K-4 American History "Theme Week"
Peg Lutt and Lori Ruskamp
decided to work together to develope and deliver a building wide
American History theme for a week of study for the K-4 Wayne
Elementary School. The objectives of the "Theme
Week" would be to:
- Enhance the learning
opportunities for all students, K-4
- Share the Westward Waters
experiences, resources and gained knowledge
- Involve community resource
people
- Incorporate parent
participation
- Recognize the historic
bicentennial commemoration of Lewis and Clark
- Dispel Native American
stereotypes
- Bridge two
cultures
Both teachers, having become
much more attuned to cultural inaccuracies through participation in
the Native American portion of the Westward Waters grant, agreed on
the importance of presenting an awareness and the important impact
of the Native American encounters with the Corps of
Discovery.
