"The Best Field Trip Ever!" kit available free from Gettysburg
Online planning guide available for teachers
(Gettysburg, Pennsylvania) - 2/18/2010
CONTACT:
Dru Anne Neil
Gettysburg Foundation
(717) 338-1243, ext. 2102
[email protected]
Barbara Sanders
Gettysburg National Military Park
(717) 334-1124, ext. 2151
[email protected]
Gettysburg National Military Park and the Gettysburg Foundation announce the release of a brand new, all-inclusive kit for field trip planning to Gettysburg. “The Best Field Trip Ever!” kit is a field trip planner for teachers, chaperones and students and will be launched on the websites www.nps.gov/gett and www.gettysburgfoundation.org today.
The field trip planning kit is a one-stop shop for a day long or multi-day educational experience at Gettysburg for students of all ages and from all types of educational institutions – public, private, charter or homeschool.
“’The Best Field Trip Ever!’ kit will make Gettysburg field trip planning easy for teachers, and maximize the learning process and the fun for students,” said park ranger Barbara Sanders, Gettysburg National Military Park’s Education Specialist.
“The Best Field Trip Ever!” kit is divided into three sections – one for the planning teacher, with all the activity options, phone numbers, and price lists; a second section for the other teachers and chaperones that includes activity ideas for the bus ride and maps with all park restroom locations; and a third section filled with activities and materials for the students themselves.
A special section includes themed “treasure hunts” for Gettysburg National Military Park’s Museum and Visitor Center, including activities in the museum galleries about the life of a soldier, caring for the wounded, the home front, and “My State in the Civil War”.
Teachers can coordinate their trip objectives by filling in or printing out pages from the downloadable files. Chaperones can add to and print out a checklist of trip day reminders. Students can preview maps of Gettysburg National Military Park and the Museum and Visitor Center in advance of the trip.
To begin using “The Best Field Trip Ever!” kit, go to www.nps.gov/gett and look under "For Teachers," or go to www.gettysburgfoundation.org
This publication was made possible through a generous gift to the Gettysburg Foundation by Bob and Marion Wilson of Rancho Santa Fe, Calif., who continue their commitment to education by supporting this and other projects at Gettysburg. This publication is a project of the Ford Motor Company Fund Education Center at Gettysburg National Military Park, made possible by the Ford Motor Company Fund.
The Gettysburg Foundation is a private, nonprofit educational organization working in partnership with the National Park Service to enhance preservation and understanding of the heritage and lasting significance of Gettysburg.
Gettysburg National Military Park is a unit of the National Park Service that preserves and protects the resources associated with the Battle of Gettysburg and the Soldiers' National Cemetery, and provides an understanding of the events that occurred there within the context of American History.
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