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**Applicable to Indiana State Curriculum Guide for Social Studies Standards HARRISON HOME TOUR: ALL AGES Docents guide students through the elegant home of Indiana’s only U.S. President. The dining room displays Presidential china, and Harrison’s study is filled with personal belongings from his White House years. The majority of the house furnishings, which give an accurate view of the Victorian era, are original to the Harrison family. Featured this year are the new renovations to the home, including the original wallpaper designs in the parlors and library. The ballroom exhibit changes yearly. The 2009 exhibit "William Henry Harrison: Tippecanoe and History Too" highlights the private and public life of Benjamin'sgrandfather. The 2011 exhibit"Windows to the Past: Harrison's Indianapolis" follows the Harrisons to thier Delaware Street home and traces the progression of Indianapolis from a small state capital to a lagre metropolitian city. Class size limit: 120 students ** (1st grade) 1.1.1, 1.1.2, 1.1.4, 1.1.5, 1.2.1, 1.2.5, 1.2.6; (2nd grade) 2.1.2, 2.1.3, 2.2.2, 2.2.5, 2.2.6; (3rd grade) 3.1.4, 3.1.7, 3.2.2, 3.2.3, 3.2.4, 3.2.5, 3.2.6; (4th grade) 4.1.3, 4.1.9, 4.2.3, 4.2.4, 4.2.5, 4.2.6, 4.2.7; (5th grade) 5.1.11, 5.1.16, 5.2.4, 5.2.6, 5.2.8, 5.2.9. LIVE FROM DELAWARE STREET: ALL AGES President and Mrs. Harrison welcome visitors to their home. They discuss their lives both as Indianapolis residents and as White House residents, while their staff shares family secrets with guests. This special program is offered five times a year. Please call for specific dates.. Class size limit: 80 students ** (1st grade) 1.1.1, 1.1.2, 1.1.4, 1.1.5, 1.2.1, 1.2.5, 1.2.6; (2nd grade) 2.1.2, 2.1.3, 2.2.2, 2.2.5, 2.2.6; (3rd grade) 3.1.4, 3.1.7, 3.2.2, 3.2.3, 3.2.4, 3.2.5, 3.2.6; (4th grade) 4.1.3, 4.1.9, 4.2.3, 4.2.4, 4.2.5, 4.2.6, 4.2.7; (5th grade) 5.1.11, 5.1.16, 5.2.4, 5.2.6, 5.2.8, 5.2.9.
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