Category: field trip

• The Newark Museum: A Gem

  

  I grew up in a town less than five minutes from Newark, New Jersey. All my life I’ve known that Newark is the home of so many wonderful things: Branchbrook Park and it’s cherry blossoms, the Prudential Center, food that is to die for, and it was the city my immigrant Italian ancestors called home…

  CherylAnne Amendola

  August 27, 2019

  field trip, history, power of place, research, social studies

  class trip, field trip, history teacher, museum, newark museum

• Review: Museum of the American Revolution

  

  The Museum of the American Revolution obviously had many different types of clientele in mind when they designed their exhibits.  There is something for the Revolutionary War expert and novice, for the young and the young at heart.  I highly recommend spending your day in this very special place. Here’s why.

  CherylAnne Amendola

  February 28, 2019

  activities, american revolution, field trip, Uncategorized

  american revolution, field trip

• The Power of Place: Philadelphia

  

      On April 21 I had the privilege of taking 24 eager young historians to Philadelphia for an historical day trip.  I am a believer in the “power of place”– experiencing history in the classroom can be fun and interesting, but experiencing history where it happened is magical.  By being where our founders, invisible…

  CherylAnne Amendola

  May 1, 2018

  field trip, power of place, primary source