The Palmetto Historical Park is proud to offer free, hands-on educational programming to thousands of local elementary school students each year. Fun activities bring history alive for students in a way that gets them to think critically about our past and imagine what it would be like to walk a day in a pioneer’s shoes.
Field trips generally start at 9:45am and are done by 1pm (with an option to picnic on Park grounds and/or play in Sutton Park playground after programming). Field trips are customized based on grade level, but will include some of the following activities:
- Planting (students will take home to watch their plant sprout)
- Lesson on slate in one-room schoolhouse
- Lassoing cattle
- Laundry on washboard
- Painting with vegetables
- Churning butter
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We start booking field trips at 8am on the first day Manatee County teachers go back to school. Leave a message with the following information at 941-721-4991 or 941-721-2034. We will get back to you to schedule your trip in the order messages are received:
- Email and phone contact info for whoever is organizing the trip
- School name
- Grade
- Email addresses for all teachers attending
- Number of classes attending
- Number of students per class
