Field Trips
On this page, we hope to post field trip ideas from YOUR state that dovetail with Tapestry subjects as organized in our week-plans. Please submit your ideas to links , and please try to include the following information:
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Your email address (for our sake, in case we have questions, but you can tell us if you're willing to have your email linked as a contact person for more info about your recommendation).
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The name of the attraction.
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ANY online links to explain, give information, about the attraction.
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A short paragraph explaining why the attraction would serve homeschoolers.
THANKS for your help! We will post states as their submissions come in, and under the weeks as listed below:
**IMAX often has great films that are a great addition to your academic studies. Find out what is playing, and where, to schedule this activity for your family.
Week 1: Dawn of the Twentieth Century
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Southern Museum of Flight in Birmingham, Alabama
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Henry Ford museum in Dearborn, Michigan
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Wright Brothers memorial in Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina
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Sagamore Hill, the Home of Theodore Roosevelt in Oyster Bay, New York
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Teddy Roosevelt National Historic Site in New York, New York
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The Morgan Library and Museum- The collections of JP Morgan, New York, New York
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George Eastman House in Rochester, New York
Week 2: The Progressive Era
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William Howard Taft National Historic Site in Cincinnati, Ohio
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National Parks- find one in your state
Week 3: Wilson's Reforms & Europe's War
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Dr. Pepper museum in Waco, Texas
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Virtual field trip of the Titanic!
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Titanic exhibits in Detroit, Michigan; Indianapolis, Indiana; Los Angeles, California; Tampa, Florida; Raleigh, North Carolina, Birmingham, Alabama. Check dates at this website.
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Woodrow Wilson house in Washington, DC
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Raggedy Ann and Andy museum in Arcola, Illinois
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Submarine museum in Groton, Connecticut
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Robert Frost Stone House Museum in South Shaftsbury, Vermont
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The Frost Place in Franconia, New Hampshire
Week 4: Deadlock and Death
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Alvin C. York Birthplace in Pall Mall--(Jamestown), Tennessee. If you can't go, take a look at some of these pictures.
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It might be difficult for most of us to go to Europe to see WWI battlefields, but you can create your own virtual field trip by clicking here.
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Smithsonian Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC
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National Air and Space Museum near the Dulles airport, in Chantilly, Virginia
Week 5: America Mobilizes & Russia Revolts
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Hillwood Museum- One of the premier art collector's museums in the US. The museum features the most comprehensive collection of Russian imperial art outside of Russia.-Washington, DC
Week 6: Winning the War & Losing the Peace
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If you didn't make the trip while studying Year 3, consider it now: Laura Ingalls Wilder's home in Rocky Ridge: Mansfield, Missouri
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Warren Harding home in Marion, Ohio
Week 7: Postwar America
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F. Scott Fitzgerald Museum in Montgomery, Alabama
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Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge, Massachusetts or Rutland, Vermont
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Calvin Coolidge home in Plymouth Notch, Vermont
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Scopes Trial museum in Dayton, Tennessee. Scroll down to find information about this museum.
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Virtual field trip on the Women's suffrage movement
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American Museum of Jazz in Kansas City, Missouri
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There are several radio museums around the country: Bellingham, Washington; Huntington, West Virginia;
Week 8: America's Roaring 20's & Russia's Stalin
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Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC
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Herbert Hoover National Historic Site in West Branch, Iowa
Week 9: American Ballyhoo & Hitler's Early Career
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Check out your local museums for displays about the Great Depression.
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Amelia Earhart Birthplace and Museum in Atchison, Kansas
Want to suggest a resource or link? Email us at links@tapestryofgrace.com.
Because these links are to websites not hosted by Lampstand Press, we have no control over them. If you find that one of the links on this page is broken (or no longer points to something relevant), email us at links@tapestryofgrace.com.
Week 10: Bull Market and Black Market
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Franklin D. Roosevelt home in Hyde Park, New York
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Roosevelt Presidential library and museum in Hyde Park, New York
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FDR Memorial in Washington, DC
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FDR's Little White House in Warm Springs, Georgia
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Alcatraz in the San Francisco bay area of California
Week 11: Crash! The Great Depression in America
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Von Trapp Family Museum and Lodge in Stowe, Vermont
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Go to a concert by the current Von Trapp children. Click here to find locations and dates.
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Visit the courtroom of "To Kill a Mockingbird" (Gregory Peck film) Recreated for the film in great detail!!! This link submitted by Erin.
Week 12: FDR and the New Deal
Week 13: Aggression and Appeasement
Week 14: Blitzkrieg!
Week 15: World-Wide War
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Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, DC
Week 16: Unconditional Surrender
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Virtual field trip of WWII
Week 17: Hot War to Cold War
Week 18: A Jewish Homeland
Want to suggest a resource or link? Email us at links@tapestryofgrace.com.
Because these links are to websites not hosted by Lampstand Press, we have no control over them. If you find that one of the links on this page is broken (or no longer points to something relevant), email us at links@tapestryofgrace.com.
Week 19: India's Independence
Week 20: China's Revolution
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If there is a "China Town" in your city, you could visit there.
Week 21: Truman: Korea & the Red Scare
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Korean War National Museum - Springfield, IL-
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Harry S. Truman Library and Museum- Independence, MO
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Korean War Children's Memorial- Bellingham, WA
Week 22: Eisenhower's Oasis
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A Civil Rights "List of Sites" for each state.
Week 23: Conformity and Change
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Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum- Washington, DC
Week 24: Kennedy's New Frontiers
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JFK Presidential Library and Museum- Boston, MA
Week 25: Camelot and Crisis
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US Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama
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Pima Air & Space Museum in Tucson, Arizona
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Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum in New York, New York
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Strategic Aerospace Museum in Ashland, Nebraska
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Virginia Air & Space Center in Hampton, Virginia
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Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC
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Martin Luther King, JR National Historic Site- Atlanta, GA
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National Civil Rights Museum- Memphis, TN
Week 26: Johnson's Great Society
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Harry S. Truman Library and Museum- Independence, MO
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Martin Luther King, JR National Historic Site- Atlanta, GA
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National Civil Rights Museum- Memphis, TN
Week 27: A Nation in Distress
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Martin Luther King, JR National Historic Site- Atlanta, GA
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National Civil Rights Museum- Memphis, TN
Want to suggest a resource or link? Email us at links@tapestryofgrace.com.
Because these links are to websites not hosted by Lampstand Press, we have no control over them. If you find that one of the links on this page is broken (or no longer points to something relevant), email us at links@tapestryofgrace.com.
Week 28: Nixon: Détente and Watergate
Week 29: Ford's Integrity
Week 30: Carter's Malaise
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Jimmy Carter Library and Museum in Atlanta, Georgia
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Jimmy Carter National Historic site in Plains, Georgia
Week 31: Reagan's Revolution
Week 32: G.H.W. Bush's New World Order
Week 33: Clinton's Lost Opportunity
Week 34: George W. Bush: War on Terror
Week 35: Obama: Hope and Change?
Week 36: Reflections and Revelation
Want to suggest a resource or link? Email us at links@tapestryofgrace.com.
Because these links are to websites not hosted by Lampstand Press, we have no control over them. If you find that one of the links on this page is broken (or no longer points to something relevant), email us at links@tapestryofgrace.com.
