Gilman Programs
School Programs
The Gilman Historical Ranch & Wagon Museum offers three specific programs tailored to meet California State standards for curriculum for grade levels 3rd & 4th grades. The programs provide for hands on learning in that the students are participating in their experience by doing various projects. Please see the following:
California Gold Rush
The program’s emphasis is on the gold rush era, the 49er’s, the Bradshaw freight and stage route, the ranch’s adove 1854 stage coach stop, and the local history. Students will learn about the various techniques used to excavate gold and will try their hand at panning for real gold in the sluice boxes beside the stream. They will get to take their finding home. Native Americans of the Pass This program highlights the American Indians of the Pass area, the Cahuilla. Students will learn about the historical and traditional usuage of native plants and resources as they participate in a nature hike by the stream and grind seeds on Metates with Manos. They will create a leather pouch as a “possible bag” to take home.
Victorian Visions
This program reflects a time of Victorian culture. Students will participate in century old house hold chores, washing laundry, making soap, braiding a rug, with historical highlights of living on the Gilman Ranch. Pioneer games are included. All centered in or around the 1880’s Victorian house. Choices for the craft include creating a traditional pioneer doll, or cup holder from braiding a rug. Picnic areas are available, Mercantile for souvenirs open after lunch. Program prices include the craft.
$8 per person, teachers are free.
Reservations are required, group minimum is 15.
Hours and Days: Tuesdays through Fridays 9:00am-2:00pm.
Saturday open to the general public 10:00am-4:00pm. Saturday Day Use Fee applies, $2.00 Adults, 12 and under $1.00.
Saturday group tours available upon reservation: $4.00 per person.
Go Beyond the Fieldtrip to…
Archaeology Field School
The Ranch of James Marshall Gilman was at the edege of the American Frontier in 1854. Here the Cahuilla traded with American settlers, the Overland Stage stopped and the Gilman family grew a variety of crops. Today, part of the ranch is Gilman Historic Ranch and Museum, where part of America’s past is preserved. Archaeologists and hsitorians have added to our knowledge of the ranch’s past with discoveries. At the ranch, students will view part of the archaeological remains of and early adobe ranch building and many other artifacts. Your students can now make their own discoveries at the Archaeology Field School at the Gilman Historic Ranch! Archaeology is not an Indiana Jones adventure. It is a scientific process and to understand the human past. Archaeologists use the disciplines from many fields. This makes learning about an ideal way to help students combine lessons and skills in history, math, science and language arts. Aligned with Education Standards History/Social Science, Language Arts, Mathematics, Science Participation in the Field School is a way to have your students apply the scientific method by careful record keeping, hypotheses building, and reporting. It is a cross curricular approach to learning and is designed to help fulfill California educational standards. In addition to using the scientific method, students will measure, map, create reports, use data from a variety of sources, and learn about people in the past.
***For more information, please contact the Gilman Ranch (951) 922-9200 or Shelley Kibby (951) 712-2130