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Battleship TEXAS and San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Sites
Student Programs
Educators need to schedule field trips in advance. Tour scheduling may be made up to a year in advance. We hope that you will allow your students to take a whole day to step back in time and experience life on the Battleship Texas and experience history as it was in the days of Sam Houston and Santa Anna. It will take two calls to schedule your trip: 1) tour the Battleship and 2) visit to the Museum, the Observation Floor of the Monument, attend the multi-media presentation "Texas Forever." No reservations are necessary to visit the Battleground.
The Field Trip Guidelines for the Battleship provides teachers with hints and rules for your fun, interactive day at the Battleship TEXAS State Historic Site.
Lesson Plans:
The Battleship has numerous programs for students of various ages in development. These programs will be designed for hands on activities and classroom discussion, for students with many different learning styles and abilities. A teacher's curriculum book for the Museum and Monument activities is available for purchase from the San Jacinto Monument gift shop.
Student Programs:
Battleship Tour - The tour is self-guided. A "Battleship TEXAS Tour
Guide" is provided prior to your visit. Plan on at least 1 hour to view
the ship.
Sleep Over on the Battleship - Students get to see what it would be like
to be one of the troops during World War I and II. This activity is open
to organized youth groups between the age of 7-18. Perform crew duties, learn
about the early days of naval aviation, how radar was used, tour the ship
and take your meals just like the sailors did more than 50 years ago. Time
permitting, learn about nautical road knot tying, communications, and listen
to naval yarns. A Battleground tour is included in this overnight experience.
For reservations for this activity, contact the program director directly
at (281) 542-0684.
Battleground Programs:
Walk the Battleground and relive the famous battle for Texas Independence. Granite markers throughout the park designate locations of the Texian camps, the Mexican camps, the site of the advance by Texian forces and other strategic parts of the battle. Most markers can also be viewed from your vehicle. A "Battleground Walking Tour Guide" is available on the website or at the site headquarters.
Marsh Restoration and Boardwalk:
The marsh restoration and boardwalk is a self-guided tour. An interpretative guide, "Interpretive Trail-Habitats of the Upper Texas Coast", is available at the site headquarters or on the website. Read the Marsh Interpretive Trail Guide: "Habitats of the Upper Texas Coast".
