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Partnerships – Medfield Public Schools

The Peak House Traveling Trunk delivers the Peak House’s material culture and history each Spring to nine (9) Third Grade classes  at Medfield’s Ralph Wheelock School.  This highly popular and  appealing program engages over hundred twenty-five (225) students as well as adult leaders.

Peak House Traveling Trunk with lid open full of teaching materials

INCLUDED IN THE TRUNK:

  • A detailed teacher’s notebook and lesson plans
  • Actual historical artifacts and authentic reproductions including gravestone reproductions with rubbing paper and colored waxes, joinery samples and photos of early downtown Medfield
  • Maps, graphics, games and crafts
  • Student reading and reference material, activity sheets and discussion questions

    (Trunk resources were selected by Nicole Sheehan and Erin Watson, both Third Grade teachers)

Traveling Trunk engraved inside lid
Traveling Trunk engraved inside lid
Trunk measures 29" L x 17" W x 15" H
Trunk measures 29" L x 17" W x 15" H
The trunk was fabricated using Hemlock boards from Medfield's 1742 Clark Tavern
The trunk was fabricated using Hemlock boards from Medfield's 1742 Clark Tavern
Peak House Traveling Trunk curriculum designers and teachers Erin Watson(l) and Nicole Sheehan
Curriculum designers/teachers Erin Watson and Nicole Sheehan
Lesson in 3rd grade classroom with children sitting around table
3rd grade classroom using the Traveling Trunk materials

This project was made possible by a grant from Medfield Foundation’s Legacy Fund. The Traveling Trunk was fabricated with repurposed lumber from the former historic Clark Tavern by Early American Restoration of Framingham MA.