Field Trip to Historic Oakview Park

Yesterday morning we joined about 75 others from our homeschool group for a field trip to Historic Oak View County Park in Raleigh. It is a 19th century farmstead with a farmhouse, pecan grove, barn, cotton history museum, and farm history museum, as well as gardens and picnic area. The temps were in the 80's and it was overcast, making it a very comfortable day for being outdoors ~ especially compared to the terribly high temps of 1 and 2 weeks ago!

Our group was divided into thirds, and each went to a different part of the farm with a guide for about 30 minutes, and then rotated. Our guides did a great job, and the kids learned about picking cotton, the changes in NC farm life over the past 300 years, and about identifying historical artifacts. I had done this same field trip a number of years ago with my older kids, but the younger two had not been. It was a fun morning, especially because we got to share it with some homeschool friends!