Field Study Opportunities
Part of making an IMPACT is experiencing social studies first hand by "seeing" how the past and the present impact us today. Field Study opportunities provide you with an opportunity to see social studies in action. Ideas around Atlanta are listed below (although you are not limited to local area history.)
Kennesaw Mountain Battlefield http://www.nps.gov/kemo/index.htm
Southern Museum in Kennesaw http://www.southernmuseum.org/visit/general-information/
Cobb County Museums and Heritage Sites http://www.southernmuseum.org/visit/general-information/
Cobb Landmarks and Historical Society http://www.cobblandmarks.com/
Kennesaw State University Holocaust Museum http://historymuseum.kennesaw.edu/
Booth Western Art Museum in Cartersville http://boothmuseum.org/
Cobb County Library Georgia Room http://www.cobbcat.org/research/local-history/
Root House Museum and Gardens http://www.roothousemuseum.com/
Smith Plantation House Roswell http://www.roswellgov.com/SmithPlantation
Information about the following places can be found on the link to the American Historical Association:
Atlanta History Center
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Monetary Museum
Fernbank Museum of Natural History
High Museum of Art
Historic Oakland Cemetary
Jimmy Carter Library and Museum
Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic Site
Michael C. Carlos Museum of Art at Emory University
William Bremen Jewish Heritage Center