NEXT STEPS - Student Resources
Virtual Tours & More
Virtual Tours
There's nothing
like the real thing.
Nothing takes the place of seeing something in person. To be there, experiencing it with all your senses, that is real!
In the meantime, here are
some virtual tours and more
to get you ready
or remind you of
where you were.
Museum of the Bible –
https://www.museumofthebible.org/explore#0
Museum of the Bible Extended Fly Through -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NuBi6PQdVA
Quick Tour of the Museum of the Bible
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0ndzfRZkrk&feature=youtu.be
Museum of the Bible Book Minutes -
https://www.museumofthebible.org/book/minutes
Arlington National Cemetery –
https://ancexplorer.army.mil/publicwmv/#/arlington-national/
Watch a Changing of the Guard Ceremony -
https://www.military.com/video/changing-guard-tomb-unknown-soldier
Virtual Tour of Arlington House -
https://www.nps.gov/arho/learn/historyculture/virtual-tour.htm
Video of Kennedy's Burial at Arlington National Cemetery -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPXRm6QpGPE
Ford’s Theatre –
https://artsandculture.google.com/exhibit/ZQKyBULuUzepJw
Ford’s Theatre – Investigating the Assassination -
https://www.fords.org/lincolns-assassination/investigating-the-assassination/
The Petersen House -
https://artsandculture.google.com/exhibit/-wICQF-Y2uAHKw
U. S. Holocaust Memorial Museum - https://www.ushmm.org/information/exhibitions/museum-exhibitions/permanent
Learn about the Holocaust -
https://www.ushmm.org/learn/holocaust
Holocaust Museum Key Videos -
https://www.ushmm.org/teach/key-videos
Remember Survivors and Victims -
https://www.ushmm.org/remember
United States Capitol –
https://www.virtually-anywhere.com/portfolio/uscapitol/
(Click on VISIT THE US CAPITOL "HIGHLIGHTS" TOUR)
https://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/wash/dc76.htm
Capitol -
https://www.visitthecapitol.gov/about-capitol
Congress -
https://www.visitthecapitol.gov/about-congress/what-congress-does
Library of Congress –
https://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/wash/dc79.htm
https://www.loc.gov/static/portals/visit/documents/QuickGuide.pdf
Supreme Court -
https://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/wash/dc78.htm
https://www.supremecourt.gov/about/buildinghistory.aspx
Justices -
https://www.supremecourt.gov/about/biographies.aspx
Supreme Court at Work -
https://www.supremecourt.gov/about/courtatwork.aspx
Supreme Court Traditions -
https://www.supremecourt.gov/about/traditions.aspx
The White House Virtual Map Tour -
https://www.youvisit.com/tour/aid.depoy
The White House App-
https://www.whitehousehistory.org/digital-library/projects/the-white-house-experience-mobile-app
Washington Monuments and Memorials
Visit the National Mall
https://www.youvisit.com/tour/washingtondcnationalmall/80707?tourid=tour1
Washington Monument -
https://www.earthcam.com/usa/dc/washingtonmonument/?cam=wamo
(a view from a camera on top of the Washington Monument)
Lincoln Memorial -
https://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/wash/dc71.htm
Vietnam Memorial – Virtual Tour
https://www.vvmf.org/Virtual-Tour/
Korean Memorial –
https://www.koreanwarvetsmemorial.org/the-memorial/
MLK Memorial -
https://www.nps.gov/mlkm/learn/building-the-memorial.htm
https://www.nps.gov/mlkm/learn/historyculture/people.htm
FDR Memorial -
https://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/presidents/fdr_memorial.html
Jefferson Memorial -
https://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/wash/dc73.htm
Tidal Basin -
https://www.nps.gov/articles/dctidalbasin.htm
WWII Memorial -
https://www.wwiimemorial.com/
Iwo Jima Memorial - https://www.nps.gov/gwmp/learn/historyculture/usmcwarmemorial.htm
Air Force Memorial -
https://www.afdw.af.mil/afmemorial/
Pentagon Memorial -
https://pentagonmemorial.org/explore/design-elements
National Archives – Virtual Tour of Museum Space -
https://youtu.be/6uZac3anNM0
National Archives Museum -
https://museum.archives.gov/about
America’s Founding Documents -
https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs
U.S. Treasury Department – Role:
https://home.treasury.gov/about/general-information/role-of-the-treasury
(PDF version of history brochure)
Bureau of Engraving and Printing -
https://www.moneyfactory.gov/about.html
U.S. Currency -
https://www.moneyfactory.gov/uscurrency/howmoneyismade.html
How the Federal Reserve determines how much money to order each year https://youtu.be/vJWAB_mi5lk
How does U.S. currency get into circulation?
