Orient Your Kids About History
Research says that children at their very juvenile age should be well-trained about things around them. In addition to imposing good attitude and proper socialization with their fellow children, this is also the best year to teach them about the significance of our rich history – giving them facts that will help them appreciate and love our country more.
There are many means to teach our children about the history. One of these is by visiting the many historical spots around. Also, knowing that they are still kids and oftentimes, they constantly love to play. While for some individuals, history is a boring subject, you must be artistic in orienting them about it. You can also provide them with prizes after testing their knowledge about what they saw or learned each time. This way, they'll become more interested in learning.
Below is the complete listing of historical spots where you can bring your children without spending a lot.
Arizona
* The Grand Canyon
California
* The Hearst Castle
* San Diego Aerospace Museum
* Yosemite National Park
* Alcatraz Prison
* Death Valley National Park
* Griffith Observatory, Los Angeles
* J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
* Warner Brothers Studio Tour, Burbank
Connecticut
* Mystic Seaport Maritime Museum
* USS Nautilus Submarine and Museum, Groton
Delaware
* Historical Society of Delaware Museums, Wilmington
Florida
* Castillo de San Marcos, St. Augustine
* NASA's Kennedy Space Center
* Florida Museum of Natural History
* Winter Estates of Thomas Edison and Henry Ford, Fort Meyers
Hawaii
* USS Arizona Memorial, Pearl Harbor
Illinois
* Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum, Springfield
* Lincoln's Home, Springfield
* Frank Lloyd Wright Home & Studio, Oak Park
Indiana
* Abraham Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial, Lincoln City
Louisiana
* National World War II Museum, New Orleans
* Oak Alley Plantation, Vacherie
Maine
* Maine Maritime Museum, Bath
* Seashore Trolley Museum, Kennebunkport
Maryland
* Antietam (Civil War) National Battlefield
* Museum of Maryland African American History and Culture, Baltimore
Massachusetts
* Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge
* Historic Deerfield
* Plimoth Plantation, Plymouth
* Pilgrim Hall Museum, Plymouth
* Battleship Cove, Fall River
* The Freedom Trail, Boston
* USS Constitution Ship "Old Ironsides," Boston
* USS Constitution Ship Museum, Boston
* The Paul Revere House, Boston
* John F. Kennedy Presidential Library, Boston
* Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
* Harvard University, Cambridge
* Adams National Historic Site, Quincy
* National Heritage Museum, Lexington
* Historic Salem
* Peabody-Essex Museum, Salem
* Lowell National Historical Park
Michigan
* Henry Ford Museum, Dearborn
* Gerald R. Ford Museum, Grand Rapids
Missouri
* Harry S. Truman Presidential Library, Independence
Nevada
* Hoover Dam
New Hampshire
* Museum of New Hampshire History, Concord
New Jersey
* Battleship USS New Jersey, Camden
* Morristown National Historical Park
* Thomas Edison National Historic Site, West Orange
New Mexico
* Bradbury Science Museum, Los Alamos
* National Atomic Museum, Albuquerque
New York
* Franklin D. Roosevelt Library and Museum, Hyde Park
* Martin Van Buren Estate, Kinderhook
* National Baseball Hall of Fame, Cooperstown
* West Point (U.S. Military Academy)
* Fort Ticonderoga
* Ellis Island Immigration Museum, New York Harbor
* Statue of Liberty, New York Harbor
* Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum, New York Harbor
* South Street Seaport Museum, New York
* Empire State Building, New York
* American Museum of Natural History, New York
* Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
* Pierpont Morgan Library, New York
North Carolina
* Biltmore Estate, Home of the Vanderbilts
* Historic Latta Plantation, near Charlotte
South Carolina
* Fort Sumter
Ohio
* United States Air Force Museum, near Dayton
Oklahoma
* Oklahoma City National Memorial
Oregon
* Lewis and Clark National and State Historical Parks
Pennsylvania
* Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh
* Pennsylvania Dutch Country
* Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania, Strasburg
* Gettysburg Battlefield
* National Civil War Museum, Harrisburg
* Independence Hall, Philadelphia
* National Constitution Center, Philadelphia
* Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia
South Dakota
* Mount Rushmore National Memorial
* Badlands National Park
* Black Hills National Forest
Tennessee
* The Hermitage, Home of Andrew Jackson, near Nashville
* National Civil Rights Museum, Memphis
Texas
* The Alamo, San Antonio
* Lyndon B. Johnson Library and Museum, Austin
* NASA's Johnson Space Center, Houston
Vermont
* Shelburne Museum, Shelburne
* Billings Farm & Museum, Woodstock
* Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park, Woodstock
Virginia
* Stratford Hall Plantation, Birthplace of Robert E. Lee
* Museum of the Confederacy, Richmond
* American Civil War Center, Richmond
* Monticello, Home of Thomas Jefferson
* Mount Vernon, Home of George Washington
* Colonial Williamsburg
* Jamestown
Washington D.C.
* Smithsonian Museums
* United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
* United States House of Representatives
* Vietnam Veterans Memorial
* The White House
* National World War II Memorial
* Washington D.C. Interactive Tourist Map
* Arlington National Cemetery
* The Lincoln Memorial
* Ford's Theater (site of President Lincoln's assassination)
Washington State
* Lewis and Clark National and State Historical Parks
* Museum of Flight, Seattle
* Future of Flight Aviation Center and Boeing Tour
Wyoming
*Yellowstone National Park