TOP HISTORY DESTINATIONS: New Orleans New Orleans was founded by the French in Spring of 1718. To pay a war debt, France gave up control of Louisiana to Spain. Then in 1803, New Orleans went back to French rule. Then New Orleans was acquired by the United States in the Louisiana Purchase. If your students are ready to learn how the Mardi Gras colors came to be, why all the graves are above-ground, or where Creole gentlemen frequently met to settle scores with swords and pistols, Educational Destinations can make your New Orleans history trip rewarding and memorable.

EDUCATIONAL HISTORY OPPORTUNITIES: • Learn About New Orleans’ Civil Rights Movement that Began • Learn of the Hardships of 55 Brave African-American Students in the 1950’s Who Registered for Classes in 1958 • Try the 4-D Movie Experience: Beyond All Boundaries • View Rare Artifacts of America’s History at the Cabildo • Learn About the History and Traditions of Mardi Gras • Walk the sites of the Battle of New Orleans • Explore the art and architecture of the Spanish era with the • Find Out What a Mardi Gras Krewe Is and its Past French Quarter • Learn About the Devastating Breaches in the Levees During • Discover the Birthplace of Jazz and the Artists and the Katrina Communities Where it All Began • Museum Scavenger Hunts • Learn How New Orleans Became the Largest and Most • Participate in a Series of Design Challenges Related to World Important City in the South in the 19th Century War II Flight • Find out how the better trained and more experienced British • Find Out Aabout the Holocaust and the Trial of Adolf Eichmann Lost the Battle of New Orleans • Final Mission: The USS Tang Submarine Interactive Experience • Hear how New Orleans was Under Controlled by the French... • Learn of the Rochambelles, the only all-women corps active on Twice the front lines of World War II HISTORY ATTRACTIONS: • National World War II Museum • Beauregard-Keyes House • University of New Orleans • Old Ursuline Convent Museum • Loyola University • Gallier House • Louisiana State University • Old Absinthe House • Newcomb College • African American Museum • Preservation Hall • French Quarter • Ogden Museum of Southern Art • Jackson Square • Oak Alley Plantation • Preservation Hall • Destrehan Pantation • Riverboat Rides • Backstreet Cultural Museum • St. Charles Avenue Streetcar • Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve • Tours • Garden District • Cypress Swamp Tours • Louisiana State Museum at the Cabildo • French Market • The Presbytère • Jackson Brewery Mall • French Quarter • Saint Louis Cathedral • Holocaust Memorial • New Orleans Historic Voodoo Museum • Hermann-Grima House • Saint Louis No. 1 • Longue Vue House and Gardens OT HER ATTRACTIONS: • Steamboat Natchez • New Orleans Center for Creative Arts • Museum of • New Orleans Museum of Art • Night Cemetery Tours • Sutton Galleries • Voluntourism • Contemporary Arts Center • Preservation Hall Jazz Performances • Frenchmen Art Market • Mardi Gras World • Swamp and Bayou Sightseeing Tour • Audubon Aquarium of the Americas • Bike Tours • Audubon Zoo • Kayaking • Café du Monde • City Park • Cajun & Creole Cuisine • Fulton Alley • Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra • New Orleans Boulder Lounge • Michaul’s Cajun Music Restaurant • Glassblowing Workshops • Marie Laveau’s House of Voodoo

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