Orange County Regional History Center, The

Located in the heart of downtown Orlando, the History Center offers four floors of dynamic permanent exhibits exploring 12,000 years of Central Florida history. The smart, surprising fun continues with limited-run and nationally-run traveling exhibitions scheduled throughout the year.

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Onsite Field Trips (various themes K-12)

Program Description

We offer a variety of field trip themes to best fit your curriculum needs! All field trips include:

5 rotating stops of exhibits or activities
Hands-on workshop based on selected tour theme
Courtroom mock trial experience
STEM challenge activities, hands-on replicas and primary sources*
Standard-based lesson plans emailed to teacher

*Activities and exhibits are subject to change

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Booking / scheduling contact

Education Department

407-836-8545

Shannon.Elliston@ocfl.net

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Program Detail

Program type: Field Trip

Artistic Discipline: Multi-discipline, Storytelling, Theatre, Visual Arts

Cultural Origin: Multicultural

Subject: Fine Arts: Visual Art, History, Science, Social Studies

Population Served Kindergarten, Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9, Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12

Bilingual: No

Available dates:

Monday-Friday

August 15, 2022 – May 19, 2023

Available times:

Field trips are offered from 10:30am-12:30pm

Lunch space available in Heritage Square Park from 12:30pm-1:00pm

To request a special tour time, please contact the Education Department.

Max number of students: 150

Length of :Program 2 hours

Location(s):

The Orange County Regional History Center
65 East Central Blvd
Orlando, FL 32801

Fees / Ticketing:

$8.00 per student, $8.00 per chaperone, 1 free chaperone per 10 students, teachers are always free.

Orange County Public Schools are eligible to receive funding through the United Arts of Central Florida. For more information regarding grant funding, contact Shannon Elliston at 407-836-8545 or Shannon.Elliston@ocfl.net

Supporting Materials

3-5th_Grade_Field_Trip_Lesson_Plan.pdf

1st-2nd-Lesson-Plan-1.pdf

6th-12th-Lesson-Plan-1.pdf

Kindergarten-Lesson-Plan-1.pdf

Qualifications

Performs criminal background checks on staff with youth contact: Yes

Maintains general liability insurance: Yes

Provides study guides for teachers and or students: Yes

Provide Lesson Plans: Yes

Connects to State and or Common Core Curriculum Standards: Yes

Instructors receive annual professional development training: Yes

Provides scholarship and reduced fees: Yes

Conducts ongoing assessments of program quality: Yes

Standards are customized for every classroom visit: Yes