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Open registration for History Hunters 2009-2010 is now closed. Please contact historyhunters@germantownhistory.org for more information.
Participating
is easy!
Please follow the steps below to involve your school in this
exciting program (Teachers only, please!).
NOTE: For more information on the History Hunters program fees
for non-Philadelphia School District schools please contact historyhunters@germantownhistory.org
- Please fill in the Contact Sheet form and email it to the
History Hunters Museum Educator historyhunters@germantownhistory.org
- Each class should have 4 site visits during the year, in the
following order: Stenton, Cliveden, Johnson House, and Wyck.
- After receiving confirmation from the Museum Educator about
your school’s participation, review the online History
Hunters Registration to schedule dates for visits. First come, first served, so please try to schedule your
visits as early as possible.
- 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.
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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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