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The ALLIA:,, , CE for HIST, OKIC HILLSBOROU& GH t IF Historic Hillsborough Sites Become Extended Classroom Envision Historic Hillsborough as a school and its public historic sites as classrooms . This is the concept that the Alliance for Historic Hillsborough is fostering for our area schools, Through the generosity of the F.M. Kirby Foundation and the Hillsborough Tourism Board, the Burwell School Historic Site and the Orange County Historical Museum are putting the finishing touches on two collaborative curriculum-based programs that will be offered to Orange County teachers in early 2002 . i This past summer the Orange County Historical Museum and the Burwell School Historic Site shared an intern whose work focused on developing a teacher' s packet that would include lessons for the classroom that tie into on-site field studies : Intern Sarah Rudisill, a thirteen year veteran of the classroom, and currently pursuing her certification as a Curriculum i Instructional Specialist and an Ed.D . in Curriculum and Instruction, developed the lessons from the perspective of the teacher. The lessons are multidisciplinary in that they show teachers how historic sites can be used to teach not only social studies, but math, literature, science, art and music, The programs at the two sites build upon each and cover Hillsborough's history from the Native American period to the beginning of the Civil War, Future programs will include Reconstruction, industrialization and the development of mill village, and other topics relevant to other Hillsborough/Orange County history . The Alliance for Historic Hillsborough will coordinate the programs for area teachers by serving as the contact for information, scheduling and dism'bution of the teachers ' packets. We will also maintain a database on teachers who are using the programs , The Alliance itself has been awarded a grant from the F. M. Kirby Foundation to develop a curriculum based education program that focuses on the Hughes Academy and the Norwood Jones Law office. This programs, which is projected to be added to the teacher' s packet Fall 2002, covers the early 1800s and the period of reconstruction after the Civil War. The addition to the packet will allow teachers to incorporate two of Hillsborough' s unstaffed sites into their lesson plans and will cover curriculum objectives not covered by the earlier programs , Fatl Tcriasp 70nt Volume 6, Issue 3