DEAR
EDUCATOR
Expand
the horizons of your students outside the classroom without planning a
field trip.
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We
have found many teachers taking advantage of events within their community to
supplement school work. Two Lake County
Parks’ activities fit very well within this concept. They are the WWII Tribute at Buckley
Homestead on May 2 & 3, 2009 and the Voyageur Rendezvous at the Grand
Kankakee Marsh on May 16 & 17, 2009.
Both are active, colorful, and jam packed with information. You may design any extra credit
out-of-classroom experience for many of the activities in the Lake County
Parks.
Here’s how some
teachers do it.
They
compile a page of questions that complement school work about American history
or social studies pertinent to an event.
They
recommend the student’s family take the student to the event.
Some
instructors design the project as extra credit, some as a good experience to
enhance their learning.
Either
way, it is an excellent supplement to in-class work.
The Lake
County Parks offers many activities that your students can do
independently. See the web at www.lakecountyparks.com for
information about the variety of ways outside activities can work for you – and
most importantly, for them.
Whether it is
history or nature, check out the resources in the Lake County Parks.
