Incorporate SC Social Studies standards with a guided field trip!
As the area’s largest and most comprehensive history museum, this Smithsonian Affiliate will provide your students with the unique opportunity to explore the Upcountry’s evolutionary story of discovery, revitalization, charm, and cultural distinctiveness, all while incorporating SC Social Studies standards. Find the best fit for your class by exploring this list of grade levels and the corresponding field trips currently offered by the Museum.
Kindergarten & 1st Grade
Our Community: Then & Now
Our Community: Then & Now
Investigate artifacts, photographs, and maps illustrating Greenville’s history as we explore how our community has changed with time.
Our Ripple Effect
Our Ripple Effect
Explore the history of the Reedy River and how a group of local environmentalists changed the river’s path for the better.
2nd Grade
The Meaning of Money
The Meaning of Money
Explore the changing role of currency throughout American history. Through playful games, students will explore trade and barter, savings and spending, rationing and more.
Also available as a Traveling Trunk.
4th Grade
Digging Our History
Digging Our History
Unearth the connection between archaeology and history with a mini “dig” to find artifacts left behind by Native Americans.
Our Stars & Stripes
The Revolutionary War In SC
Compare patriots and loyalists during the American Revolution as we learn about the founding of our nation. Learn the history of our flag, important battles and key figures from SC.
Our Road to Union
The Civil War
Compare patriots and loyalists during the American Revolution as we learn about the founding of our nation. Learn the history of our flag, important battles and key figures from SC.
Our Prayers, Protests & Progress
Greenville's Civil Rights Movement
Discuss the hardships Greenville student activists faced and overcame in their stand against inequality.
The Meaning of Money
The Meaning of Money
Explore the changing role of currency throughout American history. Through playful games, students will explore trade and barter, savings and spending, rationing and more.
5th Grade
Training Our Soldiers
WWII: War on the Homefront
Examine artifacts from World War II to learn more about life on the home front and its direct impact on Greenville, SC.
Our Prayers, Protests & Progress
Greenville's Civil Rights Movement
Discuss the hardships Greenville student activists faced and overcame in their stand against inequality.
The Meaning of Money
Meaning of Money
Explore the changing role of currency throughout American history. Through playful games, students will explore trade and barter, savings and spending, rationing and more.
Core UHM Programs and corresponding SC Social Studies standards
