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| Foreword | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Preface | |
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| Developing the Thematic Tour | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Preparation: Assemble the Facts | |
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| Planning: The Theme Development Team and the Roundtable Workshop | |
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| Summarizing the Site's Significance on an Index Card--The Storyline | |
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| Storylines, Themes, Physical Evidence, Biographies, and Historical Context | |
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| Material Culture and Biography in a Historic House Setting | |
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| Using Material Culture and Biography to Interpret Historic Sites | |
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| Using Material Culture and Biography to Build an Interpretive Tour | |
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| Identifying the Site's Topics | |
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| Identifying the Site's Themes | |
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| Outline: Using Sentences, Historical Context, Biographies, and Physical Evidence to Build Themes | |
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| Creating: Writing, Revising, and Testing the Thematic Tour Outline | |
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| Revising the Storyline for the Site | |
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| Building the Thematic Tour Outline | |
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| Storylines, Themes, Physical Evidence, Biographies, and Historical Context: Pulling It All Together | |
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| Drafting a Tour Outline | |
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| Testing the Thematic Tour Outline | |
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| Refining the Thematic Tour Outline | |
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| Testing and Revising the Thematic Tour Outline | |
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| Sample Materials | |
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| Time Line for the Caleb Crawley House, 1763-81 | |
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| Short Biographies for the Caleb Crawley House | |
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| Training Guides to Give Thematic Tours | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Site Specifics and Historical Context | |
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| Material Culture: The Physical Evidence | |
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| Understanding Material Culture | |
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| Interpreting Material Culture: A Five-Step Approach | |
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| Asking Questions of Material Culture | |
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| How to "Read" an Artifact | |
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| Five Steps to Interpret Material Culture | |
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| Material Culture in a Historic House Setting | |
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| Using Material Culture to Build an Interpretive Tour | |
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| Interpretive Themes and the Thematic Tour | |
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| Thematic Tours vs. Non-thematic Tours | |
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| An Introduction to the Components of a Thematic Tour--Storylines, Themes, Physical Evidence, Biographies, and Historical Context | |
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| The Storyline | |
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| Historical Context--Discussion | |
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| Finding the Site's Topics | |
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| Identifying the Site's Themes | |
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| Historical Biographies: Interpreting Multiple Perspectives, Part 1 | |
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| Interpreting Multiple Perspectives: People, Places, Objects, and Themes | |
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| Interpreting Multiple Perspectives, Part 2 | |
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| Using the Evidence to Communicate Themes | |
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| Using Evidence to Interpret Themes | |
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| Practice, Practice, Practice | |
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| Communication: Audience and Presentation Techniques | |
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| Field Assignment--Taking a Tour | |
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| Taking a Tour from the Audience Perspective | |
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| A Communication Model | |
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| Good Communication Skills: Tips for Guides | |
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| Adapting the Message to the Audience | |
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| Working with People of Different Ages--Children, Adolescents, and Adults | |
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| The Five Stages of Human Learning: Tips for Guides | |
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| Special Needs Audiences | |
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| Interpreting Sensitive Topics to the Public, Part 1 | |
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| Interpreting Slavery at Historic Sites: Tips for Guides | |
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| Interpreting Sensitive Topics to the Public, Part 2 | |
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| Voice | |
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| Gesture | |
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| Managing Guides Effectively | |
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| Managing Guides Effectively | |
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| Duties of the Guiding Staff at the Caleb Crawley House | |
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| Caleb Crawley House Interpretive Guide Application | |
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| Caleb Crawley House Guide Agreement | |
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| Guide Training Checklist | |
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| Mentor/Trainee Agreement | |
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| Mentor Checklist | |
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| Caleb Crawley House Program Review | |
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| Caleb Crawley House Annual Tour Review | |
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| Self-Evaluation Questionnaire | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| About the Authors | |
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| Index | |