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Summary and Objective
Students will understand how Lake Hitchcock came about and that its existence had a profound affect on the agricultural life and economy of the Connecticut River Valley by using online maps and photographs from the American Centuries website.
Teaching Plan
Step 1.
Discuss the existence of glaciers that covered a considerable area of the northern hemisphere approximately 20,000 years ago.
Step 2.
Students will access the map available on the site "Geology and Formation of New England". Using an outline map of North America, they will show the extent of glacial advance in North America.
Step 3.
Using the same site from step 2, students will use an outline map of New England to show the area covered by Lake Hitchcock. They will also label the states and Connecticut River Valley cities affected by the lake from Middletown, CT, north to Lyme, NH.
Step 4.
Students will use the Lake Hitchcock link in the Mt. Sugarloaf photo to gather information about the history of Lake Hitchcock.
Step 5.
Students will use the benchmark dates on the Lake Hitchcock website mentioned in step 4, to make a timeline of the formation and disappearance of Lake Hitchcock.
Step 6.
Students will view Mt. Sugarloaf; Connecticut Valley; Birdseye View of Sunderland and Connecticut River; Tobacco Plantation in the Connecticut River Valley; and Connecticut River and Sunderland Bridge. Students will learn about the terrain and soil of the valley, and how it has been a source of successful agricultural activity for thousands of years.
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