Virtual Field Trips

Awesome opportunity! 2013–2014. THE ELECTRONIC FIELD TRIP SERIES is an Emmy Award-Winning Programming. You can check out the website at this address 

http://www.history.org/history/teaching/eft/eft_upcoming.cfm. All field trips begin at 1 on the following Thursdays at the Roy Downs Calera Public Library.

Ø  October 10, 2013 The Bill of Rights - The Bill of Rights protects individual freedoms, but what if the government had too much power and there was no such thing as the Bill of Rights? Explore an alternate reality in which individual rights are limited and life is very different.
Ø  November 7, 2013 The Balance of Power P R E M I E R E - Presidents, members of Congress, and Supreme Court justices from the past two centuries compete in a baseball game unlike any you’ve ever seen. Discover how the rules laid out in the U.S. Constitution preserve the balance of power between the three branches of the U.S. government: the executive, legislative, and judicial.
Ø  December 12, 2013 Women of the Revolution - Bravery. Loyalty. Sacrifice. Women of the Revolution possessed all of these qualities. Explore the excitement, peril, and individual stories of Deborah Sampson, Mary Perth, Martha Washington, and other women, on both sides of the conflict, who proved their mettle in America’s war for independence.
Ø  January 16, 2014 The Amazing Trade Shop Math Race P R E M I E R E - Colonial Williamsburg’s tradespeople help two teams of students in a race against the clock to help the Continental Army! Quirky “Professor Eddie” is back again, highlighting how students use their math skills to make shirts, bread, cartridge boxes, and more.
Ø  February 13, 2014 Harsh World, This World - What was slavery really like for enslaved people and their masters? Traditional proverbs guide students through personal stories, based on primary sources, showing kindness, betrayal, trust, cruelty, and the many emotions that govern complex human relationships.
Ø  March 13, 2014 Civil War Ironclads P R E M I E R E - In the Civil War, both the Union and the Confederacy raced to build armored, steam-powered warships that were the ancestors of today’s navies. Meet the people behind and aboard the “ironclads”—and relive the famous 1862 battle between the Monitor and the Merrimack.
Ø  April 10, 2014 The War of 1812 - A generation after the Revolution, Americans were once again plunged into war with Great Britain. Why? Join Henry Clay, Tecumseh, Andrew Jackson, James Madison, and others as they struggle to determine what course the United States will take.