Students can learn about 19th century life at the Home School Days event in Arrow Rock on Wednesday, May 21.

Sponsored by the Friends of Arrow Rock and the Arrow Rock State Historic Site, the event will run from 9 a.m. to noon and is open to area home-school families.

Students and accompanying adults will learn about daily activities of the inhabitants of the Boonslick area, where Arrow Rock was founded in 1829.

The students will rotate through six stations, including some that provide hands-on experiences.

These stations will include Indian flint tools and flintknapping, a demonstration of loading and firing a flintlock rifle, a visit to the 1834 Huston Store, making marbles and candles, and tours of the 1875 John P. Sites Gun Shop and 1875 Victorian Sites home.

Check-in will be from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. at the site's visitor center followed by the rotation among stations from 10 a.m. to noon.

An Arrow Rock orientation video will be shown at 9:30 a.m. and again at noon.

A second summer home-school event will be offered Thursday, June 26, at the 1903 Lawless farmstead. Morning activities will include a tour of the 1903 restored farmhouse, information about the tools and techniques of farming before the era of tractors, a "chore course" that includes hauling water and wood, and doing the wash, as well as old-time games. The same times, registration procedures and fees apply for both programs.

Reservations for these events are required and may be made by calling the historic site at 660-837-3330 between 8:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. A fee of $4 per student ages kindergarten and older will be charged; one adult per family and preschool children will be admitted free. Other adults will be charged $4 each.

Arrow Rock is located 14 miles north of I-70 at Exit 98 on Highway 41. In 2006, the National Trust for Historic Preservation named Arrow Rock one of its Dozen Distinctive Destinations, and in 2008, First Lady Laura Bush named Arrow Rock a Preserve America community. Find more on the Web at www.arrowrock.org,www.friendsar.org and www.mostateparks.com.