Overview
| Program Description: | Students use a large floor map and “building” blocks to strengthen map skills and vocabulary while creating and analyzing a new town, then explore how community life differed in the past in our e... Read more
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| Available to Grade(s): | 1, 2 |
Logistics
| Program Format: | Offsite Tour |
| Number of Visits: | 1 |
| Length of Visit: | 90 minutes |
| Availability: |
all year |
| Program Location Details: | Connecticut Museum of Culture and History One Elizabeth Street Hartford, CT 06105 |
| Transportation Details: | Reimbusement available for transportation on a first come first serve basis |
Requirements
| Program Requires Prior Meeting: | no |
Learning Standards
| Curriculum Focus: | Social Studies |
| Common Core Standard: | Grade 2: Contributing to Society Working Together as a Community |
| Art Form: | Visual Art |
| Core Art Standard: | Connecting Anchor Standard 11: Relate artistic ideas and works with societal, cultural, and historical context to deepen understanding. |
| Program Learning Targets: | Students will identify one thing people do to help their communities. Students will use map features to develop a community map. Students will describe how decisions are made in a community. |
| Wit & Wisdom Connection: | Grade 2 Module 3: Civil Rights Heroes |
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