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Our “Nation at War” Traveling Trunks, bring the story of the Battle of Gettysburg and its participants into your classroom. Each trunk contains a number of independent learning stations, including Life of a Soldier, Women of the War, Civil War Medical Care, and Lincoln at Gettysburg. Trunk materials and curriculum is recommended for Grades 4 through 10.
The “Gettysburg Battlefield in a Box” Traveling Map can be shipped to your school, with an accompanying video link and teacher’s guide for everything you need to teach the campaign and battle of Gettysburg interactively. The Traveling Map, which consists of ropes to represent the road network in and around Gettysburg and flower pots to represent the many hills, can be used right in the middle of your classroom floor, or from a common room for the whole grade or school. Our Traveling Map is recommended for students in grades 4 through 12 (and beyond).
Scroll to the bottom of this page to submit your request for a traveling trunk. Our “Nation at War” Traveling Trunks, ship to your school for 2-3 weeks.
Multiple requests exceeding our number of trunks or map for the same time frame will be taken on a first come, first served basis. There are six circulating trunks and just one map so time frames are limited.
Thanks to our partner, the Gettysburg Foundation, there is no fee for the trunks nor for the shipping costs to and from your school.
The trunk will arrive at your school on a Monday and must be shipped back to the park no later than the return date (typically the second Friday), as other schools will be waiting for the trunk!
Note: All Programs and Procedures are subject to change.
Thank you for your interest in our Traveling Trunk Program.
Our Traveling Trunks are booked full for the 2025-2026 school year.
We have avalibility for Summer 2026 begining in mid-June. Please email us if you are interested in a Trunk or the Map for Summer 2026. Booking for the 2026-2027 school year will begin in August, 2026.
