Great Tours! Thematic Tours and Guide Training for Historic Sites,9780759100992

Great Tours! Thematic Tours and Guide Training for Historic Sites

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ISBN13: 9780759100992
ISBN10: 0759100993
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2002-02-05
Publisher(s): Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
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Summary

This open and engaging book will help you develop thematic tours and train your guides to lead those tours, while aiding you in managing your guide program effectively. The authors' unique approach includes clear step-by-step instructions supplemented with activities and readings.

Author Biography

Susan Porter Schreiber began her career in Museum Education at Old Sturbridge Village in the early 1970s. She was a Rockefeller Foundation Fellow in Museum Education at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Curriculum Developer for the Role of Women in Society at the Education Development Center in Newton, Massachusetts. She has also worked as a Program Officer at the National Endowment for the Humanities and spent four years as Assistant Director of the American Association of Museums. She is a former Director of Interpretation and Education for the historic sites of the National Trust for Historic Preservation and is currently the Director of Interpretation and Public Programs for the Historical Society of Washington, D.C., working on the creation of the City Museum of Washington.

Table of Contents

Foreword vii
Acknowledgments ix
Preface xi
PART ONE: DEVELOPING THE THEMATIC TOUR
Introduction
3(4)
Preparation: Assemble the Facts
7(4)
Planning: The Theme Development Team and the Roundtable Workshop
11(26)
Summarizing the Site's Significance on an Index Card---The Storyline
22(4)
Storylines, Themes, Physical Evidence, Biographies, and Historical Context
23(3)
Material Culture and Biography in a Historic House Setting
26(3)
Roundtable Worksheet 2.1: Using Material Culture and Biography to Interpret Historic Sites
27(1)
Roundtable Worksheet 2.2: Using Material Culture and Biography to Build an Interpretive Tour
28(1)
Identifying the Site's Topics
29(2)
Identifying the Site's Themes
31(6)
Roundtable Worksheet 2.3: Outline: Using Sentences, Historical Context, Biographies, and Physical Evidence to Build Themes
34(3)
Creating: Writing, Revising, and Testing the Thematic Tour Outline
37(24)
Revising the Storyline for the Site
40(1)
Building the Thematic Tour Outline
41(4)
Storylines, Themes, Physical Evidence, Biographies, and Historical Context: Pulling It All Together
43(1)
Drafting a Tour Outline
44(1)
Testing the Thematic Tour Outline
45(2)
Refining the Thematic Tour Outline
47(2)
Testing and Revising the Thematic Tour Outline
49(2)
Sample Materials
51(8)
Time Line for the Caleb Crawley House, 1763-81
52(2)
Short Biographies for the Caleb Crawley House
54(5)
PART TWO: TRAINING GUIDES TO GIVE THEMATIC TOURS
Introduction
59(2)
Site Specifics and Historical Context
61(6)
Material Culture: The Physical Evidence
67(14)
Understanding Material Culture
69(8)
Interpreting Material Culture: A Five-Step Approach
71(2)
Asking Questions of Material Culture
73(4)
How to ``Read'' an Artifact
77(2)
Five Steps to Interpret Material Culture
78(1)
Material Culture in a Historical House Setting
79(2)
Using Material Culture to Build an Interpretive Tour
80(1)
Interpretive Themes and the Thematic Tour
81(20)
Thematic Tours vs. Non-thematic Tours
86(1)
An Introduction to the Components of a Thematic Tour---Storylines, Themes, Physical Evidence, Biographies, and Historical Context
87(1)
The Storyline
88(1)
Historical Context---Discussion
89(1)
Finding the Site's Topics
90(1)
Identifying the Site's Themes
91(1)
Historical Biographies: Interpreting Multiple Perspectives, Part 1
92(3)
Interpreting Multiple Perspectives: People, Places, Objects, and Themes
94(1)
Interpreting Multiple Perspectives, Part 2
95(1)
Using the Evidence to Communicate Themes
96(2)
Using Evidence to Interpret Themes
97(1)
Practice, Practice, Practice
98(3)
Communication: Audience and Presentation Techniques
101(26)
Field Assignment---Taking a Tour
103(3)
Taking a Tour from the Audience Perspective
105(1)
A Communication Model
106(3)
Good Communication Skills: Tips for Guides
108(1)
Adapting the Message to the Audience
109(2)
Working with People of Different Ages---Children, Adolescents, and Adults
111(2)
The Five Stages of Human Learning: Tips for Guides
112(1)
Special Needs Audiences
113(1)
Interpreting Sensitive Topics to the Public, Part 1
114(3)
Interpreting Slavery at Historic Sites: Tips for Guides
116(1)
Interpreting Sensitive Topics to the Public, Part 2
117(1)
Voice
118(4)
Gesture
122(5)
PART THREE: MANAGING GUIDES EFFECTIVELY
Managing Guides Effectively
127(22)
Duties of the Guiding Staff at the Caleb Crawley House
129(3)
Caleb Crawley House Interpretive Guide Application
132(2)
Caleb Crawley House Guide Agreement
134(2)
Guide Training Checklist
136(1)
Mentor / Trainee Agreement
137(1)
Mentor Checklist
138(4)
Caleb Crawley House Program Review
142(2)
Caleb Crawley House Annual Tour Review
144(4)
Self-Evaluation Questionnaire
148(1)
Bibliography 149(6)
About the Authors 155(2)
Index 157

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