Racial Learning & Anti-bias Program @ Rokeby Museum
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Toddlers, Kinder
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Parking: Yes - Museum parking lot
Rokeby Museum is offering 5 FREE racial learning & anti-bias programs for young children ages 4 to 6. Racial learning is a growing field based on the science of childhood development. Racial and anti-bias learning provides children with language, concrete reasoning, and space to appreciate and make sense of our many similarities and differences. It also offers guidance to help children process and scrutinize the prejudice and inequity they observe in the world around them and learn how to act against it. Activities will include drawing, hands-on discovery, read-a-loud, and mixing paint to discover our unique skin color. Age-appropriate discussions will include laws, racism, resistance, learning about child activists, and more. While lessons are designed to be sequential, your child will have lots to take away whether you attend one or all.
Sessions:
July 30, 6:00–7:00 pm: Virtual Parent Orientation
August 3, 9:30–10:30 am: Family Diversity
August 10, 9:30–10:30 am: Skin Tone 1
August 24, 9:30–10:30 am: Skin Tone 2
August 31, 9:30–10:30 am: Racial Justice: Civil Rights Movement
September 7, 9:30–10:30 am: Taking Action
Registration required. An adult must accompany each child. Up to two adults are allowed per family. This event is limited to ten families per session.
Register Here: https://rokeby.org/events/
Reviews
- July 8, 2014"The Rokeby Museum is a wonderful place to visit! Stepping into the Robinsons house is like stepping back into time. Wander through the rooms to get a true sense of what life was like in for this family of devout Quakers and radical abolitionists in the 1800s. The new Visitors Center has an amazing exhibit on the Underground Railroad as well as many primary source documents. The exhibit chronicles the stories of Simon and Jesse, two fugitives from slavery who found shelter at the Rokeby in the 1830s. Im not sure what the previous reviewer was thinking when heshe said Vermont wasnt too important when it comes to slavery. In fact, in response to the calls from abolitionist across the colonies to end slavery, Vermont became to first colony to ban it outright in 1777! Furthermore, Vermont was a critical stop for slaves who were escaping to Canada. If you love history, visit the Rokeby. You won't be disappointed."- nisky86
- September 2, 2011"I took my grandchildren, ages 12 9 here. The tour consisted of just the 3 of us, so the guide could have tailored the tour more skip some of the family relations stuff. The kids found the house toilet arrangements interesting enjoyed the tour. The part about the former slaves the underground railroad was minimal, that was a little disappointing. There are picnic table set up in the yard, a nice place for a picnic, but we came unprepared. It isn't too far or too long, an enjoyable outing for both kids adults. We were all glad we had gone."- crystalbubby
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