20 May Through the Decades: Upper School Field Trip to the National Museum of American History
Upper School students took a spring field trip to Washington, D.C. The Legacy School students explored the Smithsonian National Museum of American History with a “Through the Decades” photo scavenger hunt assignment to reinforce facts learned in their Social Studies curriculum.
Students from The Legacy School took a spring field trip to Washington, D.C.
Exploring History Through the Decades
National Museum of American History Photo Scavenger Hunt: 1920s
The Legacy School’s Upper School students explored the Smithsonian National Museum of American History with a “Through the Decades” Photo Scavenger Hunt provided by The Legacy School’s Founding Teacher and Social Studies Department Head: Ms. Lisa Hamby. The “Through the Decades” Photo Scavenger Hunt helped students reinforce facts learned in The Legacy School Social Studies Curriculum.
Photo Scavenger Hunt: Do You Know Your History?
The Legacy School students explored the Smithsonian National Museum of American History with a “Through the Decades” photo scavenger hunt assignment to reinforce facts learned in their Social Studies curriculum.
Guided by their teachers, Upper School students split into chaperoned groups and identified exhibits using a “Through the Decades” Photo Scavenger Hunt.
Students identified decades by objects, events, and historical figures shown in exhibits throughout the museum:
- 1910s: Universal Suffrage, Early industrial machinery and World War I
- 1920s: Farm Machinery, Polygraph/Lie Detector Machines, Women’s Right to Vote, Pay Disparities, 1929 Stock Market Crash, and Inventions
- 1930s: Great Depressions, Dust Bowl, and New Deal
- 1940s: World War II, U-Boats, Tank Battles, Board games, and Illustrated Magazines
- 1950s: Bombs, Korean War, and Russia
- 1960s: Cuba Missile Crisis, Integration of Lunch Counters, and Martin Luther King, Jr.
- 1970s: Vietnam War, Nixon, Woodstock, Star Wars, and Voting Rights
- 1980s: Fall of the Berlin Wall and Women’s Movement
- 1990s: Modern Military, McDonald’s, and Coca-Cola
Next Stop: Gift Shop
The Legacy School students explored the Smithsonian National Museum of American History with a “Through the Decades” photo scavenger hunt assignment to reinforce facts learned in their Social Studies curriculum.
After completing the “Through the Decades” Photo Scavenger Hunt, students took a break to shop for souvenirs in the National Museum of American History’s Gift Shop.
Eating Lunch Outside
Students from The Legacy School explore the decades at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History
The Legacy School’s Upper School students ate lunch outside.
Walking to the Washington Monument
The Legacy School students explored the Smithsonian National Museum of American History with a “Through the Decades” photo scavenger hunt assignment to reinforce facts learned in their Social Studies curriculum.
While in D.C., students also walked around part of the National Mall and Memorial Parks and Washington Monument.
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