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Explore Colonial Williamsburg’s Electronic Field Trip Series

Interactive classroom activities engage students in live, nationally televised history events. Students meet the people and visit the places that helped shape the American experiment. Electronic Field Trips tell the compelling stories of the ordinary people who created America. Web-based resources and teacher developed activities model successful classroom strategies for 4th-8th grade students.

Featured video, activities, and lesson plans are taken from the Electronic Field Trip “Emissaries of Peace” airing October 15, 2009.

Each Electronic Field Trip consists of live interactive and online materials for teacher and student use.

Live Broadcast and On-Demand Video Program:

3 dramatic video segments of approximately 8 minutes each available live by television broadcast, satellite or streaming video, or online on demand.

View a sample episode

Interactive opportunities for students:

Live broadcast call-in and email to Colonial Williamsburg historians and experts.

View video of a call-in segment

Interactive student web-based activities available year round for use in the classroom or at home

Explore a sample activity

Plus access all school year long to online voting, and message boards.

Resources for Teachers:

Online teacher materials including a topic specific background article, lesson plans, time line, glossary, primary sources literacy lesson, bibliography for teachers and students, web links, related National Standards, and searchable State Standard correlations for grades 4-8.

View a sample lesson plan

Teacher “How To Use” a guide to using Electronic Field Trips in the classroom and FAQ

Read our "How To Use" Guide
Consult our FAQ