Field Trip Ideas

1. hike in the woods or on the border of the playground; used to introduce the students to the science of nature
2. children's toy museum; used to introduce the critical thinking of why toys were made the way they were (due to history and what was going on at the time they were made)
3. Margaret Mitchell museum; used to introduce the civil war and taken farther by teaching of the racial stereotypes of the 30's
4. Callaway gardens; a science exploration of insects and botany
5. Cades Cove in The Great Smokey Mountains National Park; a step back in history to the way people used to live at the turn of the century
6. Roaring Forks Motor Trail; would be used similar to Cades Cove, except the houses are more authentic to common people not wealthy landowners
7. Publix Supermarkets; can be used to introduce Special Education students to how to buy their own groceries
8. Ruby Tuesdays; Students in a second language or ESL class can practice their new language when ordering food and conversing with the waiter
9. Tour of homes in Newnan at Christmas (hosted by the Historical society); can be used to introduce/reinforce students knowledge of life at the turn of the century in Coweta county
10. Tour of the old Newnan hospital; can be used to jump start a unit on the Civil War and Coweta county's role in Sherman's march to the sea