Texian Time Machine

Time Travel -- Without the Travel!
The Texian Time Machine is an interactive, hands-on program that brings the living history experience to your school! Students will rotate through a variety of stations in segments that last about 25 minutes each.

Basic Info

Brochure: Download here.
Cost: $12 per student. Schools with fewer than 60 students are charged a $720 flat fee.
Contact: Allison Harrell | 281-342-6478
Available Stations: See below.
Logistics:
• A typical program requires a grassy area approximately 100’ x 200.’
• Total program length will vary based on the number of rotations booked and the number of students present.
• Schools with more than 250 students will need a two-day program.

The Texian Time Machine is an outreach program of the Fort Bend History Association and Fort Bend Museum.

Single Presenter Programs

Hosting a Colonial or Pioneer Day at your school or homeschool? Let us help! Choose a rotation that best fits in with your theme. We’ll bring the presenter, activities and all the supplies. Cost is $125 per presenter for up to two presenters. Contact us for more details!

Available Texian Colony Presentations: Land Grants, Surveying, Print Shop, Textiles, Games & One-Room School
Available American Colony Presentations: School, Cash Crops, Knots & Flags

Traveling Trunk

Learn how the early pioneers lived and what they would bring with them to new places. This flexible presentation can be adapted to engage a wide audience ranging from children ages 3+ to adults! Contact us for more details.

Texian Colony Rotations

Land Grants: Apply for citizenship and receive a land grant to settle in the Republic of Mexico in the early 1820s — and sign your name with a nib pen.

Surveying: Try different methods of surveying, and determine how you would like your land measured.

Print Shop: Explore the print-making process, the earliest form of communication and journalism in Texas.

Textiles: Gin and card cotton while learning how this basic fiber was planted, harvested and turned into thread and cloth.

Games: “Recess Time”: play games from the past, including stilts, graces and rolling hoops.

Cooking: Discover the joys of food preparation – tasting included! Use math skills to make a cornbread recipe.

Cabin-Building: Use real logs to build a cabin or fence and learn about the many tools needed to improve and maintain a homestead.

Militia: “Enlist” in the militia and practice a typical drill while learning about the basics of protection on the frontier.

One-Room School: Become a student for a day in a pioneer school—and complete a variety of lessons such as reading, ’riting and ’rithmetic!

NOTE: Other enrichment stations can be offered based on specific presenter availability, including music, frontier survival and blacksmithing. Please contact us for more information.

American Colony Rotations

Cooking: Discover the joys of food preparation – tasting included! Use math skills to make a gingerbread recipe.

School: Enter a 1770s classroom and complete a variety of lessons such as recitation, arithmetic and spelling.

Militia: Join the Minutemen and practice a typical military drill!

Cash Crops: Learn about the different crops that early American settlers grew to generate income.

Knots: Learn to tie different knots that were used on boats for various tasks.

Flags: What do colors and symbols on a flag mean? Decide on a class flag using symbolism and colors from the past.

Construction: How did America’s first colonists build their homes? Discover the answer with a hands-on activity centered around simple construction techniques of the early settlers.

Games: “Recess Time”: play games from the past, including stilts, graces and rolling hoops.

NOTE: Other enrichment stations can be offered based on specific presenter availability, including music, frontier survival and blacksmithing. Please contact us for more information.