Sunday, August 15, 2010

2009-1010 Theme: Slavery in America & The Struggle For Freedom


This year’s Project:LUCID unit will focus on Slavery and The Struggle For Freedom. We’ll be building literacy and technology skills while we explore this very important aspect of American history.  Our field trips will focus on the issue of slavery in Connecticut.



2010-2011 Face-to-Face Visits

Field Trip # 1: The Yale University Art Gallery and The Bristish Museum of Art at Yale University, New Haven, CT "The Slave Trade & Exploring West AFrican Culture through Art." (February 2011)
Field Trip # 2: LRMS visit to Partner School at Highcrest School (March 2011)
Field Trip # 3: Mattatuck Museum in Waterbury, CT  " Fortune's Story & Slavery in Waterbury" (April 2011)
Field Trip # 4: Highcrest School visit to partner school at LRMS. (April 2011)
Field Trip # 5: TBA (May 2011)

2009-2010 Face-to-Face Visits

Field Trip # 1: The Mark Twain/Harriet Beecher Stowe House in Hartford, CT, "Mark Twain's Memories of Slavery & Uncle Tom's Cabin" (October 2009)
Field Trip # 2: The Webb/Silas Deene House in Wethersfield, CT, "Slavery in Wethersfield" (November 2009)
Field Trip # 3: The Yale University Art Gallery and The British Museum of Art at Yale University, New Haven, CT " The Slave Trade & Exploring West African Culture Through Art"  (January 2010)
Field Trip # 4: The Connecticut Historical Society in Hartford, CT ' Slavery in Connecticut  & The Amistad Incident" (March 2010)
Field Trip # 5: Mattatuck Museum in Waterbury, CT  " Fortune's Story & Slavery in Waterbury" (April 2010)
Field Trip # 6 A Day with CT Author Patricia Reilly Giff At Lighthouse Park in New Haven (June 2, 2010)