Links to the other grade level Virtual Field Trips! Kindergarten - How It's Made Virtual Field Trip 1st Grade - Little House on the Prairie Virtual Field Trip 2nd Grade - Washington D.C. Virtual Field Trip 3rd Grade - New York City Virtual Field Trip 5th Grade - National Parks Virtual Field Trip The 4th and 5th Graders LOVED this Virtual Field Trip last year! It was the most engaged and on task those particular classes had been all year! This year just the 4th Graders participated in this virtual field trip. I didn't make many changes to this trip. I extended the unit to 9 weeks and added a couple of resources along the way. Here is the link to the 1st American History Virtual Field Trip post. Week 1: IntroductionThis week I introduced our 4th Grade Virtual Field Trip. We discussed what a "virtual field trip" is, how it was going to work, and the rules and procedures for the next 9 weeks. I showed each class their "itinerary" and introduced them to the folder that would hold all of their important "travel documents". I explained that I got the idea from how I travel each summer. A friend and I take a trip each summer to a place we have never been. Each summer, everything I need for that trip (hotel and flight reservations, museum tickets, baseball tickets, maps, ect.)goes into the folder so that I have everything I need in one place. Their folder will contain the student handouts with all of the resources for each stop along our trip! Week 2: Monticello This week we worked mostly in a whole group setting. We explored Monticello together to give them experience in how to locate information and navigate a virtual tour. 4th and 5th Grades will get to keep all of the handouts from the weeks prior to explore more if they choose so they will have the opportunity to explore Monticello more over the next 7 weeks. We watched the Monticello Introduction video on YouTube. We then explored two sections of the Monticello website: The House Builder and The Monticello Explorer. The Explorer requires Flash so the students were only able to access it via desktop computers. Weeks 3 and 4: Mount VernonThe Mount Vernon website has so many great resources for the kids to explore. The Mount Vernon Virtual Tour was a crowd favorite. The kids enjoyed being able to navigate through the house, clicking on photos, videos, and information about items in the house. The Mansion Room by Room Tour gives an overview of each floor of the house with information about each room on that floor. The Digital Encyclopedia was a resource that was continually revisited throughout the rest of the virtual field trip unit. Students were learning new information not only about George Washington, but also about the time period in which he lived. There were great discussions on slavery, farming, and the presidency. And just like last year, the most popular article was about George Washington's false teeth! :) Weeks 5,6, and 7: Presidential Libraries and MuseumsFor this stop on our virtual field trip, we focused on 3 Presidential Libraries and Museums. We began by talking about the purpose of presidential libraries and museums. We then explored the museums of Presidents Ronald Reagan, John F. Kennedy, and George W. Bush. Ronald Reagan: We watched this video tour whole group because YouTube is blocked on the wifi for students. The Virtual Museum Tour was a big hit among the students. They enjoyed being able to navigate around the inside of the museum and look at the various exhibits. The Air Force One Pavilion was a huge hit. Weeks 8 and 9: Presidential LandmarksThese last 2 weeks were we visited places I thought were important but didn't really fit into any other category on the itinerary.
Ford's Theater - Virtual Tour White House - Google Tour White House - Interactive Tour NPS Mount Rushmore App Lincoln Memorial - Interactive Tour
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