Barbara Abramoff Levy, Sandra Mackenzie Lloyd, Susan Porter Schreiber

Great Tours! (eBook, ePUB)

Thematic Tours and Guide Training for Historic Sites

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Creating tours that are interesting and educational for visitors (and guides!) is a challenge every historic site faces. 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. 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. 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. 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. Visit their web page.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 176
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Februar 2002
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780759116757
• Artikelnr.: 39287031

Autorenporträt

By Barbara Abramoff Levy; Sandra Mackenzie Lloyd and Susan Porter Schreiber

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1 Foreword Part 2 Acknowledgments Part 3 Preface Part 4 Part 1:
Developing the Thematic Tour Chapter 5 Introduction Chapter 6 Chapter 1.
Preparation: Assemble the Facts Chapter 7 Chapter 2. Planning: The Theme
Development Team and the Roundtable Workshop Chapter 8 Chapter 3. Creating:
Writing, Testing, and Revising a Thematic Tour Online Chapter 9 Sample
Materials Part 10 Part 2: Training Guides to Give Thematic Tours Chapter 11
Introduction Chapter 12 Chapter 4. Site Specifics and Historical Context
Chapter 13 Chapter 5. Material Culture: The Physical Evidence Chapter 14
Chapter 6. Interpretive Themes and the Thematic Tour Chapter 15 Chapter 7.
Communication: Audience and Presentation Techniques Part 16 Part 3:
Managing Guides Effectively Chapter 17 Chapter 8. Managing Guides
Effectively Part 18 Index Part 19 About the Authors