Camp Events
Learn about England’s longest-reigning monarch or find out how storybooks introduce children to history:
​Portrayal of Queen Elizabeth II
June 22, 1 – 2 PM • Adults
Vernon Area Public Library
Chris Wallace: ​Countdown 1945
June 22, 6:30 PM • Adults
​FREE LIBRARY OF PHILADELPHIA
“Once upon a time…” Streaming Storytime
June 23, 10–10:30 AM • Ages 0–5
​Vernon Area Public Library
"The Vote" Screening and Discussion
June 23, 6–7:30 PM • Adults
​AMERICAN EXPERIENCE ON PBS
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry Truman, and the Manhattan Project
June 24, 11 AM–12 PM • Adults
NATIONAL WWII MUSEUM
Junior Historians Live: So You Wanna Work in a Museum?!
June 25, 2 PM • Ages 5–14
​Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library & Museum
Online Diversions
Be a witness to history or contribute to its record:
Offline Adventures
Reminisce, document your own history, or be a tourist in your own town.
  • ​Children may not realize that their parents, grandparents, and great-grandparents played the same games that they enjoy. Join your child in traditional games like hopscotch, marbles, tag, leapfrog, or a relay race.
  • Create a time capsule: Write a letter to your future self about your life now; add artefacts (like a picture of yourself, newspaper headline, an everyday item); place it all in a box and label it to open in 10 years.
  • Document your personal history for generations to come: Start a journal. 
  • Dress up as a historical figure or put together an outfit inspired by your favorite decade. 
  • Connect with local history with a self-guided tour of Vernon Cemetery in Lincolnshire Guide and Printable Handout
Suggested Reading
​Read for fun ~ read for good!
There are as many ways to learn about the past as there are stories: 
All reading counts! You do not have to read about history to contribute your minutes. Listening to audiobooks counts, too, of course.

​​CLAIM YOUR BADGE

At the end of the week, submit your activities and reading minutes. Complete one form for each participant. Deadline for raffle entry: Wednesday, July 1, at 12 PM CDT.

Print a Tracking sheet

Download a printable PDF to help keep track of the badges you've earned and the number of minutes you've read.
“People are trapped in history and history is trapped in them.” 
—James Baldwin