Discover Your Place in History!

Bring history to life for your students with this free, standards-based curriculum that examines early settlement history through the lens of your hometown.

To get started:

The sequence of the Colonial Quest Curriculum is driven by questions:

  • WHO were the first residents here?
  • WHERE did the colonists come from?
  • WHEN and WHY did they come?
  • HOW was our town chartered?
  • WHAT did the colonists do to establish this town?

The curriculum's approach integrates place-based education, primary source exploration, and service learning: students use maps and town charters to track movement and settlement; they find early settlers in old burial grounds; learn more about specific people using proprietor's records, the census and town histories; and share their learning via a Quest (educational treasure hunt).

Generously funded by

For more information, contact Laura Dintino by email or phone (802)291-9100 ext 107

104 Railroad Row, White River Junction, VT 05001 | (802) 291-9100 ext 107 | laura@vitalcommunities.org
Copyright © 2010 Valley Quest, an initiative of Vital Communities.