Fully Funded Field Study!
Bringing history to life
Thanks to a grant from the Lipscomb Family Foundation, Historic Columbia is offering a comprehensive Field Study opportunity to 4th graders in Title One schools in Calhoun, Fairfield, Kershaw, and Orangeburg counties!
Included in this fully funded opportunity:
Reconstruction Traveling Trunk: A Historic Columbia education specialist will visit your school and teach students about economics, politics, and life during the Reconstruction Era, how Reconstruction impacted Southern society, and how Reconstruction ended using interactive activities.
Field Trip to the Museum of the Reconstruction Era at the Woodrow Wilson Family Home: Admission to this historic house museum is included with this field trip, as well as transportation to and from downtown Columbia. Please note lunch is not provided.
Day 1: Traveling Trunk
A Historic Columbia education specialist will visit your school and teach up to four one-hour long sessions to a maximum of 30 students per session. If the number of sessions exceeds four, an additional day of sessions may be booked. Educators will receive a digital copy of a lesson plan to use in advance of the trunk, which includes the materials needed for the lesson.
Reconstruction
This trunk, designed for 4th grade students, uses interactive activities to teach students about economics, politics, and life during the Reconstruction Era, how Reconstruction impacted Southern society, and how Reconstruction ended.
SOCIAL STUDIES STANDARDS
4.5CE | 4.5.P | 4.5P | 4.5CC | 4.5CX | 4.5E fieldtrip
Day 2: Visit the Museum of the Reconstruction Era at the Woodrow Wilson Family Home in downtown Columbia.
Visit the nation's only museum dedicated to showcasing the post-Civil War Reconstruction period and is housed in South Carolina's only remaining presidential site civil rights in South Carolina. Historic Columbia can accommodate up to 48 students, plus one chaperone per ten students. If the number of students exceeds 48, multiple trips may be booked on different days.
Transportation costs are included, however, lunch is not provided.
The Museum of the Reconstruction Era
The Museum of the Reconstruction Era at the Woodrow Wilson Family Home is the nation's only museum dedicated to showcasing the post-Civil War Reconstruction period and is housed in South Carolina's only remaining presidential site. Through a multifaceted interpretation, The Museum of the Reconstruction Era interprets Columbia’s late 19th-century history in order to dispel the myths of Reconstruction that are so prevalent in society today.
- Sample Itinerary for 16-26 Students
Sample Itinerary for 17-32 Students Time
Group A
Group B
10:00 a.m.
Arrival
10:10 a.m.
Activity: Stereoscope
Museum Tour: 1st floor
10:35 a.m.
Museum Tour: 1st floor
Museum Tour: 2nd floor
11:00 a.m.
Lunch
11:25 a.m.
Break
11:40 a.m.
Museum Tour: 2nd floor
Activity: Stereoscope
12:05 p.m.
Activity: Cartoon
Historic Games on the Lawn
12:05 p.m.
Historic Games on the Lawn
Activity: Cartoon
12:50 p.m.
Departure
- Sample Itinerary for 27-42 Students
Sample Itinerary for 33-47 Students Time
Group A
Group B
Group C
10:00 a.m.
Arrival
10:10 a.m.
Activity: Stereoscope
Museum Tour: 1st floor
Activity: Cartoon
10:35 a.m.
Museum Tour: 1st floor
Museum Tour: 2nd floor
Historic Games on the Lawn
11:00 a.m.
Museum Tour: 2nd floor
Activity: Stereoscope
Lunch
11:25 a.m.
Break
11:40 a.m.
Lunch
Lunch
Activity: Stereoscope
12:05 p.m.
Activity: Cartoon
Historic Games on the Lawn
Museum Tour: 1st floor
12:30 p.m.
Historic Games on the Lawn
Activity: Cartoon
Museum Tour: 2nd floor
12:50 p.m.
Departure
- Sample Itinerary for 43-48 Students
Sample Itinerary for 48-60 Students Time
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
10:00 a.m.
Arrival at Mann-Simons Site
10:10 a.m.
Activity: Stereoscope
Museum Tour: 1st floor
Activity: Cartoon
Historic Games on the Lawn
10:35 a.m.
Museum Tour: 1st floor
Museum Tour: 2nd floor
Historic Games on the Lawn
Activity: Cartoon
11:00 a.m.
Museum Tour: 2nd floor
Activity: Stereoscope
Lunch
Lunch
11:25 a.m.
Break
11:40 a.m.
Lunch
Lunch
Activity: Stereoscope
Museum Tour: 1st floor
12:05 p.m.
Activity: Cartoon
Historic Games on the Lawn
Museum Tour: 1st floor
Museum Tour: 2nd floor
12:30 p.m.
Historic Games on the Lawn
Activity: Cartoon
Museum Tour: 2nd floor
Activity: Stereoscope
12:50 p.m.
Departure
Thank You
to the Lipscomb Family Foundation for funding this opportunity!