"But thanks to History San Jose's hands-on education programs, more than 12,000 students every year get to experience what it's like to live as an early California pioneer, to visit a bank branch that existed long before debit cards and tap-to-play and understand the painstaking work that went into taking a bushel of cherries from the tree into a can."
""I've been teaching 23 years, and this is a place that holds an important part in my heart because of the hands-on experience that each student gets," said Sally Vigneri, a fourth-grade teacher at Zanker Elementary School in Milpitas who was at History Park in San Jose in October with her students."
"History San Jose is perhaps best-known as the repository and caretakers of the city's long history. It's warehouse is filled with items that chart the evolution of San Jose from a small, agricultural hub to a city of nearly 1 million people that is home to some of Silicon Valley's most well-known tech companies."
History San Jose operates hands-on education programs that bring local history to life for more than 12,000 students annually. The organization preserves artifacts documenting San Jose's transformation from an agricultural hub to a tech metropolis and manages three historic sites: the Gonzales/Peralta Adobe, the Carmela and Thomas Fallon House, and History Park. History Park spans 14 acres and includes more than 30 historic structures or replicas from the 19th and early 20th centuries. School programs such as Adobe Days and Westward Ho! immerse students in Spanish, Mexican and pioneer-era experiences to teach agricultural practices, banking history and daily life.
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