| Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum adds THREE new programs! | 
| Multicultural Folktales Performed by Decee Cornish
Friday, February 18
1:00-2:00 CST
Grades 3-7 An Urban Aesop, Decee Cornish's multicultural folktales make history fun and invite students to record their own family stories. Cornish is a native Texan, born in east Texas and raised in Houston's Fifth Ward. During his military service, Cornish attended international colleges and universities spending time with storytellers in Alaska, Australia, and Africa. Eventually, he returned home to Texas, settling in Fort Worth. |
| Wild Horses: Populations and Ecosystems
Grades 4-7
$100 per site When most Americans think of wild horses (mustangs), we think of a beautiful, free-spirited animal running through the tall grasses of the Southwest with its long silky mane and tail blowing in the wind. Today, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) manages a population of about 69,000 mustangs. Controversy and conflict surround this American icon. Secretary of the Interior, Ken Salazar, gives his perspective in his long-term plan, "Without natural predators, wild horse populations have grown beyond the carrying capacity of the sensitive and sparse lands on which they live, causing damage to ecosystems and putting them at risk of starvation." This video conference will discuss the history of the horse in America, the lifestyle of wild horses, and the controversy over what to do with these horses. Students will be presented with viewpoints from five different interest groups and students will decid e which interest group they would support. An additional bonus will be a short video featuring the mustang in its natural environment and BLM's mustang adoption program. | 
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| Discover the World of Chuck Wagon Therapy
Thursday, March 10 Guest expert: Dr. Paul Katz, Curator of the Texas Tech School of Pharmacy Museum partners with Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum to bring a unique program to your students. How did cowboys receive medical care during a cattle drive? Dr. Katz will have his exhibit of the health care supplies and discuss medical practices typically used on a cattle drive. These items are packed in a chuck box, just as they were on the actual drive. "Chuck Wagon Therapy" is a permanent exhibit in the Texas Pharmacy Museum located in Amarillo,Texas, but like the old chuck wagons, it also travels to schools, heritage festivals, pharmaceutical meetings, and is now being used in a distance learning program. | |
