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Virginia Frontier

This free, one-day field trip was attended by 4th through 11th grade students from public, private, and home school organizations.
 
Campers:
 
  • Learned about the different stages of frontier settlement with an emphasis on Virginia and its geographic regions
  • Discovered daily life as it was lived on the frontier by pioneer children
  • Experienced frontier chores and games
  • Learned how Pioneer homes were built, how food and clothing were obtained, how children were educated, and how the frontier economy evolved
  • Created and published a two-page newsletter including digital pictures from the day's frontier activities using laptop computers in the Multimedia Learning Center
 
Virginia Standards of Learning

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

  • Computer/Technology
  • History VS.1, VS. 2, VS. 3
  • Math Simple Machines
  • Language Arts 4.1, 4.7, 4.8
  

Annual Picnic Gallery at Learning Tree Farms View previous Frontier photos


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