1.5 Hours

Grades: K-8
Program Length: 1.5 hours - SELF GUIDED
AVAILABILITY: Wednesday through Friday
Teacher led program. Teacher packet and onsite instructions provided at http://www.pinellascounty.org/Heritage/for_teachers.htm.
Program Fee: FREE
Pre-Registration required
Chaperones: One adult required per 15 students.
Program Features: POPS (Pieces of the Past)
'Enter-Action' History Fun provides hands-on learning stations that draw on the historic themes of agriculture, coastal living, community life and tourism. These active outdoor stations are accented by the natural environment and historic houses to welcome exploration & curiosity.
• Agriculture: Build a Florida cattle pen. Be a farmhand and help Florida homesteaders pen their free range cattle.
• Coastal Living: Climb aboard the hay bale boat. Gather your crew and create a small schooner. Set sail for an imaginative journey discovering the Gulf of Mexico.
• Community Life: Explore a special room at the Plant Sumner House. Discover who visited the house and what role they played in their community.
• Tourism: Load up some Florida sunshine and send some tourists down the line at the depot.
Teacher led program

4 Hours

Grades: K-8
Program Length: up to 4 hours – Teacher led program
Admission: Free
Hold school for a day in a 1940’s classroom with historic furnishings and chalkboard. A great setting to do authentic learning with math and writing activities.
Program features:
· Create your own historic 3R’s lesson plan. Heritage Village provides slates, McGuffy Readers, spellers and sample activities. Teacher packet has information to prepare you.
OR
· Bring your classroom lesson plan for the day to this historic setting.
Also allow time to:
· Stroll and visit a select group of houses and interactive exhibits.
· View exhibits in the museum galleries.
· Hike the Shirley McPherson Native Plant Trail

Teacher led program

2 Hours

School Self-Guided Tour through Heritage Village

What are self-guided visits?

Self-guided visits are museum visits teachers lead themselves, so Museum Interpreters (docent guides) are not provided. If possible, teachers are encouraged to visit the exhibition before bringing their classes on a field trip. Background information to successfully lead a self-guided visit is provided through resource materials available on our website.

To make sure your goup experience is a positive one, we require that self-guided visits be pre-scheduled. In this way we avoid overcrowding or having your visit conflict with other programs. These visits require at least one adult chaperone per 15 students.
Please call 727-582-2125 for reservations