Student Tours – Destrehan Plantation

Activate the Historical Imagination of your Students

Destrehan Plantation’s award-winning, nationally renowned Heritage Education Program offers students of all ages the opportunity to step back in time and witness history firsthand. Explore the beautifully restored house and the magnificent grounds, featuring 200-year-old live oak trees, as well as educational exhibits and demonstrations. Student tours are grade-level appropriate and meet the school district curriculum benchmark and standards for grades K-12. To ensure the desired dates, please book student tours at least 1 month in advance. Allow a minimum of two hours for the student visit.

All proceeds from the Heritage Program go to the restoration and preservation of Destrehan Plantation and its dependency buildings.

Our Heritage Education Program Offers:

Primary Sources
State-of-the-Art Museums
Picnic Areas
In-service opportunities between teachers & plantation program Coordinator

Louisiana Student Standards for Social Studies That Correlate with a Field Trip to Destrehan Plantation – Download forms below

During the Tour:

Historical interpreters educate students about the lives of those who lived on the plantation free and enslaved.
Students interact with interpreters and relate colonial life and early statehood life to contemporary times.
Develop research opportunities
Witness folk-life demonstrations
Educational visit questionnaire download here
Educational visit questionnaire answer key download here
1811 Slave Revolt quiz download here
1811 Slave Revolt answer key download here
Vocabulary words associated with visit download here
Suggested reading list download here

Follow-Up Activities for the Classroom:

Online resource materials
Stay connected through social media

Heritage Education Program Rates