The Arlington Historical Society helps teachers, parents, and students of every age learn about Arlington’s local history. This is part of AHS’s mission to strengthen our community by better understanding our past.
LEARNING ACTIVITIES:
This page has educational activities for younger students, teens and adults.
VIDEOS:
AHS uses our Arlington Historical Society You Tube channel for local history videos. You can see all recordings of our monthly lectures as well as some key local history topics, oral histories, and interviews recorded by others. Subscribe (free!) to the AHS channel to get updates.
TEACHING HISTORY:
This page is organized by historical era or topic. Each topic has activities, videos, images, and lessons so that learners can find subjects that interest them and discover new ways to learn .
MUSEUM TOURS:
AHS has two museums, you can get started by visiting our webpages on both of them:
- The Arlington Historical Museum is in the county’s oldest schoolhouse, the Hume School.
- The Ball-Sellers House is the oldest building in the county.
SPEAKERS BUREAU:
AHS is fortunate to be able to tap a group of local historians to speak on a variety of local history topics to your students or your organization. We have some topics already available and more under development. Just ask!