Suggested Social Studies Grade Level Field Trips

Kindergarten / Grade One / Grade Two
Fire Station
Neighborhood Stores
Bank
Public Library
Farms
City Park
Pumpkin Farm
Heritage Theatre
Community-oriented programs at the Children’s Museum
also: Invite Community Guests / Police Station
Amtrak Trip to neighboring cities
Post Office
City Park
Public Library
Local Businesses
Voting Polls
Heritage Theatre
(if possible) cultural play at the Stevens Center
Lawrence Joel Coliseum
NC School of the Arts: “Peter & the Wolf”
also: Include Community Service Project / Art Museums (SECCA, art museum at WSSU)
Local History Museum
Local Businesses (with global connections: Indian, Japanese, Latino, Greek, SE Asian, etc.)
Historic Communities (Bethabara Park)
Voting Polls
Airport (Smith-Reynolds and/or PTI)
Police Station
Old Salem Children’s Museum Greensboro Museum of History
also: Include Community Service Project
Grade Three / Grade Four / Grade Five
Local Businesses
Historic Landmarks/Monuments
Local Newspaper
Voting Polls
Courthouse
NC National Guard Armory
Mayor’s Office
Board of Election
Food Bank
NC School of the Arts (Fictional/Cultural tales)
Goodwill Industries Administrative Building
also: Include Community Service Project / NC State Capital Buildings
NC Museum of History
Local Museums of History or Art
Governor’s Executive Mansion
Native American Museum –Raleigh
African American Museum -Raleigh
Historic Landmarks in Regions of NC (Lost Colony,
Tryon Palace, Alamance Battleground
Guilford Courthouse National Military Park)
Old Salem experience tours
Heritage Museum
Train trip to Raleigh
Reynolda House
Duke Homestead & Tobacco Museum
Cone Mills
Korner’s Folly house (Kernersville)
University of North Carolina
also: Include Community Service Project / Virtual Field Trips
Art Museum: NC Museum of Art; Mint Museum of Art (Charlotte); Mint Museum of Craft & Design (Charlotte)
Reynolda Museum of American Art
History Museum
International Civil Rights Museum (Greensboro)
Symphony
Old Town Indian Mound (Troy)
Include Community Service Project
(Battle of) King’s Mountain
WFU Museum of Anthropology
Visit global-based businesses (Dell, Wachovia, Sara Lee, Wake Forest University, Krispy Kreme, etc.)
Visit local Hispanic newspaper (Que Pasa)
Washington DC (maybe visit Canadian, Mexican, or Central American countries’ embassies)
Colonial Williamsburg
also: Include Community Service Project