GRADES 6-8

Science of Exploration
Following the wake of great explorers, students will cross the world’s oceans on a giant floor map, retracing the routes followed by early European traders, Spanish conquistadors and others. Identify changes in navigational tools and techniques over time as students explore the relationship between science and history.
 Students will:

• gain geographic understanding of the world
• learn about European exploration of the “New World”
• engage in critical and creative thinking

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Archaeology: Dig History!
Students uncover the past during this two-part program. First, students will learn about the discovery of the Miami Circle at the museum. Then students will go to a dig site!

• Tour of the museum’s pre-historic gallery, First Arrivals
• Examine artifacts found at the site
• Engage in an actual excavation and discover artifacts, using fundamental archaeological methods and tools

$285 for a 2 hour program for 20 students.

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Miami’s Multicultural Neighborhoods Map*
Explore Miami’s diverse neighborhoods and learn how they have evolved with the continuous arrival of people from around the world, each with distinctive cultural traditions.

Students will:

• learn about the characteristics that make our community unique and dynamic
• experience multicultural music
• engage in dance, languages and cuisine

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South Florida Environmental Map*
Investigate South Florida’s environmental history and the flora and fauna of three important habitats: the ridge, the coast and the wetlands.

Students will:

• discover how and why the environment has changed over time
• discuss forces that threaten South Florida’s environment and propose preservation solutions

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South florida History Tour
Witness the human history of our great state on a tour of the museum’s permanent exhibition gallery, Tropical Dreams: A People’s History of South Florida. 

Group will:

• learn about Florida’s importance to the past, present and future development of the United States
• investigate our country’s growth and development from various points of view, including Native Americans and colonists
• engage in re-enactments

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African American History Tour
Experience the complex history of South Florida’s Black community on this guided tour of the museum’s Tropical Dreams: A People’s History of South Florida gallery. Creative and critical thinking skills along with observation are practiced through discussion and investigation of:

• the African slave trade
  
• the resistance to slavery
  
• examination of Black/Seminole relations
  
• study the impact of the Civil War and Jim Crow laws on American history
  
• look into pivotal moments in the struggle for equality in the 1950s and 1960s, particularly events unfolding in South Florida

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Women’s History Tour
Explore the diverse contributions of women to American history while on an interactive tour of the museum’s permanent exhibition gallery, Tropical Dreams: A People’s History of South Florida, while examining women’s experiences in Florida and the U.S.

Students will:

• gain an understanding of gender relations among the Seminoles
  
• learn about women’s lives on the frontier
  
• investigate the evolving status of women’s legal rights

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Curator’s Cabinet
Go behind the scenes at the Historical Museum and learn how museums operate, while touring the museum’s Research Center and engaging in historical document analysis. Your group will not only gain knowledge of South Florida history, but also understand what a museum curator does, how objects are preserved and how exhibitions are created.

Students will:

• enhance their critical thinking skills and learn about different sources historians use 
• tour the museum’s storage and preparation areas, as well as the exhibition galleries

Tours may focus on a type of primary source—photographs, maps, personal accounts or newspapers—or on a particular topic

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For more information, call the Education Department at 305.375.1492 or e-mail education@hmsf.org.