Before your kids head back to school, take a trip back in time to explore one of the area’s old schoolhouses where children can experience firsthand the life of schoolkids more than a century ago.
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Deanna Rose Children's Farmstead
One of the attractions at the farmstead is the replica 1900 one-room country school. With a slate blackboard and antique desks, the school gives children a picture of what learning was like a century ago.
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Lanesfield School Historic Site
Learn about the history of education in Kansas and Johnson County with a visit to the limestone schoolhouse. Visitors learn about education for rural Kansans in the mid-19th through mid-20th centuries.
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Missouri Town Living History Museum
Explore more than 25 buildings dating from 1820 to 1860, including a pioneer school. Interpreters in period attire present living history programs, including school lessons, during special events.
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Mount Gilead Church & School
Mt. Gilead School, built in 1879, operated for more than half a century until it closed its doors in 1946. Historians believe Mt. Gilead was the only school in the area to continuously hold classes during the Civil War.
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Oxford Schoolhouse
Visit the school and talk with a costumed docent about the history of Oxford School and the surrounding rural area. Schedule a program for any group any day of the week year-round (except during Open House hours).
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Shawnee Town 1929
Shawnee Town 1929 depicts a typical day in and around the 1920s farm community, including a one-room schoolhouse.
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Shoal Creek Living History Museum
The living history museum comprises 21 structures with 17 authentic 19th century buildings dating from 1807 to 1885, including a schoolhouse. Learn as children did in times gone by during special events.
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