Christian Discoveries was founded by educators and travel professionals whose goal is to extend education into the worldwide classroom and provide the best opportunities for learning through seeing, experiencing and interacting. Learning through personal experience takes education to a higher level. Through educational travel, students use knowledge acquired in the classroom to analyze the world around them and make a personal connection by applying their knowledge to their understanding and view of the future.

Christian Discoveries, as an affiliate of WorldStrides, was the nation’s first accredited student travel company exclusively serving Christian schools. Accreditation recognizes educational institutions for performance, integrity, and quality that entitles them to the confidence of the educational community and the public.

Christian Discoveries recognizes that all students learn differently – some rely on facts and data, some are auditory as opposed to visual learners, some need hands on repetition. For this reason, our programs use an integrated learning approach to history education that can’t be replicated in any other setting.

Several educational tools are available on our website. Sites and Snapshots gives students the opportunity to preview what they will see on their trip, complete with photos, facts, and web links. The Online Learning Center offers a unique opportunity for students to experience, explore, and learn about classroom subjects interactively, complete with site inforamtion and quizzes to test knowledge. The Online Learning Center is available only to students registered to travel on a Christian Discoveries program. Finally, program participants have the opportunity to earn one semester elective credit towards their high school graduation by participating in Christian Discoveries’ Discovery for Credit program. Students earn their credit by completing their trip (of four days or longer) and their online course work, and this program is available to all grade levels.

Learning through personal experience
In the classroom, students learn the fundamentals of how a bill becomes a law. When students come to Washington, D.C., they take learning to a higher level when they walk through the Capitol and sit in the Congressional or Senate galleries where our laws are made.

In the classroom, students start to understand the tragedy of the assassination of an American President. However, the power of this even becomes “real” when standing in Ford’s Theater or at Kennedy’s grave in Arlington National Cemetery.

In the classroom, students learn about the various military engagements in which our country participated. Standing in front of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial or looking into the faces of the soldiers at the Korean Memorial, however, helps students emotionally understand the difference between a statistic in a history book and a real human life.

In the classroom, students learn of the faith of our founding fathers. In D.C., students get to see the influence faith played in the paintings, inscriptions, and memorials so prominently displayed in our nation’s capital.