Last Thursday our 4th graders went to Cherokee, North Carolina on our field trip! Out of state field trip, chartered bus, 2 hours there, 2 hours back...yep, I survived! We left the school at 7:00 am. On the way there I heard conversations like "Look at that cirrus cloud!", "Whoa! It's a mountain!", and "Oh my gosh, we are driving through a stratus cloud!". Can you tell we have been studying clouds in Science? We also saw 3 hot air balloons which was neat! We had great weather, good chaperones, and well behaved students! We started out at Oconaluftee Indian Village.
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| Entrance to the village |
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| A Cherokee man shows us beautiful bead work. |
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| Our tour guide shows us hand made masks. |
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| Students get the opportunity to go inside a sweat house. |
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| My favorite part was the Indian dances we were able to see. This is my 5th year to take students on this trip and we've never had time to see the dances. I was glad we had the time this year. |
After the village, we had lunch at a local covered shelter. Then, we made our way to the Museum of the Cherokee Indian.
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| Entrance to the Museum |
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| We always take a photo in front of the Sequoya statue. |
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| Clothing from the Cherokee |
We had a wonderful time! Do you take your students on field trips? If so, where?
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