Mabee Farm is the Capital Region’s destination for hands-on history. Students explore themes of early American life on the farm, teamwork, and technology on a field trip to the oldest working farm in the Mohawk Valley!
Our history programs meet the New York State learning standards for social studies education and appeal to multiple learning styles through hands-on participation, inquiry-discussion, and sensory stimulation.
We offer a variety of programs for you and your students to choose from. If you are interested in booking a program, contact us at 518-374-0263 or email our Educator. Please note that if you don’t see something of interest, we’re happy to develop a bespoke program for you and your students.
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School Programs at the Mabee Farm
Life on the Farm
Grade Levels: K – 8th
Students will experience first hand what life was like on the edge of the wilderness in the 1700s. A visit to the Mabee Farm is a lifelong memory for students that provides a structured and hands-on day of learning. This program is specifically tailored to meet the NYS curricula of 4th grade and 7th grade, but is open to students of all ages.
Life on the Farm Pre/Post Visit Packet
School Programs at the SCHS Museum & Library
Early Schenectady: Our Colonial Beginnings
Grade levels: 2nd – 12th
Students will explore Schenectady’s beginnings, learning about the importance of the fur trade to the community, comparing a colonial map and a modern map, encountering artists’ depictions of Schenectady’s early settlement, seeing an original 1670 land agreement between the Mohawks and Dutch settlers, and taking a walking tour of the Stockade neighborhood.
Moving the Mohawk: Transportation Through The Years
Grade Levels: K – 8th
Surrounded by the Mohawk River, the Erie Canal, railways, and the NY State Thruway, Mabee Farm’s placement at the gateway to the west is the perfect location to explore the impact of transportation on our nation’s history.
The Electric City: Industrialization and Immigration, 1880-1920
Grade levels: 7th – 12th
Students learn about the industries that drew over 75,000 people to Schenectady in the period between 1880 and 1920. Through primary source documents, photographs, art, and artifacts, students discover the ethnic groups that contributed to Schenectady’s growth and redefined the city’s culture, neighborhoods, businesses, and politics.