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Heritage Exploration

This free, one-day program was for 5th grade students and was aligned with the 5th grade Virginia Standards of Learning.
 
What the students learned:
 

This was an opportunity for students to learn how Lewis and Clark documented their exploration of the West. Students:

  • Experienced the Lewis and Clark expedition through the use of primary source documents
  • Used maps to gain information about the Lewis and Clark Expedition
  • Explored the qualities and experiences that help make a person successful as a member of a team
  • Wrote a well-constructed paragraph summarizing their experiences and using detailed words
  • Used laptop computers to create and publish a two-page newsletter including digital pictures describing their learning experience on the Farm
  • Used surveying equipment from the 1800s
 
Virginia Standards of Learning

Virginia SOL's in the following Curriculum Areas were supported by this Program:

  • History HSS.5.2, and HSS.5.6, USI.1, USI.2, USI.8
  • Science 5.1
  • Math 5.1, 5.3, 5.8, 5.11
  • Language Arts 5.1
  

Annual Picnic Gallery at Learning Tree Farms View previous Heritage Exploration photos


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