Education
At Traveler’s Rest we believe in education
Site-specific. Inquiry-based. It is our goal to get people of all ages outside where they learn about the history of this place, the people who used it and the natural resources that sustained them.
School field trips are a critical part of the experience at Travelers’ Rest. All of our curricula have been developed with state and country guidelines and standards in mind. Our staff of professional educators are dedicated to making your trip to Travelers’ Rest something that augments what the children are already learning about in the classroom, only this time they get to touch, smell, hear and taste.
Cost of field trips is $1 per child for up to a 90 minute program. We are willing to work with teachers and parents to adapt a program to specific needs.
2007-08 Field Trip Menu
Field trips need to be scheduled in advance. Please contact Kate Senger at 273-4253 to schedule you field trip today
Explorers Field Trip
Duration: 1.5 hours
4th through 7th
By studying the Corps of Discovery’s activities at Travelers’ Rest, students will learn that the members of the Lewis and Clark Expedition wore many hats, including that of explorer, naturalist, and researcher. Activities include; replica item presentation, journal entries at the creek and archeology.
Native American Games
Duration: 30 minutes
All Ages
From arrow toss to double-ball, your students will love this opportunity to play these traditional Salish games while learning more about what life was like for the people that lived here at the place called, “No Salmon.”
Relive History with Replicas!
Examining Tools of the Trade
Duration: 20 to 30 minutes
K through 12th
From clothing to flintlock weapons and navigational equipment, Travelers' Rest has a large collection of replica items that illustrate what life was like for explorers in the early 19th century.
Journaling for Jefferson!
Duration: 20 to 30 minutes
K through 12th
Under the mandate of the President, Captains Lewis and Clark, their Sergeants and Private Whitehouse kept detailed journals about their trip across the continent. Hear what the expedition members had to say when they visited Travelers' Rest and play a fun game to decipher their 19th century descriptions of plants and animals. Students also make their own careful observations and write a journal entry to record their experience at Travelers Rest.
Space is Limited!
Call Kate Senger at
273-4253 to reserve a field trip for your classroom today!
Archeology at Travelers' Rest
Duration: 20 to 30 minutes
4th-12th grade
Travelers' Rest is the only archeologically confirmed campsite along the Lewis and Clark Trail. Learn about the process and technology that went into the archeology and see the areas that were excavated to uncover the campfire and latrine.Junior Naturalists
Duration: 30 minutes
K-12
As instructed by President Jefferson, Lewis and Clark were to observe, and collect information about, the animals and plants not known in the U.S. during the early 1800’s. Students will be given the opportunity to learn, hands-on, what it means to be a naturalist by discovering the many plants and animals identified along the Lewis and Clark expedition; some of these plants and animals still exist at Travelers’ Rest today!A Salish Timeline
Duration: 30 minutes
4th-12th grade
When Lewis and Clark arrived in the Bitterroot Valley in 1805, they entered a place that had been home to the Salish people for hundreds to thousands of years! Learn a little about their way of life, changes that took place very rapidly with U.S expansion and how they were, and still are, affected by such changes.Navigation Through Time
Duration: 1.5 hours
6th-12th grade
As ordered by president Jefferson, Lewis and Clark were to take careful observations of latitude and longitude at all remarkable points along the expedition. Students will learn hands-on about historic navigation and its influence on exploration and commerce, by making their own sextants and using compasses to complete an orienteering course. To bring navigation into the present, students will learn how GPS units work by locating a geo-cache on site!
