This guided hike teaches students about the forest ecology of Ringwood, the inter-connectedness of everything in the woods, and explains why the forests appealed to Europeans who settled in the area.
* Please note: this program is fully outdoors and all participants and chaperones should dress for a two mile hike with hills.
This guided hike teaches students about the forest ecology of Ringwood, the inter-connectedness of everything in the woods, and explains why the forests appealed to Europeans who settled in the area.
* Please note: this program is fully outdoors and all participants and chaperones should dress for a two mile hike with hills.
Week 2. Iron and Feathers
This program focuses on the colonial era in Ringwood. It teaches students about using natural resources to make finished products. They will learn about the iron mining process using hands-on elements to understand the evolution from mined iron ore to a useable good. The students will also make ink from berries and use quill pens to write a statement about life in colonial Ringwood.
*Please note: portions of this program are outdoors, and all participants and chaperones should dress accordingly.
This program focuses on the colonial era in Ringwood. It teaches students about using natural resources to make finished products. They will learn about the iron mining process using hands-on elements to understand the evolution from mined iron ore to a useable good. The students will also make ink from berries and use quill pens to write a statement about life in colonial Ringwood.
*Please note: portions of this program are outdoors, and all participants and chaperones should dress accordingly.
Week 3. Making Maps
This program explains the 18th century map-making process and Robert Erskine's role as Surveyor General for George Washington. The participants will examine letters written by Erskine and Washington, compare an 18th century map of the area with a current map, use 18th century map-making techniques to measure portions of the property, and complete a map-based scavenger hunt of the property.
* Please note: this program is fully outdoors and all participants and chaperones should dress accordingly.
This program explains the 18th century map-making process and Robert Erskine's role as Surveyor General for George Washington. The participants will examine letters written by Erskine and Washington, compare an 18th century map of the area with a current map, use 18th century map-making techniques to measure portions of the property, and complete a map-based scavenger hunt of the property.
* Please note: this program is fully outdoors and all participants and chaperones should dress accordingly.
Week 4. Revolutionary Ringwood
This program focuses on Ringwood's contributions to the Revolutionary War. First, participants will learn about Robert Erskine's militia, examine items in replica Revolutionary War soldier bags, and march as soldiers (with or without wooden muskets depending on the group's preference) to the historic cemetery on the property. There they will see Robert Erskine's grave and learn about the important information historic cemeteries contain.
Students will also learn about the strategic importance of the Hudson River during the war and the various obstructions created during the conflict to protect the Hudson River. Participants will be broken into small groups and given a variety of materials with which they will design and construct their own obstructions to stop a boat. Each group's design is then placed in water and tested by a toy boat.
*Please note: portions of this program are outdoors, and all participants and chaperones should dress accordingly.
This program focuses on Ringwood's contributions to the Revolutionary War. First, participants will learn about Robert Erskine's militia, examine items in replica Revolutionary War soldier bags, and march as soldiers (with or without wooden muskets depending on the group's preference) to the historic cemetery on the property. There they will see Robert Erskine's grave and learn about the important information historic cemeteries contain.
Students will also learn about the strategic importance of the Hudson River during the war and the various obstructions created during the conflict to protect the Hudson River. Participants will be broken into small groups and given a variety of materials with which they will design and construct their own obstructions to stop a boat. Each group's design is then placed in water and tested by a toy boat.
*Please note: portions of this program are outdoors, and all participants and chaperones should dress accordingly.
Week 5. Past Perspectives: Victorian Life in Ringwood Manor
This program is a guided tour of the first floor of the Manor house. Participants will learn about life in Victorian times through the house, its contents, and stories of its inhabitants. Participants will be given a card describing a real person who was a part of Ringwood Manor's history and will actively think about the house from their historical figure's point-of-view.
Students will then go outside and be introduced to the lawn games the Hewitt children played. They will play with reproduction toys: hoop & stick, games of graces, corn cobb toss, trap ball, nine pin bowling, etc.
Students will then be given a short lesson about heraldry, an explanation of the Hewitt family coat-of-arms, and learn about the various symbols and colors that represent merits, values, and virtues. Participants are then broken into smaller groups and tasked with creating a coat-of-arms for their group. They will then present their design to the entire homeschool group and after all have been explained, the group will vote on a winning coat-of-arms.
*Please note: portions of this program are outdoors, and all participants and chaperones should dress accordingly.
This program is a guided tour of the first floor of the Manor house. Participants will learn about life in Victorian times through the house, its contents, and stories of its inhabitants. Participants will be given a card describing a real person who was a part of Ringwood Manor's history and will actively think about the house from their historical figure's point-of-view.
Students will then go outside and be introduced to the lawn games the Hewitt children played. They will play with reproduction toys: hoop & stick, games of graces, corn cobb toss, trap ball, nine pin bowling, etc.
Students will then be given a short lesson about heraldry, an explanation of the Hewitt family coat-of-arms, and learn about the various symbols and colors that represent merits, values, and virtues. Participants are then broken into smaller groups and tasked with creating a coat-of-arms for their group. They will then present their design to the entire homeschool group and after all have been explained, the group will vote on a winning coat-of-arms.
*Please note: portions of this program are outdoors, and all participants and chaperones should dress accordingly.
RINGWOOD MANOR
1304 SLOATSBURG ROAD
RINGWOOD, NJ 07456
(973) 962. 2240
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NORTH JERSEY HIGHLANDS HISTORICAL SOCIETY
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1304 SLOATSBURG ROAD
RINGWOOD, NJ 07456
(973) 962. 2240
WEBSITE OWNED & MAINTAINED BY THE
NORTH JERSEY HIGHLANDS HISTORICAL SOCIETY
A REGISTERED 501c(3) NON-PROFIT
COPYRIGHT © 2024