Field Trips
- Grade Level:
- Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade
- Subject:
- Social Studies
- Common Core Standards:
- 2.SL.2, 2.SL.3, 3.SL.2, 3.SL.3
This is a 25-minute long virtual tour of the Mount Washington Tavern entitled "Travelers and Workers Along the National Road." Geared for second and third grade students, the park ranger leads students from room to room through the tavern. Along the way they meet pretend characters from the past that talk about what life was like along the National Road in the 1840s. After each encounter with a character from the past the park ranger asks the student to remember key facts the character told the audience. The virtual tour can be used with lesson plans from the teacher's guide "Traveling the National Road."
Link to the Virtual Field Trip:
Virtual Tour: Tavelers and Workers Along the National Road
Related Lesson Plans
Several lesson plans from the teacher’s guide “Traveling the National Road” are appropriate to use before and after the virtual field trip. The lesson plans are geared for third grade students and each includes a student reading.
The lesson plans in Unit 1 Overview of the National Road are a good introduction, Unit 3 Travelers and Transportation the National Road has lesson plans about the people and vehicles on the National Road, while Unit 4 Accommodations on the National Road teaches about taverns, such as the Mount Washington Tavern.
After the virtual tour you may use the lesson plans in Unit 6 Decline and Rebirth of the National Road.
Last updated: September 16, 2020