The NCBLA's Field Trip Guide
Provides Helpful Hints for Planning and
Making the Most of Your Visit
Provides Helpful Hints for Planning and
Making the Most of Your Visit
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| George Washington's Mount Vernon Estate |
When
planning your summer outings and travels this summer, you can help your
kids connect with American history by visiting a presidential site.
More than twenty states boast presidential birthplaces, historic homes,
libraries, and museums. The NCBLA's educational website OurWhiteHouse.org offers a comprehensive guide to finding these fabulous places, listed by state in "Field Trip Guide: Presidential Birthplaces, Houses, and Libraries."
Read, Think, Act!
Help young people dig deeper into America's past and think
critically about the future using the NCBLA's art and literature
anthology Our White House: Looking In, Looking Out. The illustrations, essays, short stories, presidential letters, personal reflections, and historical accounts in Our White House inform and entertain, offering a window on more than 200 years of American history. Our White House is available in both hardcover and paperback. The paperback edition features a NEW poem by Nikki Grimes about President Obama’s inauguration!
Complementing the book is the NCBLA's educational website OurWhiteHouse.org,
which hosts a vast array of exclusive articles, primary sources,
activities and discussion questions, and research resources. In
addition to the field trip guides, be sure to check out "The Eloquence of 'Silent Cal'" by Katherine Paterson, "I Pledge Allegiance: Classroom Kit on Becoming an American Citizen" by Helen Kampion, "Presidents Are People Too" by Heather Lang, "A Taste of the Past: White House Kitchens, Menus, and Recipes" by Mary Brigid Barrett, and "From White House Hostess to American Powerhouse: The Evolution of the First Lady's Title and Role" by Geri Zabela Eddins.
