Christina Heet's first grade class at Hallsville Primary School learned first hand about "old school" school. At first glance the classroom looks like a normal classroom from the 21st century.

"My way of thinking is that kids learn better hands on and I was sitting there one night thinking what fun thing can we do and it just grew into this huge project that we've been studying for three weeks," said Heet.

Her class is studying colonial times, but it's not your average talk about the pilgrims and American Indians.

"These are pomander balls that they made for their homes because their houses stunk really really bad," explained student Allysa Smith.

"All the information they're telling you is what they've learned, it's not a memorized script," stated Heet.

The class divided into groups and shared what they've learned with a big audience.

"It's great that you can be interactive with the teacher and the kids and when they bring stuff how you're more aware of what they are learning," said parent Tara Wise.

Wise's daughter even dressed the part.

"When she got dressed she said she wanted to wear a dress like the colonial girls did," she said.

The mayflower, games, decorations, school, even food from the colonial period were all on display they even made hasty pudding, candles with crayons and ink with crushed cranberries.