Guilford County
Field trip opportunities in Guilford County
- Blandwood Mansion
- Built in 1846, Blandwood gives visitors a look into the past and is a wonderful example of the Tuscan architecture which was so popular in the mid nineteenth century.
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- The Center for Education, Imagination and the Natural World at Timberlake Farm
- Connect with the natural world through the programs offered at this Center situated on 165 acres of beautiful woodlands and meadows.
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- Charlotte Hawkins Brown Museum
- Contains a wide variety of biographical materials about Dr. Brown and her work in black education. The historic site includes a visitor's center, Dr. Brown's home, three dormitories, cottages, the bell tower, and the dining hall.
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- Eureka Gold Panning
- Pan for gold and learn about the history of gold mining in North Carolina at this outdoor venue in Pleasant Garden, North Carolina.
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- Green Hill Center for North Carolina Art
- This art center presents exhibits and educational programs focusing on North Carolina artists and their art.
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- Greensboro Children's Museum
- Students will enjoy the hands-on learning activities that will teach them about their community, transportation, money, and more at the Greensboro Children's Museum.
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- Greensboro Historical Museum
- Discover the rich history of Greensboro and the North Carolina Piedmont at the Greensboro Historical Museum.
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- Guilford Courthouse National Military Park
- Describes the history of the Battle of Guilford Courthouse, which marked the beginning of the end of the Revolutionary struggle. This unillustrated text covers topics including the Southern campaign, the Siege of Charleston, the Battles of Camden, Kings Mountain, and Cowpens. Students will learn about the pivotal battle in the Revolutionary War at the Guilford Courthouse when they visit the Military Park.
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- Guilford Native American Art Gallery
- This art gallery focuses "sensitive critical attention on contemporary and traditional Indian art and culture." Visitors to the gallery will see the best in traditional and contemporary Native American art.
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- Haw River Festival Learning Celebration
- Don't miss this fun and informative festival celebrating the Haw River, its history, and the creatures that live there.
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- High Point Museum
- This museum highlights the history of High Point, area Native Americans, the Quaker settlers, the workers and factories of the furniture business, and much more.
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- International Civil Rights Center and Museum
- This new museum which is devoted to the history of the Civil Rights Movement is located in the E.W. Woolworth's store on Elm Street in Greensboro, the original site of the "Greensboro Four" protest.
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- Lake Higgins Environmental Education Center
- See a fish hatchery, take a guided nature walk, and see models of fish and animals found in the area, all at Lake Higgins and the Lake Higgins Environmental Education Center.
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- Maize Adventure
- Activities abound at Maize Adventure! A corn maze, gem dig, fossil dig, pumpkin patch along with educational programs tailored to grades K-7 will make for a fun-filled, learning experience.
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- McCulloch Gold Mill
- Take a trip to the McCulloch Gold Mill and learn the history and geology of the Triad area. Students will love panning for gold and gemstones!
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- Mendenhall Plantation
- A visit to the Mendenhall Plantation shows students that there were dissenters to slavery in antebellum North Carolina. Buildings on the property include the main house, an old school house, the Madison Lindsay House and Medical School, a spring house, and a barn. There is also a restored wagon that may have been used to help runaway slaves.
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- Millis Regional Health Education Center
- Visitors are sure to have fun while they learn about the human body and how to stay healthy at this health education facility.
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- Natural Science Center of Greensboro
- Features hands-on exhibits, a zoo, and a planetarium as well as a dinosaur exhibit and a Gem and Mineral Gallery.
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- North Carolina A&T University Farm
- Discover Agriculture provides an interactive experience for students to learn about agricultural science including farming with the environment in mind.
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- Piedmont Environmental Center
- The Center provides programs and a place for people to learn, conserve, and enjoy the natural world through hands-on experiences.
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- Tannenbaum Historic Park
- Students can explore the past through the historic buildings and artifacts found at Greensboro's Historic Tannenbaum Park.
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- Weatherspoon Art Museum
- Education programs at the museum allow students to explore the modern and contemporary paintings, sculpture, photographs and other works of art housed there.
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Learn more about Guilford County
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- Artillery fire
- As the British troops advance, Continental soldiers fire artillery in a reenactment of the Battle of Guilford Courthouse.