https://youtu.be/XX2_vel-i5I
How to Authenticate U.S. Currency
https://youtu.be/Ybt04VtOmzE
The Basics on U.S. Currency
https://youtu.be/TKBFpWGoqvA
Recent Change in the Production of Federal Reserve Notes https://youtu.be/m5aRMD_pC20
Union Station -
https://www.unionstationdc.com/History-of-Union-Station//
National Building Museum -
https://www.nbm.org/about/historic-home/
National Law Enforcement Memorial -
https://lawenforcementmuseum.org/about/the-memorial/
Union Station -
https://www.unionstationdc.com/History-of-Union-Station//
Washington National Cathedral –
https://cathedral.org/architecture/special-features/
https://cathedral.org/architecture/facts-figures/
National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception –
https://www.nationalshrine.org/virtual-tour/
Georgetown -
https://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/wash/dc15.htm
Georgetown University -
https://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/wash/dc13.htm
VIRGINIA
Mount Vernon -
https://virtualtour.mountvernon.org/
George Washington Online Games-
https://www.mountvernon.org/education/for-students/online-games-and-interactives/
George Washington’s Timeline -
https://www.mountvernon.org/education/for-students/
Alexandria -
Alexandria Virtual Tour: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=heAOayZqdlE
Historic Triangle -
Jamestown/Yorktown (App) -
https://www.historyisfun.org/yorktown-victory-center/american-revolution-museum-at-yorktown-app/
Jamestown/Yorktown
A variety of entertaining, engaging and educational online resources available for you to enjoy with your family at home from the Jamestown Settlement and American Revolution Museum at Yorktown
https://www.historyisfun.org/at-home/
Jamestown Settlement/Yorktown Video -
https://www.historyisfun.org/video/
Colonial Williamsburg Orientation Video -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rn8GiXvqSy0
Governor’s Palace Virtual Tour -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3QDlcVZjsQ
Live with Martha Washington video -
https://youtu.be/1LTO0tEkWrs?list=PLGWf_8t0UG_hAmSb25uYDT8Ean7HiOdAm
Monticello -
Monticello virtual tour-
https://www.monticello.org/house-gardens/virtual-tours-of-monticello/
This is a site virtual map – Monticello's menu bar is at the top
MARYLAND
Baltimore –
https://baltimore.org/info/about-baltimore
http://www.baltimorecity.gov/sites/default/files/5_History.pdf
Fort McHenry -
https://www.nps.gov/fomc/learn/historyculture/history-of-fort-mchenry.htm
PENNSYLVANIA
PHILADELPHIA
Visit Philadelphia Virtual Tour:
https://www.youvisit.com/tour/visitphilly
Independence Hall Photo Gallery:
https://www.nps.gov/media/photo/gallery.htm?id=B6F0257A-155D-451F-67E68FF4C2857CBC
Liberty Bell:
https://historyview.org/library/liberty-bell/
Constitution Center:
https://constitutioncenter.org/interactive-constitution
Constitution Center Videos:
https://constitutioncenter.org/learn/hall-pass
Constitution Center Quiz:
https://constitutioncenter.org/foundersquiz/
Museum of the American Revolution:
http://amrevmuseum-virtualtour.org/
Museum of the American Revolution:
https://www.amrevmuseum.org/education-museum/students-and-teachers/virtual-field-trip
Betsy Ross House:
http://historicphiladelphia.org/virtualbrh/
Valley Forge:
https://www.mountvernon.org/video/watch/valley-forge-in4
Valley Forge:
