Week 1: When John Adams Was President

• Karl C. Harrison Museum of George Washington in Columbiana, Alabama
• Adams Historical Park in Quincy, Massachusetts.
• George Washington's home: Mount Vernon in Virginia.

Week 2: Napoleon: The Man and His Career

• Morris-Jumel Mansion in New York, New York. Some furniture is reportedly from Napoleon.
• Take a ride on the Erie Canal

Week 3: Early Industrial Revolution

• Visit the Eli Whitney Museum in Hamden, Connecticut
• The Lowell National Historical Park, in Lowell, Massachusetts, is open all year long, and they have a wonderful program about the Industrial Revolution.
• Steamboat Museum in Kansas City, Missouri. Vivian recommends this opportunity to see a real steamboat that was recovered from a Kansas City cornfield! It sunk in 1856 in the Missouri River and when the river "rerouted" itself the boat ended up several feet underground in the middle of a farmer's field. In 1988 a family and some of their friends recovered the boat and its contents. Items are still being preserved and displayed even though there already rooms full of items! Very neat field trip!!
• Robert Fulton's Birthplace in Quarryville, Pennsylvania would be a great way to learn about the life of a great American.
• If you are in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, consider visiting Slater Mill. Their website has "pre-visit" information, discussion questions, and a glossary under "For Educators." Have fun!

Week 4: Jefferson and the Louisiana Purchase

• Visit Jefferson's home: Monticello in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Week 5: Jefferson and the Supreme Court

• Visit the Smithsonian in Washington DC.
• Supreme Court in Washington DC. If you can't go to DC, consider visiting your local or state court.

Week 6: Madison and the War of 1812

• Mary recommends the Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine in Maryland where a battle took place during the war of 1812, prior to Key writing the Star-Spangled Banner.

Week 7: Reshaping Europe and South America

• Louisiana State Museum, the site of the Louisiana Purchase Transfer in New Orleans, Louisiana.
• "The Arch" in St. Louis, Missouri has a wonderful (free) museum that features Lewis and Clark's entire journey. Recommended by Sarah K.

Week 8: South America in Transition

• Fort McHenry National Monument in Baltimore, Maryland.
• Star Spangled Banner Flag House in Baltimore, Maryland.
• Anne-Marie recommends going to James Madison's home, Montpelier. Although undergoing renovations until 2007, this field trip promises lots of information for you and your students. Found in Montpelier Station, Virginia.

Week 9: Monroe and the American Hemisphere

• Rainforest Adventures in Sevierville, Tennessee.

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Week 10: John Quincy Adams and Political Realignments

• Visit the Erie Canalway in Waterford, New York.

• Find an Audubon center near you.

Week 11: Jacksonian Democracy

• Visit The Hermitage in Nashville, Tennessee.

Week 12: Revolutions in Texas & Europe

• The Alamo (San Antonio, TX)
• The Old Sturbridge Village in Sturbridge, Massachusetts, will make a great family outing anytime during this unit. They are open all year long for experiencing an 1830's New England village. The characters dress in costume and they have many wonderful demonstrations on gardening, musket firing, tin, pottery, blacksmith, carding mill, broom making, etc. They offer at least 2 homeschool days each year, with discounted rates and special programs as well as a calendar of other homeschool days with rates based on number of students.

Week 13: Victorian England

• Cherokee Indian Reservation in Cherokee, North Carolina.
• Andrew Jackson's home near Nashville, Tennessee. "The Hermitage"

Week 14: Victorians at Home and Abroad

• Many little theaters across the country make presentations of Dicken's A Christmas Carol. Check your local attractions, or if you are in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, click here for ticket information.

Week 15: Manifest Destiny

• Frederick Douglass home in Washington, DC.
• Laura Ingalls Wilder's home in Rocky Ridge: Mansfield, Missouri.

Week 16: Sea to Shining Sea

Week 17: The Oregon Trail

• National Frontier Trail Museum (Independence, MO): The Oregon Trail
• James K. Polk Ancestral Home in Columbia, Tennessee.
• Enjoy a great field trip to Oregon and visit the End of the Oregon Trail Interpretive Center!
• Lots of links on gold, mining, prospecting, etc. Check out the great activities, too, like going panning for gold if you live in the California area!

Week 18: 1848: Gold Dust & Gunpowder

• Pan for gold in Jamestown, California.

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Week 19: Westerners in Asia

• Harriet Beecher Stowe home: Cincinnati, Ohioor in Brunswick, Maine.
• Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library in Springfield, Illinois. Jennifer J. highly recommends this as one of the best field trips ever! It's worth some traveling time!
• Newton History Museum (Newton, MA): The Underground Railroad

Week 20: Franklin Pierce & the Crimean War

• A stop in the Underground Railroad: Osawatomie, Kansas. Visit John Brown's home.
• Lincoln's Birthplace and National Historic site in Hodgenville, Kentucky.

Week 21: America Divides & Italy Unites

• the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center (Cincinnati, OH)
• Fort Sumter National Monument in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina.
• Cindy shares a display that is available in Charleston, South Carolina. Touring The Hunley is only available on Saturdays and Sundays. This was the first submarine to ever sink an enemy ship, and efforts are now being made to acquire, recover, and preserve this vessel.

Week 22: Lincoln and the Start of the Civil War

• Elizabeth Cady Stanton home in Seneca Falls, New York
• Clara Barton National Historic Site in Glen Echo, Maryland
• Civil War Adventure Camp near Petersburg, Virginia.

Week 23: Decisive Years of the Civil War

• Brattonsville Historical District in McConnells, South Carolina.

Week 24: Closing Years of the Civil War

• Cyrus McCormick farm in Steeles Tavern, Virginia

Week 25: Andrew Johnson vs. Radical Reconstruction

Week 26: Ulysses Grant & the Plains Indians Wars

Week 27: Technological Progress & the Unification of Germany

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Week 28: Introducing Africa and Reforming Empires

• Wildlife Safari in Winston, OR

Week 29: The Scramble for Empire

Week 30: Imperialism and Culture

• Tour Ellis Island
• Statue of Liberty tour

Week 31: Waves of Immigrants

• The American Village (Montevallo, AL)

Week 32: Captains of Industry

Week 33: Labor Issues and the New South

• See the Newport Mansions in Rhode Island

Week 34: Farmers, Populists, Gold Strikes and Gold Standards

Week 35: Powerful Men and Inspiring Women

Week 36: The Balkan Problem & American Imperialism

• Tuskegee Institute: The George Washington Carver Museum in Alabama

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