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Field Trips by Grade

Incorporate SC Social Studies standards with a guided field trip!

As the area’s largest and most comprehensive history museum, this Smithsonian Affiliate will provide your students with the unique opportunity to explore the Upcountry’s evolutionary story of discovery, revitalization, charm, and cultural distinctiveness, all while incorporating SC Social Studies standards. Find the best fit for your class by exploring this list of grade levels and the corresponding field trips currently offered by the Museum.

 

Kindergarten & 1st Grade

Our Community: Then & Now

Our Community: Then & Now

Investigate artifacts, photographs, and maps illustrating Greenville’s history as we explore how our community has changed with time.

Our Ripple Effect

Our Ripple Effect

Explore the history of the Reedy River and how a group of local environmentalists changed the river’s path for the better.

 

2nd Grade

The Meaning of Money

The Meaning of Money

Explore the changing role of currency throughout American history. Through playful games, students will explore trade and barter, savings and spending, rationing and more.

Also available as a Traveling Trunk.

 

4th Grade

Digging Our History

Digging Our History

Unearth the connection between archaeology and history with a mini “dig” to find artifacts left behind by Native Americans.

Our Stars & Stripes

The Revolutionary War In SC

Compare patriots and loyalists during the American Revolution as we learn about the founding of our nation. Learn the history of our flag, important battles and key figures from SC.

Our Road to Union

The Civil War

Compare patriots and loyalists during the American Revolution as we learn about the founding of our nation. Learn the history of our flag, important battles and key figures from SC.

Our Prayers, Protests & Progress

Greenville's Civil Rights Movement

Discuss the hardships Greenville student activists faced and overcame in their stand against inequality.

The Meaning of Money

The Meaning of Money

Explore the changing role of currency throughout American history. Through playful games, students will explore trade and barter, savings and spending, rationing and more.

 

5th Grade

Training Our Soldiers

WWII: War on the Homefront

Examine artifacts from World War II to learn more about life on the home front and its direct impact on Greenville, SC.

Our Prayers, Protests & Progress

Greenville's Civil Rights Movement

Discuss the hardships Greenville student activists faced and overcame in their stand against inequality.

The Meaning of Money

Meaning of Money

Explore the changing role of currency throughout American history. Through playful games, students will explore trade and barter, savings and spending, rationing and more.

 

Core UHM Programs and corresponding SC Social Studies standards