1. Title: Tour of Winona

This lesson will be a fieldtrip through the town of Winona. The class will ride on a school bus and stop at different historic places, and buildings through the town. Some of the locations visited will be: the Wenonah Statue, the lakes, Garvin Heights, and Sugar Loaf. Students will be allowed to take pictures of the different stops and later print them off to use for their maps.

2. Materials:
- School bus
- Cameras

3. Goals: The students will take a tour of Winona and stop to visit many historical buildings and places throughout the town.

4. Objectives:
- The students will discover historic places in Winona.
- The students will display what they see on the fieldtrip by taking pictures of the locations visited and add them to their maps of Winona.

5. Procedures:
a. Introductory experiences: To begin the day, talk with the students about the tour of Winona. Explain to them what they will be experiencing on this fieldtrip, and how you expect them to behave. Pass out a few disposable cameras and tell them that the pictures they take will eventually be used in their maps of Winona. (6 minutes)
b. Developmental experiences:
1. Have students put on coats and mittens and line up at the door. (3 minutes)
2. Begin the tour of Winona. At each stop have a few students take pictures. Ask the children what they already know about that particular location. Then give them a few interesting facts and then let them explore for a few minutes. Load the bus and move on to the next location. (28 minutes)
3. The list of locations that the tour will visit are:
• Steamboat
• Merchants National Bank
• Train Station
• The lakes
• Garvin Heights
• Sugar Loaf
c. Culminating experiences: As a closing have a class discussion about what the students experienced on their tour of Winona. Ask them what they saw for the first time, what they enjoyed most, and something new they learned. (8 minutes)

6. Assessment used during lesson:
Assessment for this lesson will be taken after we return to the classroom. There will be a short discussion where the teacher will ask students questions about what they had experienced that day.

1. Title: A View of Winona

This lesson will allow the students to learn about historic places in Winona. There will be pictures displayed for the students such as the Winona statue and sugar loaf. We will also take a look at an old map of Winona and compare it to a map from 2007. Each student will create their own map of Winona and add in historic places throughout the town. (This lesson is geared for 2nd grade students.)

2. Materials:
- Pictures of Winona
- Old map of Winona
- New map of Winona
- Paper
- Colored pencils

3. Goals: The students will use pictures, old maps and new maps of Winona to create their own map of the town.


4. Objectives:
- The students will create a map of Winona.
- The students will locate specific places in Winona on their map.

5. Procedures:
a. Introductory experiences: To start off the day, have the students brainstorm and make a list of all the interesting places they have been to in Winona. Talk about a few of these places and show the students where they are on the new Winona map. (7 minutes)
b. Developmental experiences:
1. Show the class a few pictures of important places in the town of Winona. (Sugar Loaf, Winona statue, and the lakes.) Talk about where these places are located and how we could represent them on a map. (5 minutes)
2. Place both the picture of the old map and the new map in the front of the room. Let the students observe what has change over time and find places that are of interest to them on the map. (5 minutes)
3. Have students create their own map of Winona. Refer to the list the students brainstormed in the beginning of class. Have them draw in streets and buildings. Allow them to take time to draw in each important historic part of Winona. (They may choose a few to draw in themselves.) (16 minutes)
c. Culminating experiences: As a closing have the students bring their map to the front of the class and show it to their peers. Allow them to point out their favorite place to visit in Winona, and have them tell students where it is using directional words. (12 minutes)

6. Assessment used during lesson:
Throughout this lesson, assessment will be completed as the teacher walks around the room as the students create their maps of Winona. Ask them questions like is sugar loaf above or below the bluff?