School-Visit Information and Resources
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Below you will find everything you need to plan for your upcoming field trip. If you would like assistance planning your visit or aligning to your specific curricular needs, please email education@ManitowocCountyHistory.org.
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Before Your Visit
Review our orientation packet
Our Teacher Orientation Packet includes important information for you to review prior to your visit, such as rules, cancelation policies, and museum procedures.
Recruit chaperones!
Make copies of the chaperone materials (download chaperone sheet) and recruit adult chaperones. For Early Learning Groups, one chaperone is admitted free for every 5 students; For 1st through 12th Grade, one chaperone for every 10 students is admitted free. Additional chaperones are $6.00.
Send home permission slips and notes to parents.
Divide students into groups and assign an adult leader to each group.
Additional Resources
The expERIEnce: Manitowoc county historical society Museum Social Story
The Museum’s Social Story provides children with an understanding of what they will experience and how to plan for a visit to the Manitowoc County Historical Society.
Download a museum map
You can view a layout of the museum grounds by downloading a general museum map. Maps for your specific tour experience, with sites that you will visit highlighted, will also be printed and available for your groups when you arrive at the Manitowoc County Historical Society.
A sensory friendly map can also be downloaded here.
View a video walk-through of the musuem
You can watch a video walkthrough of the museum’s historic structures and learn about the history of the buildings you will see - along with other videos that help tell our story.
Visit our YouTube Channel
During Your Visit
Each student should wear a name tag
Please make sure each person in your group - students and teachers - are identified. It is helpful if name tags include the person’s name and the school.
Behavior guidelines
Please encourage chaperones to be actively involved in the supervision of students. We need their (and your) active participation to ensure students are acting in a respectful and safe manner and to enhance student learning. Please emphasize the following behavior guidelines to your students and chaperones:
· Students of all ages, grade K-12, must be accompanied by a teacher or chaperone at all times.
· Students should not run ahead or go exploring on their own.
· Please limit use of cell phones to emergency calls and taking photos.
Greetings!
Please have your bus pull up to the McAllister House Welcome Center. Your bus will be greeted by museum staff and further directions will be shared with you.
After Your Visit
Make classroom connections
Students have more meaningful field trips when they discuss their experiences before and after the visit.
What did your students engage with the most? Would they like to be living during that era?
Download a post-visit review sheet to send home so students and families can further engage about their visit.
Also, be sure to check out our collection of resources for you to use in your classroom with our Classroom Resources.
POST-VISIT survey
Tell us about your experience so we can make our education programs stronger! Please fill out our post-visit survey.
Reserve your next tour!
Tour dates fill up quickly. Make your reservation for your next adventure!