• Storytime in the Garden (VIRTUAL or ONSITE)
  • PRE-K-GRADE 1
  • Students are invited to explore Tudor Place’s magnificent 5 ½ acre garden. This kinesthetic program promotes sensory learning and development. Students enjoy an interactive story time, then observe a variety of plants, flowers and wildlife.
• Garden Detectives (VIRTUAL or ONSITE)
  • GRADES 2-5
  • Students become garden detectives as they explore 5 ½ acres of historic gardens in search of plants, animals and other wildlife. They will learn principles of scientific investigation to study how plants grow.
• Changing City: Tobacco, Transportation & Georgetown (VIRTUAL)
  • GRADES 3-5
  • Delve into the founding of Washington DC through the port of Georgetown and its undeniable ties to the tobacco industry. Using primary sources, uncover the links between the tobacco trade, money, city growth and enslavement in this urban setting. Learn about the people who lived and worked in Georgetown and depended on trade from the perspective of three historic sites: Tudor Place, Dumbarton House and Georgetown Heritage.
• Historical Detectives (VIRTUAL or ONSITE)
  • GRADES 3-8
  • Students become historical detectives during a hands-on primary source workshop and interactive house tours. By examining artifacts and archival material, students create an understanding of what life looked like for the people who lived and worked at Tudor Place during different eras of American history. Students will then create their own example of a primary source.
• Be the Curator: Primary Source Workshop (VIRTUAL)
  • GRADES 6-12
  • Pull back the curtain of museums to reveal the best practices of public history in this unique workshop. Students learn how Tudor Place curators, historians, archivists and educators use primary sources to make decisions. Then, students replicate this work in their own projects. Subjects can include setting the dining room table at Tudor Place and creating a museum exhibit.

Any questions? Contact us at 202-965-0400 or email education@tudorplace.org.