Trek to the Great Dismal Swamp
One of the new Social Studies SOLs for 4th Grade is learning about the Great Dismal Swamp and Lake Drummond (the largest of Virginia’s two natural lakes). I’ve mentioned it before in this blog and shared some resources for you. But we wanted to give you more. We wanted to take your students on a virtual field trip to the swamp. So since today was a staff development day, the Virginia Trekkers took a trip down to the Great Dismal Swamp and made a podcast. In the video, we’ll take your students to the Washington Ditch, created by George Washington himself; we’ll show them where a fire burned much of the swamp in the summer of 2008; and we’ll explain the unique properties of Lake Drummond’s water. You can watch the podcast by clicking here or download it on iTunes (just search for “Virginia Trekkers”). There is also a map activity to go along with the video and some additional links that your students can explore.