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Home / Education / For Teachers / In Your Classroom / Virtual Field Trips
"Visit" the Museum of History through the newest cutting-edge technology—two-way videoconferencing. Virtual field trips are interactive programs that allow students to see and touch reproduction artifacts as they explore a historical topic with a museum expert. All virtual field trips adhere to the North Carolina Standard Course of Study. Pre- and post-program classroom activities are provided.
Virtual field trips can take place through video-over-IP or at North Carolina Information Highway (NCIH) video sites. Please see the NCIH video sites list for a site near you. If using video-over-IP, please call 919-807-7972 to arrange a test.
Each program runs an hour. To schedule a virtual field trip, call 919-807-7972 or email jerry.taylor@ncmail.net.
You can also see streaming versions of our virtual field trips.
Behind the Scenes at the Museum: Who Works Here?
What is it like to work in a museum? Who brings to life the "stuff" of history? Who takes care of the museum building, trains the volunteers, publishes the documents, creates the Web site, builds the exhibits, conducts research, and stores the artifacts? Watch museum professionals in action and learn about their jobs. Understand the vocabulary of a museum. Play "Museum Jeopardy" for prizes! Grades 3–5.
Offered Monday through Wednesday.
Don't You Know There's a War On?
This virtual field trip focuses on World War II from a North Carolina perspective. Thirteen senior citizens speak in interviews of their experiences in combat and on the home front. This program is directed to eleventh grade and community college history classes but will be of interest to all age groups.
Offered Monday through Wednesday.
History Mystery
How do historians unravel mysteries of the past? What do objects tell us about how people lived long ago? By participating in interactive discussions and hands-on activities, students learn why the investigative skills of observation, hypothesis, and analysis are important in understanding history. Choose from four History Mystery topics: Colonial Life, Health and Healing, Rural Home Life, and Tools and Gadgets. Grades 3–5.
Offered Monday through Wednesday.
Moccasins to Motorcars
Students will participate in interactive discussions and hands-on activities to discover how modes of transportation have changed over time and how those changes have affected North Carolinians. Grades 3–5.
Offered Monday through Wednesday.
American Indians in North Carolina
Explore the fascinating history and contemporary culture of North Carolina's American Indian communities. Students will learn and share information about the state's tribes through small group activities, video clips, and touch objects. Grades 3–5.
Offered Monday through Wednesday.
Gallery Class
Take a class in one of the museum's galleries! These interactive sessions explore different exhibits in the museum. Topics will vary. Grades 3–8.
Offered Monday only.
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