High School
Self-Guided Tours
Create your own field trip adventure! Self-guided tours give you and your students access to all of the historic areas allowing you to cover a variety of Indiana academic standards, including social studies, language arts, math and science. Students will explore and engage in history bringing the past to life in ways a textbook cannot. Reservations required.
Who: Grades K–12
Dates: April: Thurs.–Sat.
May-October: Tues.–Sat.
Times: 9:30 am–2:30 pm
Groups scheduled every 15 minutes.
Length: 3 to 4 hours recommended for a complete experience
Cost: $5.00/student; $8.50/adult chaperone
Teachers and school staff get in free.
Standards: Soc. Studies (2007): K.1.1, 1.1.1, 2.1.2, 3.1.6, 3.1.8, 4.1.2, 4.1.6, 5.3.11, 6.1.21, 7.4.2, 8.1.28, WG.4.3, USH.1.2; Science: K.4.2, 1.4.3, 2.3.6, 2.4.1, 3.1.6, 4.4.8, 5.1.7, 6.4.13, 7.4.10, 8.1.1, 8.4.3; Language Arts: K.7.1, 1.7.3, 2.7.4, 3.7.1, 3.7.15, 4.7.1, 4.7.16, 5.7.1, 6.7.2, 7.7.1, 8.7.8, 11.7.12
Follow the North Star: Underground Railroad Experience
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(Grades 8–12)
Step into the shoes of a fugitive slave on the road to freedom. Travel as a group and search for safety along the way, but watch out for slave hunters motivated by financial rewards. This glimpse into our past will affect you in ways that reading a book or watching a movie about this painful part of America's history cannot.
Dates: Please call for specific dates in November.
Times: 9 am–1:30 pm - Groups of 15 scheduled every 15 minutes.
Length: 1 1/2 hours
Cost: $8.50/student (One adult free with every 14 students; $8.50/additional adult)
Deposit is required.
Standards: Soc. Studies 8.1.16, 8.1.28, USH.1.2, USH.1.3
Bring your family and friends to the evening public programs of Follow the North Star.
An educator's praise
Thanks again for the North Star experience. The kids responded to the program better this year than I can ever remember. Thank you for continuing to offer a one-of-a-kind experience that I can reference the rest of the year when talking about slavery, the UGRR or any related topic. We feel fortunate to be able to attend such a great program.
Alan Hughes, Our Lady of Mount Carmel School