• Image of the reconstructed stockade at Fort Vancouver and Pearson Air Museum looking northeast from the Land Bridge.

    Fort Vancouver

    National Historic Site OR,WA

Young Engage School Curriculum

Emblem of the Young Engagé School

 

Taught by instructors and assisted by Adult Aides, the curriculum of the Young Engagé School includes many skills practiced historically, as well as what it means to be a volunteer who interprets and shares knowledge with the public.

 

 

Topics include selections from:

  • life of a voyageur and trapper
  • tracking and navigation
  • blacksmithing
  • carpentry
  • hearth-cooking and the Fort Vancouver Kitchen
  • field and garden
  • clerks and accounting
  • Chinuk Jargon and nineteenth century speech
  • history of Fort Vancouver & the McLoughlin House unit
  • orientation to the National Park Service
  • cultural resources and archaeology
  • public speaking and interacting with visitors
  • safety

Did You Know?

Image of a student presenting a public program with the Public History Field School

Did you know that Fort Vancouver National Historic Site hosts an annual Public History Field School, where graduate-level history students can gain practical field experience in historical interpretation? More...