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Visitors
Feel free to stop by most mornings from 9-12 or afternoons from 1-4 pm for a docent talk.
If a class is present, feel free to sit in the back of the classroom or barn and observe.
What is Living History
At the West Bay Common School Children's Museum, students are invited to enter a setting and participate in activities that aid them to imagine
significant events from the past. They will have this experience in the company of others, who participate in the events, analyze them,
evaluate various aspects of them, and compare and contrast them with what occurs in the present. History, by definition, concerns the past, which
is dead and gone; but it comes alive when students re-envision and engage with it. That is what “Living History” is all about.
Teachers and Group Leaders
Reserve the 1898 one-room schoolhouse
for a special classroom session, and experience a timeless history lesson of
school a century ago.
Enjoy a pen and ink lesson, math, spelling and history lesson on lap slates. Participate
in a Spelling Bee and a reading lesson at
the recitation bench.
Visit our Barn Museum for the recess portion of the program where you learn about outhouses, play games of the 1890's, have
a lunch lesson making a paper cup and experience hands-on-history of the life and times in League City.
Tour the Icehouse/Barbershop Museum
and listen to the history of our town.
Visit our Peddlers Corner Gift Shop to
purchase souvenirs and gifts.
Afterwards, plan a picnic lunch with quilts on the museum grounds or at League Park . Alternately, dine at nearby tea-rooms or restaurants and then enjoy a quiet walk through Helen's Garden .
Texas Academic Standards
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS)
The following specific TEKS academic standards for grades 3-5 are covered, to varying degrees, in a typical visit to the schoolhouse. The program is fully adaptable for groups having multiple ages represented, but is recommended for children in grades 3-5. Please notify us at the time of registration if you have unique topics related to these guidelines that would be good to emphasize during your class visit. An emphasis is placed on early rural Texas education, and the history of life in a small Texas town ( League City ) from 1890 –1929.
3rd Grade
Language Arts/Reading (110.5.b)
Listening (1- 4); Reading (5 - 13); Writing (14 - 16 & 19)
Mathematics (111.15.b)
Numbers (1 & 3 - 4); Measurement (11 - 13); Processes/Tools (15 & 16)
Social Studies (113.5.b)
History (1- 3); Geography (5); Economics (6 & 8); Citizenship (10)
Science, Technology & Society (15); Social Studies Skills (16 & 17)
Health Education (115.5.b)
Personal/Interpersonal Skills (9 & 10)
Physical Education (116.5.b)
Movement (1); Physical Activity & Health (4); Social Development (6 & 7)
Music (117.12.b)
Historical/Cultural Heritage (5)
Theater (117.13.b)
Perception (1)
4th Grade
Language Arts & Reading (110.6.b)
Listening (1 - 11); Writing (15 - 19 & 21); Viewing (23)
Mathematics (111.16.b)
Numbers (1 - 3); Measurement (12); Mathematical Tools (14 & 15)
Social Studies (113.6.b)
History (2 & 4); Geography (8 & 9); Economics (10 - 11 & 13 - 14); Citizenship (17); Social Studies Skills (23)
Physical Education (116.6.b)
Movement (1 - 3); Social Development (6 - 7)
Music (117.15.b)
Historical/Cultural Heritage (5)
Theater (117.16.b)
Perception (1& 3)
5th Grade
Language Arts & Reading (110.7.b)
Listening (1 - 5); Reading (6 - 13); Writing (15 - 19 & 21)
Mathematics (117.17.b)
Numbers (1 - 3)
Social Studies (113.7.b)
History (4); Geography (8 & 9); Economics (14); Citizenship (18)
Science, Technology & Society (24); Social Studies Skills (26)
Physical Education (116.7.b)
Movement (1); Physical Activity & Health (5); Social Development (7)
Music (117.18.b)
Historical/Cultural Heritage (5)
Theater (117.19.b)
Perception (1 & 3)
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