Massie School

Breaking the Bonds: African Americans in Savannah History

African-Americans have played important roles in Savannah history from its earliest days. This program teaches students about the African-American artisans who built the city’s world-famous National Landmark Historic District, early pioneers in African-American public education, and others. This fourth, fifth, eighth and high school level program is tailored for the direct content of your grade’s standards.

GPS: SS4H3; SS4H5; SS4CG1; SS4E1; SS4CG4
SS5H1; SS5H2; SS5H8
SS8H2; SS8H5; SS8H6; SS8H7; SS8H11; SS8E1,
GPS: Ethnic Studies 16,17,19; SSUSH2

2-hour program / $7.00

(Ask about the deluxe tour option, a more in-depth tour for an additional $3.00.)

Savannah’s Liberty Tree

This program utilizes Savannah’s monuments to teach about the American Revolution. Students will visit sites that commemorate Revolutionary events and figures.

GPS: SS4H3b; SS4H4; SS4G2
SSUSH9;SSUSH10
2-hour program / $7.00

History Lives in Savannah’s Cemeteries

History comes to life in one of Savannah’s historic cemeteries, the resting places of many notable historic figures. Choose from one of the following: Colonial Park Cemetery, offers a chronicle of Savannah’s earliest years. Laurel Grove North Cemetery, the final resting place of many important people from the antebellum and Civil War periods, revisits this era in Savannah’s history. Laurel Grove South is the resting place of Savannah’s African American community, from slavery to such leaders of the Civil Rights Movement as Wesley W. Law.

GPS: SS4H3; SS4H4; SS4CG5
SS5H1;SS5G2GPS:
SS 9-12 : SSUSH11, SSUSH14 – 25
2-hour program / $7.00