Schools & Groups

Schools and Groups

Ancestral Knowledge has several program opportunities to offer Public and Private schools, Home School Groups, and organizations like the Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts of America. We custom design presentations and field trips, mentoring programs and hands-on workshops at a reasonable cost.

The Ancestral Knowledge Mentoring Program engages students in many aspects of art, science, composition, physical education, problem solving and much more. We accomplish this through weekly meetings of after school programs and clubs; field trips to local parks and museums; and day/weekend hands-on workshops or camp-outs.

Rhubarb Jam Home School Woods Wise Summer camp 2007

Home School Mentoring Program NEW!!

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Our Presentations are a one of a kind combination of natural displays and primitive survival skills demonstrations. Our displays include handcrafted primitive tools such as; bows and arrows, natural baskets, utensils, cordage, fire making kits, stone tools, clothing and much more. Many details of the Hunter-Gatherer cultures are introduced and discussed. Our presentation is very student interactive as we pass around many primitive tools and natural materials for discussion and investigation, at the same time engaging them in a question and answer session about each item. Finally we stimulate the students’ ancestral knowledge by involving volunteers in a primitive skill, like a fire by friction demonstration in which we recreate the magic of primitive fire as if discovered for the first time thousands of years ago.

Hide tanning demonstration for Washington D.C.'s Capital Hill Day School. Their 3rd grade class was studying the Lewis and Clarke expedition

Our Adult programs are designed to take the average outdoor enthusiast to a whole new level of appreciation of nature. Whether your an avid hiker, camper, or an all out gear head we will show you the things in the outdoors that you wish you knew years ago, all the while teaching the skills it takes to survive in any situation you could find yourself in. Our program is designed to teach our participants how to provide shelter, water, fire, and food if they become stranded or separated from their gear. We will also put our students in touch with a way of life that was once familiar to us all. Some of the skills you will learn during these programs are; Fire by friction, survival shelters, animal tracking, trapping, aidless navigation, basic stone tool production, edible plants, primitive cooking techniques, and much more.

Our Weekend / Weeklong Skills Workshops are designed for those who want to participate in an intense study of a particular topic. We offer workshops for both adults and children on topics such as; bow and arrow production, primitive pottery, hide tanning, wild edible gourmet, stone tool production, and several wilderness and emergency survival courses. These courses are unique, informative, and hands-on.

left: Bow making class for the Bushy Hill Nature Center in Connecticut.

right: Watchung Mountain District Primitive Skills Camporee 2007

Please contact us if you would like more information or want us to customize a demonstration or program for you.

Phone/Fax (301) 277-1276

E-mail A.K.info@ancestralknowledge.org

Snail mail P.O. BOX 295 Mt. Rainier, Maryland 20712