Field Trips and Educational Programs

• SS1E1 Identify goods that people make and services that people provide for each other.

• SS1E2 Explain that scarcity is when unlimited wants are greater than limited resources.

• SS1E3 Describe how people are both producers and consumers.

• SS1E4 Explain that people earn income by working and that they must make choices about how much to save and spend.

• SS2E1 Explain that because of scarcity, people must make choices that result in opportunity costs.

• SS2E2 Identify some ways in which goods and services are allocated (such as: price, majority rule, contests, force, sharing, lottery, authority, first-come-first-served, and personal characteristics).

• SS3H3.c Describe colonial life in America from the perspectives of various people: large landowners, farmers, artisans, women, children, indentured servants, slaves, and American Indians.

• SS3E3.c Explain that some goods are made locally, some elsewhere in the country, and some in other countries.

• SS4E1.b Explain how price incentives affect people's behavior and choices: decisions about what crops (e.g., cotton, and tobacco) to grow and products (e.g., textiles) to produce.

• SS8H4.a Explain reasons for the establishment of the University of Georgia, and for the westward movement of Georgia's capitals.

• SS4E1.c Describe how specialization improves standards of living (e.g., differences in the economies in the North and South).

• SS8H4.c Explain how technological developments, including the cotton gin and railroads, had an impact on Georgia's growth.

1. Toys & Games - Learn about and play with the common toys and games that entertained children of the early 1800s including ball-and-cup, whirligigs, marbles, corn husk dolls, graces, hoop and trundle, jump rope, and others.

2. Music - Try out popular musical instruments and listen to music demonstrations including fiddle, harmonica, the bones, spoons, fife, and penny whistle.

3. Foodways - Touch and smell common herbs and spices, help to churn butter, learn about food preservation methods, grind coffee and smell varieties of tea, grind corn, and more!

4. Textiles & Clothing - Touch common fabrics of the period, view an antique spinning wheel and learn how yarn is made, help weave yarn on a loom, and view historically accurate reproduction clothing.

5. Writing - Hold a quill pen and view the supplies needed for writing like ink, an inkwell, and paper. View examples of letters written in the early 1800s. Try writing with chalk on a slate.

6. Education - Learn how children were educated before public schools were formed. View reproduction schoolbooks and school supplies.

7. Laundry - Watch and assist in a laundry demonstration to learn how soap was made and the various techniques used by professional washerwomen of the early 1800s.

Regular Pricing: $10 per student with a minimum charge of $120 per group.

Free Field Trip Eligibility
Thanks to grants and donations, free field trips are available for:

• All Clarke County School District schools

• Nonprofit youth programs run by community partners

• After-school and summer programs serving low-income or underserved students

• Homeschool groups meeting income-based guidelines

• Scout troops with a majority of members from underserved communities

Free field trips are offered on a first-come, first-served basis and depend on available staffing.

All educators receive a guide for activities and resources to utilize before and after your field trip.