Rural Home Life School Tours

Bring your elementary school class to Cracker Country for an exceptional field trip sure to spark young students’ imaginations.  As your class explores this unique outdoor living history museum, they experience how the daily lives of early Florida settlers revolved around chores, seasons, family, and community.

Each class/group will have a docent leader, dressed in clothing accurate to the 1890s as their guide in this adventure.  Cracker Country docents engage, inspire, and educate your students using fun hands-on activities developed to appeal to all five senses.  Activities include: making a candle, making a class jump rope, churning and tasting butter, and shopping in our Cracker Country General Store.

New this Year!

Cracker Country’s Education Page: www.crackercountry.info

This site contains free resources for the classroom, including lesson plans, online interactive activities, and teacher forums.  This site also serves as the online portal for resources included with the Electronic Field Trip Program.

Discounted Price on Electronic Field Trips when purchased with a school tour reservation

Electronic Field Trips are videos and interactive E-learning activities that serve as a great supplement for classes that attend the museum.  Each episode expands on the content students learn during their visit and concentrates on expanding their knowledge of Florida’s history.  Electronic Field Trips are available for a discounted price of $19.99 (plus tax and shipping) when purchased with a school tour reservation.

Please be sure to check the “Electronic Field Trips” option on the reservation request form and indicate the quantity desired for each episode.  For more information on Electronic Field Trips, visit www.crackercountry.info.

Download the 2010-2011 School Tour Handbook

Please download the School Tour Handbook and review the information before you submit a reservation request. The handbook contains valuable information about the program.  You can download the entire handbook or each individual handbook section by clicking the links below.

2010-2011 School Tour Handbook (Entire Document)

-Section 1:  Program Overview and Teacher Resources Info

-Section 2:  Reservation Request Instructions and Form

-Section 3:  Teacher and Chaperone Tour Information

2010-2011 School Tours General Information

Cost: $6 per student.  One adult is admitted free with every 10 students; additional adults are $6 each.

Minimum: The minimum number of people for this program is 10 paid guests (or $60).  If your group has less than 10 people, you can still participate; however, your cost for the tour is $60.

Length: The tour is 2.5 hours, 10:00 am – 12:30 pm

Dates Offered: Tours are offered Tuesday—Friday on the following dates

Fall:  September 28—December 3 (No tours Nov. 11 and Nov. 23-26)

Spring:  March 8—May 6

We don’t offer tours in January and February because of the Florida State Fair in February.

If you have any further questions, please feel free to contact Susan Obarski at 813-627-4225 or obarsks@doacs.state.fl.us