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The Education Department provides in-house and outreach programs for all ages.
The School Programs provide experiential learning in a museum or classroom setting through the use of interactive, grade appropriate discovery worksheets, games and discussion. All school tours and outreach presentations have been designed around the Arizona Department of Education’s Curriculum Standards for Social Studies.
Special
thanks to:
Down load PDF of A Teachers Guide to the Phoenix Museum of History
New Guided Tours for 2008-9
Coming soon!
Joint Tours with the Rosson House Museum. Students will learn about Adaptation to the Desert over Time.
El Espejo In Your Class
Museum Docents or Staff present a literacy-based program exploring the history of Mexican Americans in Phoenix. Limited to 4th grade classrooms. Program lasts 60 minutes and is limited to 30 students at a time. You provide a classroom with a sink and chalkboard and we bring the rest!
Docents will travel only to sites within the city limits of Phoenix.
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“It was a great review following our Social Studies unit on Arizona History,” |
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4th Grade Teacher, Mac Arthur Elementary |
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“This was more fun than T.V.!" |
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3rd Grader, Westwood Elementary |
Class sizes are limited to 90 students. The cost for tours or outreach presentations is $3.00 per child and $3.00 per adult. Teachers are free. If the students want a souvenir of their trip to the museum, classes can purchase $1 memento bags, which contain an Arizona flag, Chinese finger puzzle, and a wooden top. Please indicate if you want to purchase memento bags when you book your tour or outreach presentation.
If these fees cause a financial burden for your class, please call regarding possible assistance.
Don't forget, Valley Metro does offer a Free All-Day Group Pass for field trips. Call 602-253-5000, option 5 for more information.
schooltours@pmoh.org
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