Program description
We offer a variety of guided school tour themes to best fit your curriculum needs! All guided tours include:
- 5 rotating stops of exhibits or activities
- Courtroom mock trial (script varies by tour theme and grade level)
- Historic character cameo (puppet show available for grades K-1)
- Hands-on workshop (varies by tour theme)
- Tour guides
Select from the following tour themes:
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We offer a variety of guided school tour themes to best fit your curriculum needs! All guided tours include:
- 5 rotating stops of exhibits or activities
- Courtroom mock trial (script varies by tour theme and grade level)
- Historic character cameo (puppet show available for grades K-1)
- Hands-on workshop (varies by tour theme)
- Tour guides
Select from the following tour themes:
- Highlights of the Museum – Grades K-12 / Covers 12,000 years of Florida history / Butter-making hands-on workshop
- The Pioneer Hustle – Grades 1-12 / Content focus: Pioneers, life and leisure on the Florida frontier / STEM building challenge / Butter and candle making hands-on workshop
- The Indigenous Shell People – Grades 2-12 / Content focus: Native American culture and lifeways / STEM building challenge / Clay pot making hands-on workshop
- Raiders of the Lost Artifact – Grades 4-12 / Content focus: Archaeology and primary sources / Visit to the museum’s archive to see real artifacts and meet a curator / Archaeology dig hands-on workshop
- Breaking Barriers – Grades 2-12 / Content focus: Innovations and achievements of African Americans in Florida / STEM activities / Highwaymen based painting hands-on workshop
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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 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.
Location(s):
The Orange County Regional History Center
65 East Central Blvd
Orlando, FL 32801
Fees / Ticketing:
$7.00 per student, $5.00 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
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