https://www.nps.gov/museum/exhibits/valley_forge/washington_headquarters.html
Valley Forge:
https://www.nps.gov/museum/exhibits/valley_forge/varnums_quarters.html
LANCASTER COUNTY
http://amishbuggyrides.com/videos/
Sight and Sound Theaters -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41ywzruhGeI
Esther -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TEz8VIU4Sg
Esther -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UGgFT2R2CU
GETTYSBURG
Gettysburg Battlefield -
https://www.battlefields.org/visit/virtual-tours/gettysburg-360-virtual-tour
Gettysburg Battlefield Tour -
https://vimeo.com/73645010
Gettysburg Visitor Center Virtual Tour -
https://www.youvisit.com/tour/115392/139113/
Reading of Gettysburg Address -
https://www.nps.gov/media/video/view.htm?id=F1ACF9C9-1DD8-B71B-0B12CFF35280458D
All things Lincoln tour: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMoS6-yxK9w
Eisenhower Farm -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nK8SKw9vhw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mQoHCvsIHg
NEW YORK
New York City
New York City Virtual Tour:
https://www.youvisit.com/tour/nyc?pl
New York City Panorama -
https://www.iloveny360.com/panorama/top-of-the-rock
Brooklyn Bridge Panorama -
https://www.photojpl.com/sunrise-on-the-brooklyn-bridge-in-new-york-city/-/wxbS4R4QF8/
Statue of Liberty Cam -
https://www.earthcam.com/usa/newyork/statueofliberty/
9/11 Memorial
Firemen Memorial Wall near 911 Memorial:
https://www.photojpl.com/fdny-911-fire-department-memorial-wall-in-new-york-city/-/tfhcLQPsaI/
9/11 Memorial Museum Interactive Tourhttps://www.911memorial.org/visit/about-your-visit/learn-and-explore-home/interactive-museum-experience
From artifacts to exhibitions, you can learn and explore the 9/11 Memorial & Museum from home.
Rockefeller Center / Empire State Building
Rockefeller Center:
https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/art-1010/architecture-design/ny-skyscrapers-landmarks/a/rockefeller-center
Rockefeller Center Virtual Tour:
https://www.1pixelworld.com/virtualtour/newyork/?visit=5#
Radio City Music Hall virtual 360:
http://www.samrohn.com/360-panorama/radio-city-music-hall-360-virtual-tour/
NBC Studios virtual tour:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WfNjc2QDaE
Empire State building virtual tour:
https://www.iloveny360.com/panorama/empire-state-building-102th-floor
Madison Square Garden
Madison Square Garden virtual tour:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1oUNVstpgs
Central Park virtual tour:
https://www.youvisit.com/tour/centralpark
Battery Park virtual tour:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQ11kMqQAq4
Statue of Liberty virtual tour -
https://www.nps.gov/featurecontent/stli/eTour.htm
Ellis Island:
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/immigration/webcast.htm
Lower Eastside Tenement Museum:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HB7Kim2qYBE
NYSE / Federal Hall / Trinity Church -
New York Stock Exchange Virtual Tour -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRJBZIQrQAY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZohCshF0Yg
http://www.samrohn.com/360-panorama/new-york-stock-exchange/
Federal_Hall -
New_York_City_New_York.html#photos;aggregationId=101&albumid=101&filter=7&ff=122283324
Federal Hall Virtual Photos -
https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g60763-d143124-Reviews-
