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Registration for History Hunters 2011-2012 is now open.
Participating
is easy!
Please follow the steps below to involve your school in this exciting program. (Teachers only, please!) Please review all of the instructions before beginning registration!
NOTE: For more information on the History Hunters program fees
for non-Philadelphia School District schools please contact historyhunters@germantownhistory.org
- All teachers who would like to participate in the program must fill out a registration form for their class. The form will automatically be sent to the History Hunters Coordinator for approval. Click here to begin registration.
Please remember to provide your email address so you can be contacted when you have been approved.
- Classes registered for the full program should have 4 site visits during the year, in the following order: Stenton, Cliveden, Johnson House, and Wyck. Once your registration has been approved, you will be given log in information to be able to select dates for your class trips. This log in will be sent to the email address you provided during registration.
- Dates are scheduled on a first come, first served basis, so please try to schedule your visits as early as possible. We have a very limited number of spaces.
- The History Hunters staff will work with you to ensure that transportation is provided to the right place at the right time, by approved bus companies.
- If your registration was not approved, it is possible that the program is full. Please contact 215-327-0581 or historyhunters@germantownhistory.org for more information about possible alternative participation options.
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History Hunters
is an innovative program for students in 4th and 5th grade that
allows them to hunt for history in their own neighborhood. Through
generous grant funding from the Heritage Philadelphia Program,
a program of the Pew Charitable Trusts, participating schools
will experience four of Philadelphia’s most historic house
museums. At each site students will become “investigative
reporters,” trying to learn as much as they can about the
places and people, and then writing about their experiences.
The History Hunters curriculum:
- Is closely linked with the Philadelphia City School District’s
Social Studies Scope and Sequence
- Focuses on literacy with a strong writing element
- “Read To” component
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Over the course of the academic year, students will travel to
four historic sites in Historic Germantown, seeing buildings and
artifacts that are over two hundred years old. The schedule of
visits is paced to correspond with the appropriate curricular
units covered in the classroom. Through site visits, students
will be able to experience how people lived, and the challenges
that many faced during Colonial times and in the early years of
our nation’s history.
The HISTORY HUNTERS experience includes:
- 4 site visits during the school year, including exciting on-site
activities such as hands-on demonstrations, role-playing, and
crafts
- Each student receives a workbook with introductory readings
and pre- and post-visit activities, a “press pass”
and a reporter notepad
- Students serve as Youth Reporters, writing up their newspaper
reports after each site visit
- Written work from students is posted on the History Hunters
website
- Selected writings appear in a NEWSPAPERS IN EDUCATION supplement
in the Philadelphia Inquirer
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At Stenton,
students learn about early colonial Pennsylvania,
especially relations between European settlers and Native
Americans.
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At Cliveden,
students focus on the period of the American Revolution, particularly
the Battle of Germantown and the effects of war on the local
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At Johnson House, students
focus on the abolition movement, the Underground Railroad
and events leading up to and through the Civil War.
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At Wyck,
students explore Quaker family life in the early 1800’s
through exceptional artifacts collected over 9 generations
by a prominent Philadelphia family. |
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The History Hunters project pays for the following
costs for Philadelphia City School classes:
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