CONGRATULATIONS, you and your students are preparing to embark on an exciting and innovative journey. Electronic Field Trips, like all good field trips, provide new and exciting learning environments, the opportunity for students to interact directly with experts, and an unforgettable learning experience.

For those of you preparing for your first electronic field trip, here's what to expect. Colonial Williamsburg's Electronic Field Trips consist of three parts, the Teacher's Packet, the Internet Site and the central part of the package, the Live Broadcast. On the day of the live broadcast, your students will view dramatic reenactments of early American history, or fascinating documentary material about eighteenth-century life. During the broadcast there will be opportunities for your students to call us and talk directly with Colonial Williamsburg character interpreters and historians. All it takes is a television and a telephone. Through dedicated websites for each program, we also provide the opportunity for your students to ask questions of the characters or experts, or form a discussion group with students in your school and other schools across the country.

You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to access several resources such as the teacher's guide, numbers to remember sheets, and program outlines. It is a simple download. You can load Adobe Acrobat Reader on your computer by clicking on the link below.

When you registered for your Colonial Williamsburg Electronic Field Trip, you received a box of materials in the mail. Follow these links on the left of this screen to learn more about those materials, this Internet site and the other resources available to you. You will find a wealth of suggestions on how you can create an exciting experience for you and your students.