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Stevenson students get a grasp on life in the good ol' days By VALERIE WELLS - H&R Staff Writer This story published 10/25/2002 DECATUR, IL -- Nike Flesch got a chance to shave the old-fashioned way Thursday. He mixed the lather in a cup with a shaving brush and then used a straight-edge razor to rid himself of those pesky whiskers. Of course, it was all in fun, since Nike's only 6 and has no whiskers to speak of. It was part of Journey Back in Time, a traveling exhibit of life in the 1800s, which visited Stevenson School on Thursday, where Nike is a first-grader. "I got to roll the dough and pan for gold and wash the clothes," Nike said, describing some of the activities available. Classmate Ashley Morris, 6, was anxious to show off the "gold" -- actually fool's gold -- she retrieved from the panning for gold exhibit. "It was fun," she said. She was intrigued by the water pump, but she said the water that came out was "nasty looking." And both children said they liked the wooden toys -- a dancing monkey, a cup and ball game, a Jacob's Ladder -- as much as their high-tech video games. Their teacher, Nancy McAfee, heard about the traveling museum from teachers at other schools. She thought it would be a good way to give the children a real, hands-on experience of life in the "old days," as well as help fulfill one of the Illinois State Learning Standards, which requires an understanding of the people, events and culture of various times in history. "We were trying to think of ways that we could address the state standards for social sciences, and we thought this would be a powerful learning experience for the children," McAfee said. Journey Back in Time has eight traveling exhibits that appear all over the United States, said Gina Bonomini, who brought the show to Stevenson. The Hess family, who owns the business, began it in 1989, and many of the antique clothes and tools belonged to the family. Others were acquired from auctions, and some of the toys are made by a craftsman, based on authentic playthings of the period. Not many toys survived, since children played with them and broke them, she said. "I think (when students leave) they do know a little bit more of how people really lived than when they came in," she said. "These are the toys. No television." Valerie Wells can be reached at 217-421-7982.

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