Middle School and High School Outreach Programs

LIFE IN THE RUGGED BACKWOODS

Grades: 6th – 8th

Curriculum Connections
• Adirondack Farming
• Interpreting Evidence
• Biodiversity

Approximate Run Time: 40 minutes

Students learn about early Adirondack subsistence farming, and how Adirondack settlers created supplemental income from troublesome pests. Careful observation of track casts and scat replicas enable students to identify even the trickiest of samples and test their tracking skills.

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Learning Standards

  • Social Studies – 2.
  • Social Studies – 2.
  • Science – MS-LS2-4
  • Science – MS-LS2-5
  • Science – MS-ESS3-4
  • ELA – RST7
  • Social Studies – 2.
  • Social Studies – 2., D.3.
  • Social Studies – 1., E.2., E.3.
  • Social Studies – Westward Expansion 7.6b &7.6c
  • Science – Same as 6th grade
  • ELA – Same as 6th grade
  • Social Studies – Same as 7th EXCEPT FOR WESTWARD EXPANSION
  • Science – Same as 6th & 7th
  • ELA – Same as 6th & 7th

SCENE-IC BACKWOODS

Grades: 6th – 8th

Curriculum Connections
• Interpreting evidence
• Fluency
• Collaboration

Approximate Run Time: 50 minutes

Creativity and critical thinking come together in this student-centered program. We will analyze and interpret primary sources. Then students will synthesize the information gathered to create a short skit with prompts and historic characters.

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Learning Standards

  • ELA – Reading Standards – Literary and Informational Text – Key Ideas and Details
    • 6R1. & 6R2.
  • ELA – Reading Standards – Literary and Informational Text – Craft and Structure
    • 6R4.
  • ELA – Writing Standards – Text Types and Purposes
    • 6W3-5.
  • ELA – Vocabulary Acquisition and Use
    • 6L4.
  • Social Studies – Gathering, Interpreting, and Using Evidence
    • A.2-4.
  • ELA – Reading Standards – Literary and Informational Text – Key Ideas and Details
    • 7R1. & 7R2.
  • ELA – Reading Standards – Literary and Informational Text – Craft and Structure
    • 7R4. & 7R6.
  • ELA – Writing Standards – Text Types and Purposes
    • 7W3-5.
  • ELA – Vocabulary Acquisition and Use
    • 7L4.
  • Social Studies – Gathering, Interpreting, and Using Evidence
    • A.2-5.
  • ELA – Reading Standards – Literary and Informational Text – Key Ideas and Details
    • 7R1. & 7R2.
  • ELA – Reading Standards – Literary and Informational Text – Craft and Structure
    • 7R4. & 7R6.
  • ELA – Writing Standards – Text Types and Purposes
    • 7W3-5.
  • ELA – Vocabulary Acquisition and Use
    • 7L4.
  • Social Studies – Gathering, Interpreting, and Using Evidence
    • A.2-5.

TOOLS OF THE TRADE

Grades: 6th – 12th

Curriculum Connections
• Critical analysis
• Artifact inquiry
• Industry

Approximate Run Time: 50 minutes

Students examine a variety of antique tools used in 19th century lumbering to determine how and why they were used.

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Learning Standards

  • Social Studies – 2.
  • Science – MS-ESS3-4
  • Social Studies – 2.
  • Science – MS-ESS3-4
  • Social Studies – 2.
  • Science – MS-ESS3-4

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