Great Tours!: Thematic Tours and Guide Training for Historic Sites (American Association for State and Local History)
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| Rating | : | 4.21 (694 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0759100993 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 176 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-01-11 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Her combined love of history and 'things' led to a degree in American Studies from Smith College and the Winterthur Program in Early American Culture. Sandy Mackenzie Lloyd first interpreted history to the public as a kindergartner when she wrote, directed, and starred in a play about Betsy Ross. Although she moved on to work in the historic site field, her experiences in music and teaching confirmed her belief that interpre
Great Tours! helps you focus clearly on the material culture and significance of your site and then shows you how to use that focus to train and energize your guides. Readings and workshop activities frame the process throughout and allow you to develop what is most appropriate for your site, while working to strike a realistic balance between ideals and every day reality. Visit their web page.. Great Tours! offers a unique combination of theoretical guidance and practical activities, supplemented by reproducible forms and a bibliography and index, that make it an invaluable resource for anyone involved with planning tours and training guides. Published in cooperation with the National Trust for Historic Preservation. You will be able to move your tours to a fresh new level that is engaging and educational for visitors of all ages and abilities. Creating tours that are interesting and educational for visitors (and guides!) is a challenge every historic site faces
It is all to the good that the organization is so clearly defined, with the subdivisions given equal care, for the wealth of material would be difficult to absorb without such orderly presentation One cannot, in all truth, single out a single section or chapter as more useful than another, but there is no doubt that in working with enthusiastic guides the training activities, formatted as worksheets, will be invaluable. With loads of activities and practical advice, the book is designed to be adaptable for sites of varying sizes, resource levels and sophistication. (George D. Great Tours! provides practical help and advice for historic sites, helping them to address the increasingly important and linked questions of visitor exp
"Great Tours, and Not a Great Book!" according to Branislav Rabotic. I am very disappointed with the book. Just a few ideas are given here and then repeated and repeated and repeated. The authors give very simplified and basic instructions about guide training in a way that can be useful only for schoolteachers in remote areas of Africa.For instance, they suggest a procedure, which begins with the following operation: "Begin the session with an open discussion. Ask the class: What is material culture? If the class know what it is, ask them to name examples of material culture, both generally and at the site. If they . "Good book" according to Ordinary Consumer. Very helpful to tour guides. Practical and easy to read suggestions.. S. Owen said A Wonderful Training Guide. This is a wonderful book when used properly. The book is to be used as a training guide for a class or workshop. The book is set up to work out specific excercises for a mock historical site. I took such a workshop through the National Trust in which this book was used. We followed along with the instructor (who used slides, charts, and yes, colored markers--see review below)working in team groups. It has been a valuable reference to refer back to. Even if you do not get to take the workshop put on by the National Trust you could adopt the book to c