Field
Trip
Preparation
&
Activities
p.5
Off-Site Preparation
On-Site Activity
Before the field trip, students should have
a general understanding of primary and
secondary sources. The following defini-
tion of sources will be reviewed on-site:
• Primary Sources – "voices from the
past"; any original source material.
• Secondary Sources – use primary
sources to analyze and interpret
events, people, or places.
"Main Ideas" Worksheet, 45 min
A worksheet will be completed during a tour of the home, reinforcing the main idea of
each room, and to prepare students for the "thesis statement" post-activity.
Post Activity
"Thesis Statement" Activity, 1 hr,15 min
After the tour, students will have the opportunity to examine the primary and secondary
sources displayed in each room.
Students will:
• Use their "main ideas" worksheet and
displayed sources to devise a sample
thesis statement about Pleasant Home
• Choose a primary source that could
be used to support their argument
• Describe how their chosen primary
source supports their argument.
Summaries of sources will displayed,
and schools will be provided copies
of summaries for students' reference
off-site.
