Curriculum Standards
A complete list of curriculum standards and their relationships to each Museum program may be downloaded on PDF format by clicking the link below the program description marked teacher‘s guide or contact the Education Department at 912-748-8888 or email education@mightyeighth.org. Each Student receives a copy of “A Student’s Guide to the Eighth Air Force During World War II” after completion of the tour.Programs
Each tour is tailored to the age/grade of the students participating in the program or workshop. Student tour admission is $5 per student and reduced/free admission grants are available.
Legends of Air Power (Grades K-3)
Students participate in a workshop and tour designed to introduce younger children to the world of aviation. Children will identify parts of planes and discover how these parts work together to make the plane fly. A focused tour features the Museum’s aircraft and model collections. Duration: One hour
WWII Character Counts! Museum Tour (Grades 4-12)
On a docent-led tour, students are introduced to the causes and the events that led up to WWII, and the role of the 8th Air Force in defeating Hitler’s Germany. The tour includes a detailed view of a crewmember’s experience through the use of an immersion theater, a look at the POW experience, the Holocaust, and the wartime contributions of African-Americans and women. Duration: Two hours
GA Performance Standards for Tours • SC Academic Standards for Tours
Workshops
We offer three free workshops with a student tour admission.
American Home Front During WWII (Grades 4-12)
In a 30 minute museum and classroom experience, students learn how civilians, through hard work and sacrifice, played a major role in helping the Allies win World War II. Our costumed interpreter, “Rosie the Riveter,” uses original period posters, V-mail and selected artifacts to demonstrate the importance of the civilian war effort. Although emphasis is placed on home front activities in Georgia and the Low Country, the program discusses how the war bought nationwide social changes, especially for women, children and minorities. Groups also receive a 90-minute docent-led WWII Character Counts! museum tour.
Home front Teacher’s Guide for GA Home front Teacher’s Guide for South Carolina
Science of Flight (Grades 2-12) In a 45 minute museum and classroom experience, students learn about Newton’s Laws of Physics and Bernoulli’s Principle while discovering how an aircraft’s weight, thrust, lift, and drag all influence its ultimate design. Students use a functioning wind tunnel to analyze lift and drag, and a model turbojet engine to demonstrate thrust. Program personnel include working and retired aviation engineers. Groups also receive a 75-minute docent-led aviation related Character Counts! museum tour.
Science of Flight Teacher’s Guide for South Carolina and Georgia
The Roosevelts (Grade 3) In a 45 minute classroom experience students will view and interact with a costumed interpreter “Depression era woman” listening to President Roosevelt’s New Deal and WWII era Fireside chats on her radio in her home. The program will cover how the New Deal helped lessen the Great Depression’s effect on many Americans, how Georgia played a role in the President’s life and how he helped lead the country during the war. A 75 minute tour focusing on the museum’s exhibits of the Women Air Force Service Pilots and the Tuskegee Airmen who were both helped by Eleanor Roosevelt’s continuing fight for equal rights for women and African Americans in America. The tour will also focus on President Roosevelt’s “Day That Will Live in Infamy” speech and the reaction of thousands of men who rushed off the join the military (and the 8th) to help keep our freedom safe and end tyranny around the world.