Historic St. Louis (Grades: 6 to 8)
Program Type: Thematic Tour
St. Louis is a world-class city with more than one million residents. However, it was not always that way. This tour provides a panoramic view of the history of St. Louis from early fur-trading hamlet to modern metropolis. Using key historic events, prominent characters, and selected objects and images, students learn about St. Louis then and now.
Note: Can be combined with gallery theater performance of Veuve Chouteau.
(Galleries: Currents, Reflections, World's Fair, Lindbergh)
(GLE: 1.2, 5, 6, 1.5, 1.6; SS 1.6, 2.1, 1.8, 1.5, 1.2))
St. Louis is a world-class city with more than one million residents. However, it was not always that way. This tour provides a panoramic view of the history of St. Louis from early fur-trading hamlet to modern metropolis. Using key historic events, prominent characters, and selected objects and images, students learn about St. Louis then and now.
Note: Can be combined with gallery theater performance of Veuve Chouteau.
(Galleries: Currents, Reflections, World's Fair, Lindbergh)
(GLE: 1.2, 5, 6, 1.5, 1.6; SS 1.6, 2.1, 1.8, 1.5, 1.2))