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Packed with artifacts and activities, our history kits bring part
of the museum to your school. Reserve one or all of the kits and
watch the excitement of discovery on your students' faces.
 Cliff
Dwellers Kit
Playing the role of archaeologists, students "excavate" prehistoric
artifacts buried in sand. Materials include excavating tools and
a teacher's guide with back-ground information, detailed instructions, and
activities.
Mountain
Man Kit
Colorado's fur trade comes to life as students explore this
exceptionally colorful era. This kit includes artifacts, photos,
30 information cards, 30 activities, and much more.
Colorado
Miners Kit
Experience the booms and busts of mining in Colorado, from the
Spanish explorers to the present. Like the Mountain Man Kit, the
Colorado Miners Kit contains artifacts, photos, a board game, a cassette tape of stories and music, 30 information cards,
and 30 activities to captivate your students.
Grandmother
Trunks
The objects in these four different trunks bring a touch of
everyday life at the turn of the century to your students. Teacher's
guides and suggested activities are included. Choose one or all
of these trunks: Indian Trunk ~ Hispanic Trunk ~ African-American
Trunk ~ Japanese Trunk
NEW! BOOM OR BUST: A Denver Artifact Kit
Experience the Gold Rush, Woman's Suffrage, WWII, and other exciting times in Denver's colorful history. This kit includes artifacts, photos, biographies, a teacher’s manual with lesson plans, and much more! This artifact kit was made possible through a generous grant from the Boeing-Jeppesen Corporation.
The Denver trunk only available FREE to Denver Public Schools during the 2009-2010 school year. It will be available during the 2010-2011 school year to all schools for the regular kit fee.
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 Period of Check Out: One week for all except the Mountain
Man Kit and the Mining Kit, which are two weeks. Kits are
checked out on Wednesdays.
Cost: $15 per kit plus return postage (We pay for postage
to your school.)
How to Order: Call (303 )866-4689 from 9:00 a.m. to 4:30
p.m.,
Monday through Friday or email us anytime! Or, fill out this form, save it to your computer, and email it to cheryl.simpson@chs.state.co.us.
Evaluation Forms: are included with every trunk and must be filled out by the teacher to check out additional trunks in the future.
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