Education Programs

ducation is one of the primary goals of Arlington House and the National Park Service. Currently, the site offers several education programs. The Arlington House Junior Ranger Program is designed for individual visitors, ages 8-12. Participants can become certified Junior Rangers by visiting the park and completing five activities in the Junior Ranger workbook, which will soon be available here for download (in PDF format) and at the park. Those who successfully complete the program will receive an official Arlington House Junior Ranger badge and a certificate signed by an Arlington House park ranger!

Arlington House also has three Parks As Classrooms programs which bring elementary, middle and high school students from the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan area to the park. Program participants make site visits and complete pre-visit and post-visit activities in which they study related themes and topics in American history. Teachers should contact Parks as Classrooms coordinator Matt Penrod for more information on how to participate.

In conjunction with other National Park Service sites in the Washington, D.C. area, Arlington House will be sponsoring a Civil War Book Club, beginning in February 2003. The public is invited to join National Park Service interpreters and volunteers for monthly round table discussions of relevant books on Civil War history. Contact Book Club coordinator Joy Kinard for more information.