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.

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