Cobb Landmarks and Historical Society

Education

 

While most schools teach American history, few delve into the events and traditions that took place in their students’ own back yards. Through site tours, role-playing activities, hands-on learning experiences, and internships, Cobb Landmarks helps to educate school age children, college students, and teachers to develop a deeper understanding of the rich history of our region—and how it has shaped the community they enjoy today.

 

 

Teaching Young People and Young Adults

 

Recently, Cobb Landmarks developed its Educational Outreach Traveling Exhibit. Also known as the “Traveling Trunk,” this weeklong program brings expert historians into elementary school classrooms, engaging students in hands-on learning experiences that encourage an interest in regional folk traditions. Filled with artifacts from the 1850s and 1950s, the trunks as they are further developed will provide teachers with a variety of specific themes for discussion (e.g., the southern family kitchen, medicine, agriculture, music).

 

Each year, Cobb Landmarks works with hundreds of teachers to develop innovative teaching programs and reaches thousands of school children through on-site visits to historic sites. In 2007, nearly 2,000 school-age students toured the Root House Museum.

 

In addition, graduate students from Georgia State University and undergraduate students from Kennesaw State University serve as researchers and interns. Through their experiences, students gain valuable job training and investigative skills that will help to prepare them for careers as preservationists, historians, and city planners. Student efforts have led to the development of a self-guided tour of the Root House’s medicinal herb garden and completion of design guidelines of Marietta’s Kennesaw Avenue Historic District.

 

 

Teaching the Teachers

 

In partnership with the Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation, a statewide nonprofit preservation organization, Cobb Landmarks offers Talking Walls, a weeklong recertification program for school teachers from around the state. Through Talking Walls, educators learn how to identify historic sites and incorporate historic maps, photographs, and documents into their lesson plans. With support from the Vaughan Foundation, teachers are able to attend this program at no charge. As Georgia’s largest Talking Walls training program, Cobb Landmarks helps teachers to reach thousands of students throughout the state.

 

• School Tours
• Home School Tours
• Special Tours
• Traveling Exhibits
• Talking Walls
• Hall Pass Program