Virtual Field trip to the State Fair and Farm to try out to go with Charlotte's Web Characterization Unit.

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Fair Again, Fair Again, then
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off to the Farm
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By Jennifer Shearon
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Common Core Standard
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Stop 3 R.L.3.3 Describe characters in a
story (e.g. their traits, motivations
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or feelings) and explain how their
actions contribute to the sequence
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What are we Learning?
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• We will learn about the history of the
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Tennessee State Fair. When was the
first state fair? What were some of the
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important?
Stop 5 • We will compare and contrast different
state fairs.
Stop 6 • We will learn about Farms and why
they are important to state fairs.
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The “Lingo”
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• Fair - a competitive exhibition usually with
accompanying entertainment and amusements.
Stop 2 • Hardships – something that causes suffering or
privation.
• Agriculture – the science, art, or practice of
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cultivating the soil, producing crops, and raising
livestock and in varying degrees the preparation
and marketing of the resulting products.
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• Artisans – One that produces something in limited
quantities often using traditional methods.
Stop 5 • Livestock – animals kept or raised for use or
pleasure
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How to start your Experience
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State Fairs allow communities to show off
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their best livestock, crafts, and artisans.
To begin the adventure of going to our
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the slides. You will need a pencil, paper,
and markers. I will provide small poster
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board for a poster project. Then get ready
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to have some fun down on the farm.

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How do you call YOUR Pigs?
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what I sound
like!
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How do you call YOUR Pigs?
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The Tennessee State Fair
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Want to Know More?
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Stop 6 CLICK ON ME!
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Let’s go exploring at the Fair
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Let’s play a seek and find game. Using the pictures and
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winners list from the State Fair, see if you can find the
following:
• The 1st Place winner of an Icelandic Ewe
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• The Name of the Chairman of the Fair Board
• The Mission statement of the fair
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• Where in Tennessee is the fair located
• 1st place winner of best made soap
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• Five different Ferris Wheel pictures
• A list of five fair foods pictured
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11. Start
Stop 1 Be Creative
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The Tennessee State Fair has
been in trouble for the past few
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thanks to donations, a smaller fair
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create a poster helping drum up
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be colorful and include two of your
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the “Character” of the fair.

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Got enough Cotton Candy? Of course not!
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Let’s go to some other state fairs.
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Click on the picture
to go to the fair!
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for FUN!
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Click the butter! Stop 5
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Compare and Contrast Time
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Answer these few questions about the
four state fairs we went to today.
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• What year was each fair started?
• What events do they have in common?
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• What events are different?
• Do any of them have a mascot? What are
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• Name five things you will see at all four
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fairs.

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Let’s explore the inner workings of a local farm.
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Gentry's Farm
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Make sure you check out the
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history of this farm!
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Time to use your computer noodle!
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Farm Fun
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playing these games.
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• Ag Across America
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• Amazing Grains
• That’s Life
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• Spin and Solve
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Time to see what you learned down
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• Name two things Gentry’s Farm
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produces?
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• What year was the farm established?
• Where is the farm located?
Stop 4 • List five fun facts you learned from the
farming games.
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19. Start There is so much to do on the Farm,
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let My son Elijah show you.
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So much FUN!
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Hope y’all come back
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now, ya hear?
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