The first day of the 4 wings Museum Camp at the Crosby County Pioneer Memorial l Museum will be on Thursday, July 2 beginning at 9:00 a.m. and concluding by 11:00 a.m. The campers will get to know the Native American Wing of the Museum and learn about the Comanches from their food and artifacts.
Schedule for July 2 in the Native American Wing
1. Gather in the Wheeler Center.
2. Study the early photos of the Comanches from the Texas Plains. Make a chart about what they know already about the Comanche. Lead up to what we can learn from Native Americans and their use of the buffalo as their chief food source.
3. Read: “The Buffalo Are Back” by Jean Craighead George
4. View the video clip from Caprock Canyon State Park about the State Buffalo herd of Texas.
Groups : Nutrition, How the Comanche used the Buffalo, Craft , Basket Weaving deomonstration, Archery, Storytime.
5. Time for Buffalo Burgers.
Pick-up at 11:00 a.m.
Let your child become a junior Historian at the Crosby County Pioneer Memorial Museum at 101 West Main, Crosbyton, TX. Contact Lynn Cruz at 675-2331 today.
