On-site or virtual field trips help students understand the impact of the Holocaust, genocide, human rights violations, and standing up for others. Pre and post-visit activities aid educators in extending students’ learning and fostering meaningful learning experiences.
Choose from a variety of on-site or virtual learning experiences to engage your students with subject matter related to the Holocaust, genocide, universal human and civil rights, and other important topics.
All field trips listed below support Common Core State Standards in English/Language Arts and Literacy in History Social Studies, Illinois Social Science Standards, and the C2 Framework for Social Studies Standards.
In Our Voices
Field Trip for Grades 7-12 | Available On-Site
10 students minimum, 160 students maximum
In Our Voices transforms history into lessons for today, inviting students to consider the power of choice, responsibility, citizenship, and human rights, with the goal of discovering what influences our decisions to act as bystanders or Upstanders. Through guided exploration, students investigate the history of the Holocaust as told through the personal belongings, photographs, historical records, and stories of Chicagoland Survivors and eyewitnesses. Students are encouraged to use this knowledge to make connections to their world today. The field trip includes suggested pre and post-visit activities.
On-site field trips include:
Docent-led tour of Zev & Shifra Karkomi Holocaust Exhibition
Tour of the Act of Art gallery or special exhibition
Presentation of a Survivor story by a member of the Museum’s Speakers’ Bureau or other comparable content.
On-site Group Size:
10 students minimum, 160 students maximum
On-site Times Offered:
Monday – Friday | 9:30 AM, 10:30 AM, 11:30 AM
Saturday – Sunday | 10:00 AM, 11:00 AM
On-site Tour Length: 3 hours
Lunch space is limited. Lunch room availalbe first come, first served. Lunch is offered at the end of the 9:30 and 1030 tour, and the before the 1130 tour. Lunch adds an additional 20 minutes to the tour length.
Photo credits: Scott Edwards; Kathleen Hinkel; Emily Mohney