• New River flowing through the gorge

    New River Gorge

    National River West Virginia

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Early Settlers in the New River Gorge Region

Program Description

Students become a pioneer family to learn what they need and how to survive as new settlers in the New River Gorge region. Some students will dress in period clothing.

Available to schools in:Greenbrier, Monroe, Raleigh & Summers counties

 

Grade Level: 4th 

 

Program Length: 1 hour

Theme
Early settlers are part of our history.

Instructional Objectives:

1.  Describe where early settlers came from and how they traveled to West Virginia

2.  List three ways that early settlers lived in the New River Gorge

3.  State one way he or she can preserve our cultural heritage

Pre-visit activities are:
Post-visit activities are:

Subject:
History/Social Sciences 

 WV Content Standards met:
History/Social Sciences - SS.4.4.3, SS.4.5.2, SS.4.5.5, SS4.5.6 

Did You Know?

Historic Logging Railroad at Garden Ground

The New River Gorge was logged extensively thoughout the past century. The landscape is now recovering, with the park ecosystem returning to its more natural state, but there are still plenty of signs of the past activities.