The tour of the historic and beautiful Mark Twain House takes 45 minutes. However, the more students that visit, the longer a school needs to be on-site to ensure that everyone sees the house. For large groups, we can add a number of complementary educational programs, as well as time in our galleries, exhibitions, and time for watching a documentary. While each tour will always be 45 minutes, the overall length of a field trip will vary based on the number of students.
Offsite Tour
The Mark Twain House & Museum 351 Farmington Avenue Hartford, CT 06105: Bus Parking and student drop off is located at 385 Farmington Ave, Hartford, CT 06105.
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The Mark Twain House & Museum has funds available to provide reimbursement for the cost of busing the students to the museum. For visits in December, January, February and March, the Mark Twain House & Museum will reimburse the FULL COST of busing the students to the Museum. September through November and April through June, schools can receive up to $150.00 per bus for up to two buses per visit. Please request details when you contact us.
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I can use art, objects, place, and space as evidence to describe life in historic eras.
I can understand why Hartford was an exciting place to live, and an important location for Mark Twain's writing.
I can speak with confidence about the experiences of Mark Twain, and his family, in historic Hartford.
All students experience a facilitated tour of the historic and beautiful Mark Twain House. During the tour, a museum educator asks them questions designed to guide them in interpreting the space. Students will have a hands-on component during the tours and explore activities of the 19th century Clemens' household.
We have a significant opportunity for caregiver volunteers serving as chaperones. We request at least one adult for every 13 students, which usually requires that a school provides chaperones.
Grade 3
Grade 3. English Language Arts Standards. Speaking and Listening. Comprehension and Collaboration.1: Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 3 topics and texts, building on others' ideas and expressing their own clearly.
Grade 3. English Language Arts Standards. Speaking and Listening. Comprehension and Collaboration.3: Ask and answer questions about information from a speaker, offering appropriate elaboration and detail.
Grade 3. English Language Arts Standards. Speaking and Listening. Presentation of Knowledge and Ideas.4: Report on a topic or text, tell a story, or recount an experience with appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details, speaking clearly at an understandable pace.
Grade 3. English Language Arts Standards. Speaking and Listening. Presentation of Knowledge and Ideas.6: Speak in complete sentences when appropriate to task and situation in order to provide requested detail or clarification.
Grade 3. Visual Art. Responding. Anchor Standard #7.1: Speculate about processes an artist uses to create a work of art.
Grade 3. Visual Art. Responding. Anchor Standard #7.2: Determine messages communicated by an image.
Grade Three. Visual Art. Connecting. Anchor Standard #11.3: Recognize that responses to art change depending on knowledge of the time and place in which it was made.
Grade 4
Grade 4. English Language Arts Standards. Speaking and Listening. Comprehension and Collaboration.1: Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 4 topics and texts, building on others' ideas and expressing their own clearly.
Grade 4. English Language Arts Standards. Speaking and Listening. Comprehension and Collaboration.3: Identify the reasons and evidence a speaker provides to support particular points.
Grade 4. English Language Arts Standards. Speaking and Listening. Presentation of Knowledge and Ideas.4: Report on a topic or text, tell a story, or recount an experience in an organized manner, using appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details to support main ideas or themes; speak clearly at an understandable pace.
Grade 4. English Language Arts Standards. Speaking and Listening. Presentation of Knowledge and Ideas.6: Differentiate between contexts that call for formal English (e.g., presenting ideas) and situations where informal discourse is appropriate (e.g., small-group discussion); use formal English when appropriate to task and situation.
Grade 4. Visual Art. Responding. Anchor Standard #7.2: Analyze components in visual imagery that convey messages.
Grade 4. Visual Art. Responding. Anchor Standard #9.1: Apply one set of criteria to evaluate more than one work of art.
Grade 4. Visual Art. Connecting. Anchor Standard #11.1: Through observation, infer information about time, place, and culture in which a work of art was created.
Grade 5
Grade 5. English Language Arts Standards. Speaking and Listening. Comprehension and Collaboration.1: Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 5 topics and texts, building on others' ideas and expressing their own clearly.
Grade 5. English Language Arts Standards. Speaking and Listening. Comprehension and Collaboration.3: Summarize the points a speaker makes and explain how each claim is supported by reasons and evidence.
Grade 5. English Language Arts Standards. Speaking and Listening. Presentation of Knowledge or Ideas.4: Report on a topic or text or present an opinion, sequencing ideas logically and using appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details to support main ideas or themes; speak clearly at an understandable pace.
Grade 5. Visual Art. Responding. Anchor Standard #7.2: Identify and analyze cultural associations suggested by visual imagery.
Grade 5. Visual Art. Responding. Anchor Standard #9.1: Recognize differences in criteria used to evaluate works of art depending on styles, genres, and media as well as historical and cultural contexts.
Grade 5. Visual Art. Connecting. Anchor Standard #11.1: Identify how art is used to inform or change beliefs, values, or behaviors of an individual or society.
