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SAVE AMERICA'S TREASURES
NATIONAL TRUST FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION
Save America's Treasures Education Initiative
The Millennium: America's Treasures
Overview
Welcome to the Adventure
Organization
Students will experience an extraordinary two-year exploration of the millennium as they travel
across America and back in time. Through a creative partnership with Save America's Treasures
(a program of the White House Millennium Council), Voyager Foundation and The History
Channel, student "Voyagers" will see the past come alive. They will come to understand their
own important role in preserving and honoring their historic and cultural legacy in their
hometowns and their nation. Voyagers will become part of a history-making initiative as they
discover how profoundly the past has influenced the present, and how the present can be
expected to impact the future.
Part One: Celebrations and Commemorations
Part Two: Milestones and Monuments
Instructional Component
Explore the significance of the millennium
Understand how humankind interprets life through time, and how we shape our future
Reflect on the past, who we are, and what we hope to become
Discover why commemorations are important
Recognize enduring symbols of American tradition
Celebrate the rich, diverse heritage of the people who define America
Experience an historian's sense of discovery by actively examining America's treasures
firsthand and through written and visual documents
Develop a service project that will help preserve an American treasure -- national or local
Part One: Celebrations and Commemorations
Voyagers will celebrate the new millennium as they investigate where they are, where they have
been, and where they are going in relation to time and the larger world. They will share and
document experiences that bring relevance and appreciation to their personal history and the
history of their community, and they will use local resources to understand and discover
"treasures" in their own hometowns. They also will explore the relationship between their
community's history and the broader themes that have shaped America during the past 1,000
years.
1785 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036
Phone (202) 588-6202 * Fax (202) 588-6082 * saveamericastreasures.org
Voyagers will develop a plan of action for a community wide campaign to support the
preservation or restoration of a document, artifact, monument or historic site. They will learn to
identify resources, prepare a press packet, hold a press conference and conduct a radio or
television interview. Voyagers also will forge creative partnerships and garner support for their
projects from government agencies and foundations.
Part Two: Milestones and Monuments
Voyagers continue to celebrate the millennium and our cultural heritage as they broaden their
focus to a national and world level. They will explore famous monuments, sites, documents,
works of art, books, artifacts, statues and symbols, such as Thomas Edison's lab notes, the
Alamo, Harriett Tubman's home, the cliff dwellings of Mesa Verde, the American flag that
inspired Francis Scott Key to write the Star-Spangled Banner and the White House.
Voyagers will travel back in time 1,000 years with Sacajawea as their guide. Along the way,
they will meet many famous American scientists, inventors, leaders, humanitarians and artisans.
Voyagers will explore the way people remember these giants of American history.
At the end of the second year, Voyagers will celebrate the successful completion of their project
to preserve an American treasure. They also will evaluate their contribution and develop a plan
to continue this commitment to save treasures for the next millennium.
Parent Component
Parent letter in English or Spanish
Opportunities for parent involvement in community wide project
A list of suggested Web sites to explore at home
Parent-Voyager learning celebrations
Content
History
Geography
Civics
Language Arts
Fine Arts
Suggested Guest Speakers
The Captain and Site Director are responsible for contacting speakers who will interact with
Voyagers and greatly enrich the Adventure. The following is a list of suggested speakers to
invite:
Grandparents and great grandparents
Veterans
Native Americans
Museum curators
City Planner or Commissioner
Historians
Librarians
National Park Ranger
Descendants of founders of your city
Members of historic societies
Suggested Field Trips
County courthouse
Museums
Historic buildings and sites
Historic societies
Walking tour of historic downtown
National, state or local park
Libraries
National Standards Correlation
Civics
Understands the central ideas of the American constitutional government and how it has
shaped the character of our society
Understands the importance of Americans sharing and supporting certain values, beliefs
and principles of constitutional democracy
Understands the role of volunteerism and organized groups in American social and
political life
Understands the role of diversity in American life and the importance of shared values,
political and civic beliefs in our increasingly diverse American society
History
Understands how to analyze chronological relationships and patterns
Understands historic perspectives
Living and working together in families and communities, now and long ago
The history of the students' state and region
The history of the United States: Democratic principles and values and the people from
many backgrounds who contributed to its cultural, economic and political heritage
Understands major discoveries in science and technology, some of their social and
economic effects, and the major scientists and inventors responsible for them
Understands the history of the United States
Geography
Understands how geography is used to interpret the past
Understands the physical and human characteristics of place
Understands the nature, distributions and migration of human populations
Understands the patterns and networks of economic interdependence
Understands the patterns of human settlement and their causes
Understands how human actions modify the physical environment
SAVE AMERICA'S TREASURES
NATIONAL TRUST FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION
Save America's Treasures Education Initiative
The Millennium: America's Treasures
Outline
I.
