Visiting Belmont Mansion
Before You Visit – For Teachers and Parents: Some frequently asked questions and their helpful answers.
Lesson Plans and Student Activities
Me in My Time Collage Activity: Make a collage that tells a visual story about yourself and the time you live in.
World Traveler Activity: Examine Adelicia’s passport application from 1865 and compare to one of today. Click here to download a picture of Adelicia’s passport:
Conservation Activity: Learn how Belmont Mansion used and conserved water and design a plan to help you become more environmentally efficient.
Descriptive Writing Activity: Read a description of Mother Frances Walsh’s visit to Belmont Mansion in the 1800s and write a few descriptive compositions about your bedroom and your favorite places to visit. Click here for Mother Frances Walsh’s description.
Design Your Summer Home Activity: Examine Belmont Mansion’s floor plan and design a mansion of your own. Click here to download a picture of Belmont Mansion’s floor plan.
Drawing Conclusions Activity: Make predictions about what Adelicia’s daughter Pauline was like based on a questionnaire she completed in 1873. A questionnaire is provided so you can do this with your friends, too! Click here to see Pauline’s handwritten answers.
Adelicia on Facebook Activity: Create a (pretend) Facebook page for Adelicia.
How Much is That Today Activity: Examine a list of items that belonged to Isaac Franklin, Adelicia’s first husband, and value the worth of those items today. Here are pages 1-5 of Isaac’s inventory.
Letter Writing in 1863 Activity: Read a letter written from Joseph Acklen, Adelicia’s second husband, to Adelicia, and write a letter of your own, pretending you’re living in 1863. Here are pages 1 and 2 of the original letter, and here is a typed translation.
Timeline of My Life Activity: Make and present a timeline of your life.