AP US History Extra Credit “Optional” Field Trips

In an effort to get students involved with the rich history in our local area, students can earn extra credit for participating in optional field trips each semester. Fall field trips must involve the fall curriculum and spring field trips must be to sites related to the spring curriculum. Students must have a receipt or photographic evidence in order to receive credit. Some of the field trips will have a small fee. Upon turning in the reflection, students will receive up to 20 points for each field trip they take. Just a reminder, that in combination with the movie analyses, students can earn a maximum of 40 points extra credit first semester and 40 points second semester.

In order to receive credit for the optional field trips, the following questions need to be answered. Responses must be typed and should be @ 1 page in length.

  1. What exhibits did you like best and why? (list two or more from different galleries/displays)
  2. What exhibits did you least enjoy and why?
  3. Name and describe three things you learned while at the museum.
  4. How did this field trip enhance your understanding of the time period being studied? (most important response)

Suggested Fall sites:

Southern Museum of Civil War and Locomotive HistoryChief Van House State Historic Site

MariettaMuseum of HistoryDahlonegaGoldMuseum

Pickett’s Mill BattlefieldJarrell Plantation

KennesawMountain BattlefieldNew Echota Cherokee State Historic Site

Chickamauga BattlefieldTraveler’s Rest Historic Site

Andersonville National Historic SiteBoothMuseum (Cartersville)

Atlanta History Center

Suggested Spring sites:

Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and MuseumJimmy Carter National Historic Site

AtlantaHistoryCenterMartin Luther King, Jr. Nat. Historic Site

World War II and Holocaust Exhibit at KennesawStateLittle Whitehouse Historic Site

Traveling out of town? In addition to the sites above, if you are traveling out of town and might visit a historical site/museum, please check with me for approval on optional field trip assignment. It must be related to the content we study in class.