Officer and wife strolling down officers' row.

Theme:

• Officer’s wives were generally from upper class families who brought some of their comforts and culture to isolated army posts of the 1840s.

Goals:

• To describe some of the hardships that an officer’s wife faced.
• To show students what housing was like at Fort Scott.
• To tell students how she was able to help retain her culture.
• To describe her daily life.

Objectives: After participating in this program, the students will be able to:

• List at least 2 hardships that an officer’s wife faced on the frontier.
• Name 2 things that represent comfort and culture of the upper class.
• List a few activities that made up her daily life.

Suggested Activities:

• Take the students on a tour of the officer's quarters.
• Let some of the students press flowers in a book.