Exciting day in 2nd grade with HistoryConnects!

This morning our Baker-Butler Second graders participated in a special program called HistoryConnects Digital Classroom.  The second grade classrooms connected to the Virginia Historical Society, located in Richmond, VA, to learn more about Pocahontas and the Powhatan Indians. 

They were connected by video conference with the presenter as well as several other classrooms.
 

Our presenter, Mandy Tompkins, shared information and artifacts with the students. 

 

 Students were also able to ask and answer questions through this digital classroom experience.

Many thanks to the Charles Fund, Inc. for providing a generous grant to fund this wonderful learning experience for the students in ACPS and CCPS.

 

Quotes from students:

Today we had a teacher from Richmond, VA.  She showed us about the Eastern Woodlands.  She connected to two classrooms at our school. I learned that Pocahontas had a son named Thomas.  The Powhatans hunted deer and if the women were married they had bangs.

By Jillian

I learned that the men of the Powhatan tribe would fish at night.  They would build a fire in clay on the canoe and the light would attract the fish.

By Jenna

We saw pictures by John White.  In one picture, the man’s hair was in a mohawk.  We learned that they cut their hair with shells and rocks so the bow string would not get caught in their hair.

By Anaiyah

Mandy was the teacher.  We connected two classes to the museum in Richmond.  They had cool artifacts. The Powhatan Indians made arrows and spears.

By Carter