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Student tours are designed to adhere to the local curriculum standards of the District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia.
A chart, detailing curriculum connections is provided for each tour. For self-guided student tours, click here.
Guided student tours are offered at 10:30 a.m. weekdays, September through May. Reservations for guided tours must be made
at least three weeks in advance. To schedule a guided student tour, call 202-633-5535 (voice) or 202-633-9849 (TTY). A lunch room may be reserved by school groups for brown bag lunches.
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Listen, Look and Do
Preschool-Kindergarten
Accommodates up to 15 students
Duration: 45 minutes
Each month’s activity includes a story, a tour and an activity. Click to download a preview of the exciting monthly features.
Call for availablility and reservations at (202) 633-5535.
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Let's Deliver Mail
Preschool-Kindergarten
Accommodates up to 15 students
Duration: 30 minutes
Learn about letter carriers and the jobs they do. Discover different vehicles used to move the mail and deliver mail to Owney the dog.
Curriculum Connections
◊ Transportation-Communication-Reading-Geography- Economics
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Stamp Stampede
Kindergarten - 3rd grade
Accommodates up to 60 students
Duration: One hour
Travel back in time to learn the history of transportation and mail delivery. Use play money to pay postal workers for their work. Create a stamp collection.
Curriculum Connections
◊ Transportation-Economics-Technological Change-Jobs
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Moving the Mail West
4th Grade-8th Grade (Tours adapted to each grade level)
Accommodates up to 60 students
Duration: One hour
Discover how the improvements in the transportation moving the mail west made it easier for people to move west. Become a historian and analyze primary sources and make conclusions. Experience working as a railway employee.
Curriculum Connections
◊ Transportation-Technological Change-Geography-Historical Analysis-Westward Movement
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