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Explore the Connecticut History Onlinewebsite and choose ** three artifacts ** that highlight the history of Connecticut. Why would you plan a field trip here and/or a virtual field trip? What are the benefits for students? How does this support literacy, art and social studies?

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1. Each artifact must be described and the reason for its selection must be defended. 2. Each artifact must be cited (attribution to the owner is fine). 3. Ideas for lesson/unit plans

For our artifact we chose to use the Connecticut History Online logo. We chose this artifact because it incorporates several important components of Connecticut history and gives a quick visual overview of what we will be learning. For our Unit plan, we would like to take students on a field trip to downtown Hartford to see the capital and other historical artifacts they may have not noticed when they pass through them normally. Another field trip we would like to incorporate would be to Mystic Seaport where students can experience a mock school lesson in the old school house. This will give them an idea about education in the past and education now. After the field trips, students would work on their own interactive journals where they will pretend that they are time travelers and reflect on what they saw in the past and compare it to modern day life.



Photo Credit: Connecticut History Online