EDU-MA-CATIONAL FIELD TRIPS

This experience takes students to The Historic New Orleans Collection for The Trail They Blazed exhibit. Through interactive activities and guided gallery visits, students will engage deeply with the stories and artifacts that bring the local civil rights movement to life—and begin expressing their own reflections. The day continues with a custom-curated, civil rights–themed concert presented by Preservation Hall Foundation, blending history and music in an unforgettable way.

The second field trip in the New Orleans Civil Rights Living History series takes students to the Tate, Etienne, Prevost (TEP) Center—once McDonogh 19 Elementary in the Lower Ninth Ward. In 1960, three six-year-old girls—Leona Tate, Gail Etienne, and Tessie Prevost—bravely integrated the school, marking a pivotal moment in city history. Today, led by Leona Tate, the TEP Center is both a museum and community hub, preserving the legacy of school desegregation and inspiring new generations to conti

This field trip connects a defining historical moment with the creative voices of today. Students will visit the site where Homer Plessy took his courageous stand by boarding a ‘whites only’ train car—an act that sparked a landmark Supreme Court case. Next door at Studio BE, they’ll meet next-generation New Orleans artists who keep the movement’s message alive through music, poetry, and visual art, embodying the city’s hallmark of freedom of expression. Together, history & art inspire & transfor

Congo Square Preservation Society a living history of  dances and songs of the people who gathered in Congo Square in the 1700's. Students drum on authentic African drums and dance with the culture bearers of this tradition. 

Classes alternate with a guided tour of the Armstrong Park Sculpture Garden.  They're introduced to legends and traditions of New Orleans music and the dances that go along with it. After lunch adaptive Instrument making with Mardi Gras Indians completes the day.

The Kids in the Hall experience connects students with legends, All-stars, and a visual artist. In the morning a discussion with a Pres Hall Legend  promotes intergenerational learning. Our visual artist guest will share the live painting experience, a nod do the art gallery beginnings of the hall. Next, Pres Hall All-Stars perform and engage students with a dynamic musical conversation.

In the afternoon, students will paint their own portrait inspired by the Kids in the Hall experience.

 Each group of students will  rotate between three exhibits at the Museum. Each exhibit will have an ambassador that is knowledgeable in that specific exhibit.  Past ambassadors include James Micholapolous in his visual art exhibit, Zack Smith in his photography exhibit and Luther Gray in the drumsville exhibit.

Lunch takes place in beautiful Crescent Park followed by activities that related back to the museum 

Part 1: Students get an in-depth and hands-on experience learning about Bulbancha, the name for New Orleans prior to European colonization.  Students augment their classroom studies with a visit to the Historic New Orleans Collection to explore native artifacts that tell stories about the lifestyle of time. A current Native storyteller will share their  Nations' traditions including storytelling and palmetto leaf weaving.  

Meeting contemporary Native Americans helps rewrite the narrative about 

Part 2: A visit to The Cabildo Sate Museum  emphasizes the maps and paths taken by the earliest European explorers to visit the lower Mississippi Valley. It emphasizes the natural resources and established trading routes that made this an important asset for the colonizers.  In the afternoon, students will so some of their own map making as the explore the historical French Quarter.

This is a special day for students as they follow a custom made map and activity sheet that will take them to Audubon Park.  Students will learn and record history and important resources as well as working nearby University biology groups to perform water testing and other activities that learn about the natural resources. Exercising techniques and lessons learned in field trips a

Students will explore the Gentilly Resilience Project, Bayou Bienvenue, and meet people that are communities that live with water concerns daily.

Building Arts field trip introduce students to craftspeople in the arts of plaster, iron, and gardening. 

This field trip brings students up close and personal with the Port of New Orleans, Southern RailRoad, and the Streetcar Barn.  Each experience ties in to classroom studies on measurements, electricity, math as it relates to areas, volumes, etc. Plus a look at an important local industry that takes place mostly behind levee walls.