Lets Explore Historical Places, Coast to Coast

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Lets Explore Historical Places, Coast to Coast!

• Ashley Cramer, Nikki Rogers, Jamie Wuennemann
  ED417-01

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Where are we going?

• Grade 3rd
• Unit Historical Places
• Topic Exploring local, state, and national
  historic places

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Why are we going there?

• Objectives
• Students will learn about local historical sites
  Students will learn about state historical sites
• Students will learn about national historical
  sites
• Students will gain an appreciation for the study
  of historical places
• Students will gain an understanding of historical
  happenings when they can make connections with
  the places around them and events throughout
  history

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Where are we going to visit along the way?

• Dayton
• Miamisburg Mound
• Wright B Flyer
• Carillon Park
• Collins School
• USAF Museum

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Where are we going to visit along the way? (cont.)

• Ohio
• Fort Recovery
• Ohio Village
• Ohio Statehouse
• Grant Birthplace
• Harding Tomb    

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Where are we going to visit along the way? (cont.)

• United States
• Statue of Liberty
• Mount Rushmore
• U.S. Capitol Building
• Pony Express
• USS Arizona

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First, lets learn about the places we are going!

• THIS WAY!

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Dayton

• Miamisburg Mound
• Created by the Adena Culture
• Largest conical shaped earthwork of its kind in
  the state
• The Adena Indians were the first in Ohio to build
  burial mounds

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Dayton

• Wright B Flyer
• Built to honor the accomplishments of Orville and
  Wilbur Wright who flew the original Wright B
  Flyer
• Original flyer was built to help with pilot
  trainings and reconnaissance for the US Army
• The remake of the Wright B Flyer is located in
  Miamisburg, Ohio

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Dayton

• Carillon Historical Park
• Created so people could learn about the
  achievements of people who lived in Dayton, Ohio
• Has old fashioned inventions, including the NCR
  cash register
• Has old fashioned forms of transportation such as
  old cars, trains, and buses
• Deeds Carillon is a large landmark with 57
  bells!

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Dayton

• Collin's School
• One room school house
• Allows students to experience what life was like
  in the 1880s
• Considered a historical landmark in Xenia

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Dayton

• United States Air Force Museum
• The world's largest military aviation museum
• Displays over three hundred aircrafts and
  missiles

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Ohio

• Fort Recovery
• Two large battles took place there
• Was the battle at Fort Recovery that led to the
  signing of a treaty which allowed settlers to
  live in the Northwest region

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Ohio

• Ohio Village
• Created to show what a typical town was like
  during the Civil War
• During this time in history, Abraham Lincoln was
  president and there was a large battle between
  the North and the South to end slavery

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Ohio

• Ohio Statehouse
• Interprets the state capitals history
• Helps students learn about Ohio history,
  citizenship, and government
• One of the oldest working statehouses in the U.S.
• Has magnificent Greek architecture

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Ohio

• Grant Birthplace
• Restored cottage where Ulysses S. Grant was born
• Ulysses S. Grant was born in Ohio and the 18th
  president of the U.S.
• The cottage contains items from Grants time
  period in the 1800s

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Ohio

• Harding Tomb
• Circular monument containing the remains of
  Warren B. Harding
• Warren G. Harding was born in Ohio and the 29th
  president of the U.S.
• Similar to the appearance of a round Greek temple

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United States

• Statue of Liberty
• A colossal statue given to the U.S. by France
• Its one of the most recognizable statues in the
  U.S.
• Was designed by the same engineers as the Eiffle
  Tower
• It stands at Liberty Island, located in the
  Hudson River of New York
• Displays the joining of Nations between the U.S.
  and France

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United States

• Mount Rushmore
• Is a monumental granite sculpture
• Represents the first 150 years of history in the
  U.S.
• There are four heads sculpted into the monument
  George Washington, Theodore Roosevelt, Thomas
  Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln
• Mt. Rushmore is located near Keystone, South
  Dakota

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United States

• The US Capitol Building
• Used by Congress and serves as a museum of art
  and history to the American public
• The U.S. Capitol is one of the most symbolic
  buildings in the U.S.
• The building has the most impressive architecture
  in the U.S.
• The building is located on Capitol Hill in
  Washington, D.C.

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United States

• Pony Express
• First form of mail delivery in the U.S.
• Pony express riders carried mail on horse back
  over 2000 miles to California!
• The stables are still standing and located in St.
  Joseph, Missouri

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United States

• USS Arizona National Memorial
• The remains of a battleship, the USS Arizona
  commemorates all of those who lost their lives in
  the battle on December 7, 1941
• Located in Hawaii at Pearl Harbor where World War
  II began

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How are we going to get there?

• Activities
• News Reporters
• Field Trip Teachers
• Center Travelers
• Clue Finders
• Travel Agents

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Activities (cont.)

• News Reporters
• Students will discuss non-fiction stories and
  historical places
• In small groups, students will choose a
  historical place and research
• Groups will video record a news broadcast
  displaying learned information about their place

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Activities (cont.)

• Field Trip Teachers
• Students will venture on a field trip to a local
  or state historical place
• Students will record learned facts in a history
  log
• After field trip, students will teach another
  class about their place and what they experienced
  when they traveled there

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Activities (cont.)

• Center Travelers
• Teacher will set up 5 travel centers in the room
  that will display pictures, information, and
  artifacts specific to the place
• Students will travel to each center answering
  questions and then be given a stamp for their
  passport

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Activities (cont.)

• Clue Finders
• Teacher will read the book Flat Stanley, by Jeff
  Brown
• Students will work together to create multiple
  paper Flat Stanleys
• The different Flat Stanleys will be sent to the
  historical places being studied. These places
  will then send information back allowing the
  students to find clues about the place

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Activities (cont.)

• Travel Agents
• After studying different historical places,
  students will work in groups to create a travel
  brochure of an assigned place
• Students job is to make other people want to
  travel to their place

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What are we taking with us?

• Materials
• Book Flat Stanley, by Jeff Brown
• Construction Paper
• Envelopes
• Stamps
• Bus (for field trip)
• History Journals (for students)
• Research Tools
• Computer Paper (for brochure)
• Markers
• Crayons
• Center Materials (info on places, artifacts,
  pictures)
• Construction Paper Passports
• Stampers (for passports)
• Video Camera

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Where can we stop to fuel information?

• Websites
• The History Place
• http//www.historyplace.com/tourism/usa.htm
• Ohio Historical Society
• http//www.ohiohistory.org/
• Ohio Kids
• http//www.ohiokids.org/
• City of Dayton
• http//www.ci.dayton.oh.us/
• Fact Monster
• http//www.factmonster.com/encyclopedia.html

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