We offer interactive programs for various grade levels, learning about the Colonial period, how to read the Cherokee alphabet, exploring the world around you, and living at home during World War II.

Extended Classroom Programs
Our extended classroom programs are correlated with the Georgia Performance Standards for each grade level. These multi-disciplinary programs offer students an interactive learning experience. A teacher's guide with pre-visit and post-visit activities
is sent prior to the program date. Storage Cabinet

The cost for these programs are:

$3.00 - Parents/Chaperones

Bartow, Cherokee, and Forsyth Counties Students
$4.00 (per student)

All Other Counties Students
$5.00 (per student)

Below are our extended classroom programs for the 2006-2007 school year. Programs are approximately 90 minutes in length.

Map Happenings - First Grade and up
Discover the importance of maps through hands-on activities that teach directions, map symbols, and other map skills.  Explore the area's history using you own museum map.

Pioneer Pathways - Second Grade and up
Travel back to the time of the early settlers and find out how life was very different for families by exploring the Pioneer exhibit.  Relive the days of the one-room schoolhouse as you learn your lessons with slates and quill pens.

Cherokee Life and Legends - Second Grade and up
Examine the lives of the Cherokee people through the Cherokee exhibit and by handling the artifacts of their time, playing a Cherokee games, and shooting the blowgun.

Civil War Soldier - Fourth and Fifth Grade
Relive the daily life of a Civil War soldier as we explore the contents of his haversack and learn what he thought about by analyzing his letters home.  Discuss some of the issues that led to the war while viewing the museum's Civil War exhibit on the conflict in Bartow County. replace laptop screen

Technology Chronology - Fourth Grade
From the iron furnaces of Etowah to the hydroelectric power of Allatoona Dam, Bartow County history has been connected to technology. Take a museum scavenger hunt to find out more about farm implements and carpets and who made them.  Work on an assembly line, see the light as electricity comes to Georgia farms, and learn why the trains rumble through Cartersville so often. GATEWAY MA7 REPLACEMENT LAPTOP LCD SCREEN

Homefront, Battlefront - Fifth Grade
The first half of the 20th century changed world history. Learn about the first global war of the century and the changes it wrought through newspaper articles and Bartow County's participation in the war effort.  Get your ration stamps ready as the Great Depression leads to World War Two. Explore the battlefront with an interview of a WWII veteran or local resident of that era, explore the homefront with Victory Gardens and rationing. 

Museum Tour - All Ages
Learn about life in Bartow County from 1800 to the 1950s through a guided tour of the History Center's Museum and an artifact identification activity. This program last one hour and is $3 per student. Maximum of 30 students.

Custom programs can be developed, just let us know what you need.

To schedule Extended Classroom Programs, call Darlene in Group Scheduling
at 770-607-3686.

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Traveling Trunk Program
We also offer an exciting, hands-on traveling trunk program, which is designed to augment a variety of classroom lessons. A staff member from the History Center will travel to your school with an old trunk filled with artifacts pertinent to a specific topic. The trunk is unpacked and students are allowed to handle some of the objects as the BHC instructor provides a lesson related to the subject.  Program length: 45 minutes

The cost for this program is:
Bartow County
$50.00 (per class - 25 students)

Outside Bartow County
$60.00 (per class - 25 students)
Additional travel fee may apply. 

Below are our Traveling Trunk programs for the 2006-2007 school year.

Old Fashioned Toys and Games Trunk - Pre-K and up
Students will make an old fashioned spin top and play old time games, such as Jacob's Ladder, marbles, and whirligig.

Farm Life Trunk - Pre-K and up
Compare the chores of children today with those of farm children a long time ago, learn the difference between farm animals and zoo animals, and churn butter.

Pioneer Pathways Trunk - K and up
Experience the daily life of pioneers at work and play with artifacts and activities, including butter churning and learning in a one-room schoolhouse.

Cherokee Life - Second Grade and up
Arrowheads and pottery shards give clues about the Cherokee way of life. Students try their luck at shooting the blowgun.

Civil War Trunk - Fourth Grade and up
A haversack holds the soldier’s most prized possessions and is his "home away from home."  Students get to sample hardtack.

World War II Trunk - Fourth Grade and up
From battlefront to home front, students learn about V-mail, Victory Gardens, and play rationing games.

To schedule Traveling Trunk Programs, call Darlene in Group Scheduling
at 770-607-3686.

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Lesson Plans
The following lesson plans and program resources are designed to be used in conjunction with the educational programs offered at The Bartow History Center.

Expressions of Liberty and Freedom (Printable Copy)

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