This holiday edition of the Field Trip Gals focuses on North Carolina's religious heritage.

Are you heading to Grandma's house this year for the holidays? Are you in need of some handy-dandy last minute field trip ideas to help you as you travel 'over the river and through the woods?' No problem! The Field Trip Gals know that while homeschooling may not be on your mind during the Holiday season, we do know that is a journey, and that journey NEVER stops...though it might need a rest now and then!

No matter if you're headed across town or acros the state, we've got some great idea to help you and your family remember the true meaning of Christmas.

2006 Field Trips Gals NC Religious Tour

Goals:

a.) to better understand the spread of different Christian denominations across North Carolina
b.) to study the different architectural influences over North Carolina's past

How to accomplish these goals (by subject)

Language Arts: drawing, sketching, map-making, report writing, spelling, reserach, reading
Art: replicas (either models or reproductions on paper), study of classical building styles
History: Classical buildings and builders, National Historical Register and markers, slaver, state formation, Temperance Movement
Geography/Social Studies: locations and movements of the different denominations, markers, remains, etc.
Bible/Religion: Find the likenesses or differences in the following denominations: A.M.E., A.M.E. Zion, Interdenomicational, Non-denomicational, Presbyterian, Baptist, Southern Baptist, Primitive Baptist, Methodist, Lutheran, Episcopal, Moravain, Church of England/Anglican, Quakers
Life Application: How is North Carolina designed today (religiously)? How can I impact my area for my beliefs/denomination?

Churches, Museums, and other places to visit in North Carolina (by region)