Celebrations and Commemorations
A.
Significance of Millennium
Create New Year's customs and traditions for the Millennium
Investigate millennium celebrations around the world
Create the ultimate millennium celebration
B.
Concept of time
Develop personal timelines
Develop school and community timelines
Develop national and global timelines
C.
Treasures and commemorations
Identify and classify personal treasures
Identify and classify school and community treasures
Identify and classify national and global treasures
D.
Make a difference
Explore success stories about the preservation and restoration of American
treasures
Identify and research a local item to be registered and preserved, or begin
a restoration project of an already identified treasure
Research a similar local, state or national restoration project
Plan a community wide preservation campaign
Seek support from public and private sources
II. Milestones and Monuments
A.
Celebrate Our Cultural Heritage
First Americans
Immigration
Expansionism
B.
National and Local Memories
Buildings and monuments
Documents
Artifacts
C.
People from the Past
Humanitarians
Scientists and inventors
Leaders
Artisans
D.
Preserving the Past for the Future
Conclude project and publicize efforts
Commit to future preservation of American treasures
1785 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036
Phone (202) 588-6202 * Fax (202) 588-6082 * saveamericastreasures.org
SAVE AMERICA'S TREASURES
NATIONAL TRUST FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION
Tentative Press Plan for Save America's Treasures'
Education Initiative Announcement
What:
Press event announcing Save America's Treasures' (SAT) Education
Initiative in partnership with Voyager Foundation and The History
Channel. Includes interactive demonstration of SAT Millennium
Curriculum to press and to group of school children as part of the
announcement.
When:
early March, in the morning
Where:
White House or other venue such as a historic school in DC
Who:
HRC, Dick Moe, possibly representatives from Dept. of Education,
Smithsonian or Native American community and group of school-age
children
Why:
Highlight HRC's and SAT's commitment to education, and the direct link
to the future: our nation's children
Strategy:
includes the following:
Issue a press advisory for event; invite members of the education press
Issue press release on-site in press kit containing: information on SAT, copies of
speakers' remarks, information on curriculum
Distribute press release to education media list via facsimile, and post on SAT
Website.
Follow-up with key reporters, providing press kit to reporters who could not attend
event and providing additional information and quotes to reporters who did attend.
Follow-up with reporters who cover story in 6-9 months with success stories from
teachers, students; pitch stories to mini-pages, Time for Kids, and other children's
publications.
1785 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036
Phone (202) 588-6202 * Fax (202) 588-6082 * saveamericastreasures.org
SAVE AMERICA'S TREASURES
NATIONAL TRUST FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION
Additional Information on the Save America's Treasures Education Initiative
1 - Can you provide a more extensive description of the curriculum and its relationship to
Save America's Treasures?
The Millennium Curriculum is the central component of the Save America's Treasures education
initiative. As such, the program and its packaging will bear the Save America's Treasures logo
and name. The materials are under development and will be submitted to the White House
Millennium Council for approval.
Attached is a copy of the proposed Millennium Curriculum outline based on our request to
Voyager to create an in-school program for Save America's Treasures. The modular curriculum,
which can be used as an in class, after school, or summer school program, is being developed by
Voyager with input from The History Channel and final review by Save America's Treasures.
The curriculum relates to Save America's Treasures by teaching about 1000 years of history and
the "treasures" in this country. There is a community service aspect of the program which will
involve school children directly in identifying and saving local treasures. Students will come to
understand how their personal histories are interwoven into the thousand-year history of our
country, as their futures will become part of the next millennium. The paths that brought each
child to where he or she is today will be traced as they explore their individual origins and the
ancestors on whose shoulders they stand. The lessons we learn and will continue to learn from
the past are understood through the documents, historic buildings, art, and natural wonders that
are America's treasures.
2 - If there is a change in the cost of the program/curriculum, how many schools do you
estimate will participate?
We have set the cost of the two-year program to an individual school system/district at $275.00
per classroom per year. We estimate that the program will be in 8,000 to 10,000 schools (the
average school has approximately 26 classes with 23 students each) and reach approximately 5
million students. If contributions become available that subsidize the per-classroom cost, it is
likely more schools would participate.
3 - Is the Department of Education involved in this program, how, who?
Voyager is a national education initiative in support of America's public schools. All Voyager
curricula are aligned with national and state-level established standards and are based on solid
educational research. By summer of 1999 Voyager programs will be in 1000 school districts.