Federal Hall Timeline -
https://federalhall.org/history-timeline/?v=7516fd43adaa
Trinity Church -
Trinity Church Virtual Tour -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WsloPBSx80E
Hamilton at Trinity Church virtual tour -
https://www.trinitywallstreet.org/video/video-tour-hamilton-trinity
Lincoln Tunnel -
Lincoln Tunnel construction video -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlJiZ58y8JE
Times Square -
Times Square Virtual 360 -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=os51jkI3GdY
Times Square Brief History -
https://www.timessquarenyc.org/history-of-times-square
USS Intrepid -
USS Intrepid History -
https://www.nps.gov/articles/uss-intrepid.htm
USS Intrepid Virtual Tour -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DM_JyJODzhw
West Point -
West Point Aerial tour:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eem85EMWjs
West Point Virtual Map:
http://westpointadmissions.com/map.php
West Point Video Clip:
http://westpointadmissions.com/player/1/cadet-life/history
Massachusetts
BOSTON -
Boston Fly-Over Video:
Boston Freedom Trail Virtual Tour:
Boston Freedom Trail Virtual Tour:
(this is about 1 1/2 hours long. No narration. Just a walk along the entire 2.5 miles of the Freedom Trail)
Boston Interactive Map:
https://www.signatureboston.com/boston/getting-around/interactive-map
Boston Back Bay Virtual Tour:
Beacon Hill Virtual Walking Tour:
Faneuil Hall Virtual Tour:
Fenway Park Virtual Tour:
https://youtu.be/gXwHaKGZeX0
Robert Gould Shaw 54th Regiment Memorial Virtual Tour of the Sculpture:
https://youtu.be/5fYBwkxkm5s
Robert Gould Shaw 54th Regiment Memorial Virtual Tour Boston:
https://youtu.be/NeLev18nc-I
Faneuil Hall Virtual Tour:
https://youtu.be/4shomfNZ-OA
Fenway Park Virtual Tour:
https://youtu.be/gXwHaKGZeX0
USS Constitution Virtual Tour:
https://www.facebook.com/ussconstitutionofficial/videos/772884166448906/?t=7
Harvard Yard Virtual Tour:
https://www.youvisit.com/tour/harvard?pl=f
New England Holocaust Memorial Virtual Tour:
https://youtu.be/l53AjSscTxk
Cambridge, MA - About:
https://www.britannica.com/place/Cambridge-Massachusetts
LEXINGTON/CONCORD
Battles of Lexington & Concord Video:
Buckman Tavern Virtual Tour:
https://my.matterport.com/show/?m=PWkJS5xyUrC&brand=0&help=1
Hancock-Clarke House Virtual Tour:
https://my.matterport.com/show/?m=d8tgKiBdaUd&brand=0&help=1
PLYMOUTH
Plimoth Plantation Virtual Tour:
https://youtu.be/trQPPEERPk0
Plimoth Plantation Virtual Tour:
https://youtu.be/Hc21h_adwfc
Mayflower II Virtual Overview Tour:
https://youtu.be/3vRi6-f7Mus
Mayflower II Virtual Tour 30 minute:
https://youtu.be/ppDw52cWWtQ
National Monument to the Forefathers Virtual Tour
with Dr. Marshall Foster/Kirk Cameron:
https://youtu.be/liUtyo2l9ds
The Forefathers Monument Explained (hosted by John Bona):
https://youtu.be/tLZVHOl7_mo
Forefathers Monument-The Matrix of Liberty Virtual Tour:
https://youtu.be/D47u5ZSGs7k
Others
Billy Graham Library
A collection of fun activities and spiritual encouragement :
https://billygrahamlibrary.org/continue-the-journey-from-home/
Junior Handyman’s Toolkit: Classroom Projects, Essentials and Checklists -
Submitted by a reader and her children whose school was closed down due to the pandemic. This is a collection of projects that students can work on that covers woodworking, STEM, and computer building. Thanks Emma & Liam!
