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Somerset Place
Give your students, scouts, homeschoolers, and campers a look at 19-century life on a North Carolina plantation with a field trip to Somerset Place. Originally covering 100,000 swamp acres, the land was gradually converted to serve as fields and lumber mills. As the Civil War drew to an end, Somerset Place had become one of the largest plantations in the Upper South. Groups can take tours of the Collins Family Home and other buildings of the time, including a smokehouse, kitchen rations building, and salting house. The site also has exhibits on North Carolina’s antebellum period, trails that lead to the adjoining Pettigrew State Park, and other historical structures. Hands-on educational programs are available. It is recommended that visitors take exit 558 from highway US64 and then follow the signs to Somerset Place to avoid getting lost using GPS.
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Hrs: Tues.-Sat. 9AM-5PM.
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Philadelphia’s Independence Hall, where the Declaration of Independence and Constitution were signed; Boston’s Old State House, where the Boston Massacre and the American Revolution began; Washington D.C.’s National Mall, where Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech; Virginia’s Jamestown settlement, the country’s first colony; Charleston’s Fort Sumter, where the first shots of the Civil War were fired; New York’s Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island, where millions of immigrants were introduced to their new home. All of these sites, significant to America’s history, can be visited, toured, and admired. While visiting one of the many historical sites around the country, consider the importance in preserving these sites.
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Somerset Place
Give your students, scouts, homeschoolers, and campers a look at 19-century life on a North Carolina plantation with a field trip to Somerset Place. Originally covering 100,000 swamp acres, the land was gradually converted to serve as fields and lumber mills. As the Civil War drew to an end, Somerset Place had become one of the largest plantations in the Upper South. Groups can take tours of the Collins Family Home and other buildings of the time, including a smokehouse, kitchen rations building, and salting house. The site also has exhibits on North Carolina’s antebellum period, trails that lead to the adjoining Pettigrew State Park, and other historical structures. Hands-on educational programs are available. It is recommended that visitors take exit 558 from highway US64 and then follow the signs to Somerset Place to avoid getting lost using GPS.
contact info
Hrs: Tues.-Sat. 9AM-5PM.
HELPFUL LESSON PLAN(S)
Prepared by FieldTripDirectory.com
Historic Site Lesson Plan
FUN FACTS
Philadelphia’s Independence Hall, where the Declaration of Independence and Constitution were signed; Boston’s Old State House, where the Boston Massacre and the American Revolution began; Washington D.C.’s National Mall, where Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech; Virginia’s Jamestown settlement, the country’s first colony; Charleston’s Fort Sumter, where the first shots of the Civil War were fired; New York’s Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island, where millions of immigrants were introduced to their new home. All of these sites, significant to America’s history, can be visited, toured, and admired. While visiting one of the many historical sites around the country, consider the importance in preserving these sites.
View Lesson Plan>>ABOUT
Somerset Place
Give your students, scouts, homeschoolers, and campers a look at 19-century life on a North Carolina plantation with a field trip to Somerset Place. Originally covering 100,000 swamp acres, the land was gradually converted to serve as fields and lumber mills. As the Civil War drew to an end, Somerset Place had become one of the largest plantations in the Upper South. Groups can take tours of the Collins Family Home and other buildings of the time, including a smokehouse, kitchen rations building, and salting house. The site also has exhibits on North Carolina’s antebellum period, trails that lead to the adjoining Pettigrew State Park, and other historical structures. Hands-on educational programs are available. It is recommended that visitors take exit 558 from highway US64 and then follow the signs to Somerset Place to avoid getting lost using GPS.
contact info
Hrs: Tues.-Sat. 9AM-5PM.
HELPFUL LESSON PLAN(S)
Prepared by FieldTripDirectory.com
Historic Site Lesson Plan
FUN FACTS
Philadelphia’s Independence Hall, where the Declaration of Independence and Constitution were signed; Boston’s Old State House, where the Boston Massacre and the American Revolution began; Washington D.C.’s National Mall, where Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech; Virginia’s Jamestown settlement, the country’s first colony; Charleston’s Fort Sumter, where the first shots of the Civil War were fired; New York’s Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island, where millions of immigrants were introduced to their new home. All of these sites, significant to America’s history, can be visited, toured, and admired. While visiting one of the many historical sites around the country, consider the importance in preserving these sites.
View Lesson Plan>>ABOUT
Somerset Place
Give your students, scouts, homeschoolers, and campers a look at 19-century life on a North Carolina plantation with a field trip to Somerset Place. Originally covering 100,000 swamp acres, the land was gradually converted to serve as fields and lumber mills. As the Civil War drew to an end, Somerset Place had become one of the largest plantations in the Upper South. Groups can take tours of the Collins Family Home and other buildings of the time, including a smokehouse, kitchen rations building, and salting house. The site also has exhibits on North Carolina’s antebellum period, trails that lead to the adjoining Pettigrew State Park, and other historical structures. Hands-on educational programs are available. It is recommended that visitors take exit 558 from highway US64 and then follow the signs to Somerset Place to avoid getting lost using GPS.
contact info
Hrs: Tues.-Sat. 9AM-5PM.
HELPFUL LESSON PLAN(S)
Prepared by FieldTripDirectory.com
Historic Site Lesson Plan
FUN FACTS
Philadelphia’s Independence Hall, where the Declaration of Independence and Constitution were signed; Boston’s Old State House, where the Boston Massacre and the American Revolution began; Washington D.C.’s National Mall, where Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech; Virginia’s Jamestown settlement, the country’s first colony; Charleston’s Fort Sumter, where the first shots of the Civil War were fired; New York’s Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island, where millions of immigrants were introduced to their new home. All of these sites, significant to America’s history, can be visited, toured, and admired. While visiting one of the many historical sites around the country, consider the importance in preserving these sites.
View Lesson Plan>>