Curriculum
Savannah is hot—for
history
“Savannah loves student groups,”
says Melissa Hayes, group tour
and entertainment manager
with Visit Savannah. “We have a
wide range of opportunities for
students of all ages.”
Here is a look at some of the
experiences that await in Georgia’s
fifth-largest city:
Visiting a historical home History
is alive in many of the city’s
house museums and cultural
centers. Students can visit the
Owens-Thomas House, see writer
Flannery O’Connor’s childhood
home and tour the birthplace
of Girl Scouts founder Juliette
Gordon Low.
Taking a city tour The heritage of
Savannah, which is home to one
of the nation’s largest historical
districts, can be absorbed by
guided tour on foot or aboard a
trolley. Groups can stop at the
Massie Heritage Center, which
offers educational programs for all
grades on the lives of children in
the early 19th century.
Owens-Thomas House
Walking the park-like squares
The oldest city in Georgia,
Savannah was designed in a grid
pattern with 24 park-like squares.
Students can walk the squares and
learn about the architecture of the
historical buildings.
Seeing a stop on the
Underground Railroad The First
African Baptist Church sheltered
runaway slaves on their journey
to freedom before the Civil War.
It’s also home to the longest-
established black congregation in
North America.
Experience astronaut training
at Space Camp
Simplify booking with all-inclusive camp programs that include
on-site meals and lodging.
Space Camp is at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center, official visitor
center of NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, in Huntsville, Ala.
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Touring the National Museum
of the Mighty Eighth Air
Force Featuring more than
90,000-square-feet of exhibits,
interactive displays, historical
artifacts and an impressive
collection of aviation art, the
museum teaches students the
science of flight behind World
War II B-17s.
For more information, contact
Hayes at mhayes@visitsavannah.
com or go to visitsavannah.com.