Cobb Landmarks and Historical Society

Hall Pass Program

 

For an outside the box, innovative way to enhance the Core subjects of middle and high school student, the Cobb County Hall Pass program insures a unique approach.

 

For a new approach for an Economics lesson, The Root House Museum’s course, Economics 101 might be a great choice. Students participate in a specialized economic program that incorporates in-depth and hands-on experiences at the Root House Museum, an antiquities museum and gardens. Students gain practical insights into the economics of antebellum times, through comparison of menus and stocked pantries, and the housekeeping practices in Georgia’s Piedmont over the decades and the part transportation played in that evolution.

 

 

For the teacher looking for a field experience to address the Civil Rights era, the AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY 107 is just perfect as students spend a morning touring two unique heritage resources: Acworth’s Bethel African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church sanctuary was built in the mid 1870s, and its vestibule and towers were erected in 1895. Relatively unaltered, the church is an outstanding example of 19th century church architecture. Today, the sanctuary still boasts its original vaulted 20 foot ceiling of tongue-and-groove pine and is listed as a Landmark on the Acworth Register of Historic Places, as well as the Georgia and National Registries of Historic Places.

 

The Acworth Rosenwald School, circa 1924-25, was one of the over 5858 schools (242 in Georgia) built with assistance of the Julius Rosenwald School Building Fund, a philanthropic initiative that began in 1912. Slated for demolition to make way for a new school in 1947-48, the structure was instead donated to the African American community in Acworth to be relocated. Dismantled by volunteers, each timber and board was numbered, the nails were straightened, and even roofing shingles salvaged. Rebuilt using the original materials in 1953, the property has used as a community center continuously since that time as a community center, serving as a social hall for the adjacent community, hosting family gatherings, reunions, holiday celebrations, and church meetings.

 

To put a new twist to the Technology course, a teacher might choose another Root House course in technology 102. This program incorporates in-depth and hands-on experiences at the Root House Museum, an antiquities museum and gardens offering an authentic depiction of the life of a middle-class family in the Piedmont of Georgia’s in the 1850s. Students gain understanding when exposed to the changes and the consistencies in the kitchens of the 1850s, the 1950s and the present. Foodways practices, everyday utensils and technology of each period come to life as students are exposed to the evolution of a southern staple, the biscuit.

 

For more information, to schedule a motor coach tour or to register for a special course on the Hall Pass program, email hallpass@cobblandmarks.com.

 

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• School Tours
• Home School Tours
• Special Tours
• Traveling Exhibits
• Talking Walls
• Hall Pass Program