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The Time Travels program of the Upcountry History Museum is a regional outreach effort designed to inspire learning through pre-visit lesson plans, museum visit programs and educational resources.
 
The Education Connection
The education program is one of the most unique and exciting experiences the Museum has to offer, designed to connect students and teachers with the rich history of the Upcountry. Classroom lesson plans and engaging Museum visit programs are based on the South Carolina state social studies standards for students in grades 3, 4, 5 and 8. Participation in this program offers students an opportunity to step out of the classroom and step into the past. 
 
A Walk Through Time
The Upcountry History Museum will provide a broad display of regional history from the early 1700s to the present. Visitors will encounter life-size figures – among them a hog drover, a farm slave, a plantation wife, a mill owner and a mill worker – who will discuss their role in the region’s development. Interactive media will immerse the visitor in a manner far different from other area museums. Nearly full-size facades of vanished buildings house film, rear-projection video, sound, lights and hands-on experiences making a trip through the Upcountry History Museum a singular and uniquely rich experience.
 
 
Learning is a trip… 
 
Pre-visit Lesson Plans
Cross-curricular lesson plans have been developed to provide teachers with a unique opportunity to not only to meet the state standards, but also to prepare their students for an exciting and productive learning experience at the Museum.
 
Museum Visit Programs
Structured programs will be offered to students in grades 3, 4, 5 and 8 providing an up-close encounter with the past. Museum visit programs revolve around exhibit activities specifically tailored for each grade level.
 
The History Lab component will create hands-on experiences students won’t soon forget.
 
• Third Grade: An archeological dig searching for Native American artifacts from both the Cherokee and Catawba tribes.
• Fourth Grade:  Assembling care packages for Civil War soldiers for delivery to the front, and receiving those packages as a soldier would at the front, writing a letter home to describe the contents and their condition.
• Fifth Grade: Examining various real artifacts, including a gas mask and a haversack, of a Greenville soldier going overseas during World War One.
• Eighth Grade:  Carding and ginning cotton bolls and examining sharecropping in Upcountry South Carolina.
 
The Exhibit component encourages students to investigate history through sound and light shows and informational panels in an organized scavenger hunt while touring the Museum.
 
We have new classes for spring and are requesting pre-payment for each class due to high demand.  Parents are also asked to stay with their children during the program.  (These classes are not intended to be a drop-off program).  Cost for parents and children remains the same at $3.00 each but we have improved the system by adding class signup and payment online.  This will quarantee you a spot! 
 
February 20th - Session 1: 10 AM - 12 PM  :  Session 2: 1PM - 3PM 
Textile focus:  Students will get to card cotton and then spin it into thread.  We'll look at a model of the cotton gin and discuss the Textile Capital and sharecropping.
 
March 13th - Session 1: 10 AM - 12 PM  :  Session 2: 1PM - 3PM
World War I: Students will get to look at and try on real World War I artifacts, and we'll discuss the war and its impact on the Upcountry and the United States.
 
April 10th - Session 1: 10 AM - 12 PM   :  Session 2: 1PM - 3PM 
World War II: Students will view "Threads of Victory" and get to look at and try on some real World War II artifacts as we discuss the war and its impact on the Upcountry.
 
Space is limited to the first 40 students each time, so call or email with questions or difficulty with online payments. Pricing is $3 per student, parent, or chaperone.
 
 
Your Visit---FAQs
Educational tours are scheduled Tuesday through Friday in both morning and afternoon sessions.  Tours can last from 1 1/2  to 2 hours.  The Museum requests that groups provide one chaperone per ten students.
 
Guided tours are $3.00 per student.  The required number of chaperones and teachers are admitted free and other adults accompanying your group are admitted at our normal adult admission of $5.00.
 
Your visit can be rounded out with lunch on museum grounds (our basement facility in inclement weather) and visit to our Museum Shop.  Pre-assembeld student gift-bags-to-go costing betweeen $1.00 and $5.00 are available for preorder as well.  (Click here for order form.)
 
 
On The Horizons... 
History Kits - Plans are underway to develop comprehensive kits that spotlight a particular topic of Upcountry history. Components of kits might include copies of newspapers, letters, photographs, replicas of artifacts and other objects, along with lessons to accompany that kit. These kits will be available for teachers to check out to use in their classroom.
 
Teacher Benefits/Special Programs - Discounts on admission, memberships and to the museum store, and Teacher Appreciation Day at the Museum are being considered for teachers. Other programs, such as student contests, Local History Day and Teacher Professional Development opportunities are also being planned.
 
For more information or to schedule a Museum visit please contact Blair Hinson - School Programs Manager at blair@upcountryhistory.org or 864-467-3100 x107.
 
 
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