Explore This Park

• Learn About the Park
  • Education

For Teachers

• The "Great Task" Experiences

• Parks as Classrooms

• Professional Development

• Distance Learning

• Educational Outreach

 

The Great Task Experiences

The “Great Task” weekends are two-day intensive leadership experiences that go beyond curriculum-based field trips and ask your students or youth group to apply leadership lessons from the battle of Gettysburg to their own lives, schools, and community.

Parks as Classrooms

Gettysburg National Military Park Field Trip Planning, Ranger Field Programs for Spring - 2017, Winter Homeschool Days, "The Civil War Roadshow" classroom storytelling for kindergarten through 3rd grade, and more!

Professional Development

Special opportunities for teachers, administrators, and school board members includes; "Be Our Guest" and Special In-Service Retreats, Summer "Days With Documents," plus "The Gettysburg Schoolbus" blog for educators, and lots of suggested reading.

Distance Learning

Virtual field trip opportunities for Middle and High Schools and one for Elementary Schools too!

Educational Outreach

Traveling Trunks and NEW this year - Traveling Maps.