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- The battle begins
- In a reenactment of the Battle of Guilford Courthouse, Continental soldiers watch while British troops fire at American militia. The militia were ordered to fire twice, then break formation. Since militia were not professional soldiers, how well they obeyed...
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- The Battle of Guilford Courthouse
- Soldiers reenact the Battle of Guilford Courthouse.
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- A British victory
- The British take the field after the Continental retreat at a reenactment of the Battle of Guilford Courthouse.
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- Cannon smoke
- After the Continentals fire their cannon at a reenactment of the Battle of Guilford Courthouse, smoke obscures their view of the battlefield.
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- Casualties
- In a reenactment of the Battle of Guilford Courthouse, men begin to fall as the British and Continentals exchange musket fire.
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- Charlotte Hawkins Brown
- In North Carolina in the early 20th century, page 5.9
- Charlotte Hawkins Brown (1883–1961) founded the Palmer Memorial Institute, a school for African Americans, and devoted her life to the improvement of the African American community's social standing.
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- Continental officers on horseback
- At a reenactment of the Battle of Guilford Courthouse, officers of the Continental Army ride behind the lines to watch the action.
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- Continental soldiers
- Continental soldiers -- portrayed here at a reenactment of the Battle of Guilford Courthouse -- were of all ages and wore a variety of uniforms. They didn't look like a professional army by European standards, but by 1781, they had learned to fight like one....
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- Dazelle Foster Lowe at NC A&T
- An exhibit of Home Demonstration work assembled to be sent to the Negro Exposition in Chicago is captured in this black and white photograph from June 27, 1940 at North Carolina A and T College in Greensboro. Mrs. Dazelle Foster Lowe, District Home Agent,...
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- Desegregating hospitals
- In Postwar North Carolina, page 5.7
- Interiew with a black dentist who joined a 1963 lawsuit against the Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital in Greensboro for refusing to accept African American patients or to hire African American doctors. Includes historical background and commentary.
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- Commentary and sidebar notes by L. Maren Wood.
- Early childhood
- In Postwar North Carolina, page 9.1
- First part of an oral history interview with Rebecca Clark, an African American who was born in rural Orange County just before the Depression and witnessed the changes in civil rights over the years.
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- Commentary and sidebar notes by Kristin Post.
- First Year at New Garden Boarding School
- In North Carolina in the New Nation, page 5.11
- Memoir of a girl's experience at New Garden Boarding School (now Guilford College) in 1837. Includes historical commentary.
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- French firearms
- At a reenactment of the Battle of Guilford Courthouse, a Continental soldier displays a French musket. The Continental Army used firearms and artillery from a variety of sources, but French arms -- and armed forces -- were critical to the American victory.
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- The Greensboro killings
- In Postwar North Carolina, page 8.8
- An anti-Ku Klux Klan rally in Greensboro, North Carolina, in November 1979, resulted in the deaths of five people at the hands of self-proclaimed Klansmen and Nazis. The accused men were never convicted.
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- The Greensboro sit-ins
- In Postwar North Carolina, page 5.3
- In North Carolina History: A Sampler, page 4.9
- Contemporary newspaper coverage of the Greensboro sit-ins, February 1, 1960. Includes historical background and commentary.
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- Commentary and sidebar notes by L. Maren Wood.
- Helping the wounded
- A Continental soldier helps a wounded comrade from the field at a reenactment of the Battle of Guilford Courthouse.
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- Hurry up and wait
- Continental troops wait for the British to arrive in a reenactment of the Battle of Guilford Courthouse.
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- Looking over mattress comfort
- In this black and white photograph taken in Guilford County on August 13, 1941, Mrs. R. T. Winchester of the Home Agent Department and Mrs. Ida Sowe of Bethel Community look over a mattress and comforter. The items had been made that year for the cotton mattress...
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- Mrs. Apple does the laundry in a well-lighted basement
- In this black and white photograph, Mrs. Apple uses an old-fashioned hand-operated device to wash linens. She is pulling a towel from a coated metal tub through a roller. Two aluminum tubs wait on the other side. While both of these tubs appear to have washed...
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