They are already in most of the largest school districts and have experienced 300% growth every
1785 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036
Phone (202) 588-6202
*
Fax (202) 588-6082
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saveamericastreasures.org
year. Voyager programs emphasize reading development and mathematics through an interest-
based format which intrigues and excites children.
Voyager has a continuing relationship with the Department of Education which is familiar with
the Voyager program and its merits. Because Voyager normally operates as a for-profit venture,
the Department is unable to specifically recommend Voyager, although they support their
program and mission and write articles for publication in their materials.
Voyager works with the following representatives from the Department of Education:
Dr. Terry K. Peterson, Senior Advisor and Counselor to the U.S. Secretary of Education
Susan Frost, Senior Advisor to the Secretary of Education
Dr. Gerald N. Tirozzi, Assistant Secretary, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education
Mary Jean LeTendre, Director, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education
In addition, former Secretary of Education, Terrel H. Bell served as an advisory board member of
Voyager.
Voyager has relationships with a number of other federal organizations including a co-venture
with the Smithsonian Institution to bring the vast resources of the museums into the classroom, a
collaborative effort with the NASA-Jet Propulsion Laboratories to convert knowledge and
experiences in space exploration into age appropriate curricula, and a partnership with the North
Central Regional Education Laboratory sponsoring university research in early child
development and reading.
In April, Save America's Treasures is tentatively on the schedule to present the Millennium
Curriculum to the National School Board Association's Council of Urban Boards of Education
which represents 90 of the largest school systems in the country.
We would like very much to work with the Department of Education to the extent possible.
2000
SAVE AMERICA'S TREASURES
NATIONAL TRUST FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION
Fill
Save America's Treasures Education Initiative Announcement
before April 8th
Date:
March
March
17
Location:
White House
Time:
preferably between the hours of 9:00-11:00 am
From:
Sara Karrer
Purpose
Announce the Save America's Treasures Education Initiative. An announcement in March is
critical to arranging for the program to be in schools in September 1999.
Background
Save America's Treasures has created a dynamic partnership involving Voyager Foundation of
Dallas, Texas, and The History Channel, a division of A&E Television Networks, to bring a two-
year Millennium Curriculum into classrooms throughout the country. On a parallel track, the
program also will engage the children in hands-on community-based preservation activities that
directly relate to classroom activities.
Voyager will develop the four-unit curriculum that tracks a time line of American History from
1000 to 2000 A.D. to be in classrooms in the Fall of 1999. Estimating that the program will
reach five million children in elementary and middle schools in the United States, the value of the
curriculum is $985 million (based on $197.00 per student for two years). By providing the
program at cost ($45.00 per student for two years); the savings to the schools who participate in
the Save America's Treasures education initiative will be nearly $760 million.
The History Channel will provide access to its extensive video library and input on the
Millennium Curriculum. Their contribution will include the development of public service
announcements and other printed materials to promote the Millennium Curriculum.
Participants
We would like the First Lady to make the announcement of the Save America's Treasures
partnership with Voyager Foundation and The History Channel. The First Lady's participation in
announcing the curriculum will exemplify her high profile commitment to education and
children.
Other speakers may include representatives from the Department of Education and the
Smithsonian Institution. Since the first unit of the curriculum focuses on Native American
history from 1000 A.D. and will be unveiled at the event, it would also be appropriate to include
leaders from the Native American community, including Rick West from the National Museum
of the American Indian who serves on the Millennium Committee. Children from Washington,
1785 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036
Phone (202) 588 6202
Fax (202) 588 6082
D.C. and Baltimore area schools will also be present.
Press Plan
To be developed by press representatives from the First Lady's office, White House Millennium
Council and Save America's Treasures in consultation with Voyager and The History Channel.
Scenario
After remarks from Dick Moe, the Save America's Treasures representative, the First Lady will
announce the partnership to the press and invited guests. Additional remarks may be made by
representatives from the Department of Education and the Native American community.
At the announcement, members of the press and school children will learn that the curriculum
will encompass the history of the last 1000 years with the first unit focusing on pre-Columbian
cultures of North America. Anthropologists from the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural
History and teachers will engage the children in a sample activity from the curriculum featuring
1000-year-old native artifacts from the museum's collection. This will be an opportunity to
profile the First Lady in an active educational setting that demonstrates the impact of the Save
America's Treasures education initiative and the importance of teaching history and learning
from the past.
Remarks
To be provided by speech writers with assistance from Save America's Treasures.