YOUTH EDUCATIONAL
MUSEUM TOURS
FREE
PUBLIC SCHOOL HISTORY EDUCATIONAL TOURS
8TH GRADERS
BUFFALO SOLDIERS MUSEUM
The Buffalo Soldiers Museum is offering “Free” American History educational tours covering Military History and Service from 1866 – 1944. This will include discussion on the founding documents
Declaration of Independence, U.S. Constitution, “We the People” Emancipation Proclamation. The museum has five rooms covering 75 years of history. The educational tour begin in 1866, when congress enacted that the freed slave, were authorized to join the military. The tours are based on the chronological dates, times and events which occurred in history during this time period. Students will have an opportunity to:
Engage in the museum collection of objects Explore these time periods in history 1866 - 1944 Explain terms re: cavalry, freedman, and valor. Elaborate on what they learned about this time period in history. Students will have an opportunity to discuss American history and how these men served their county. The digital generation of students will have an opportunity to discuss, what service to county means to them. The discussion will include American History and “We the People” and what these three words mean to them as individuals as written in the US Constitution.
Free tours
Free transportation
Public Schools Museum Tours - Transportation provided by Tacoma Creates
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We Can, We Will and Ready and Forward
Central Theme - Bravery, Honor, and Valor
American History
Analyzes the roles perceptions, attitudes, values and beliefs;
to which groups contribute and promote the common good in history
Buffalo Soldiers American History Summer Learning is an intensive, one-week educational collaboration between the 9th & 10th (Horse) Cavalry Buffalo Soldiers Museum and School’s Out Washington (SOWA) that explores the history and significance of America’s first National Park Rangers, the Buffalo Soldiers.
Over the course of five days, students will visit sites of historical and natural significance for our state, nation, military, native peoples, and communities of color. Sites that participants will visit are Buffalo Soldiers Museum in Tacoma, Buffalo Soldiers Bivouac Site in the City of DuPont, 25th Infantry Band Site at Fort Lawton at Discovery Park in Seattle, American Lake Maneuvers at Sequalitchew Creek at the Nisqually Delta, and National History Park at Fort Vancouver. Participants will engage in a variety of outdoor activities, hands-on environmental protection and other learning that includes preservation of fish, wildlife and water systems; Native American culture and heritage; horseback riding; hiking; archery; an exploration of survival skills – then and now; and music/skits/plays. |