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Arkansas History Lesson Plant One: Play-Do Soto Lesson PlanArkansas History Lesson Plant One: Play-Do Soto Lesson Plan
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Arkansas History Lesson Plant One: Play-Do Soto

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Fifth graders complete a variety of projects to learn about Arkansas history. In this Arkansas lesson plan, 5th graders go on a field trip to a state park, explore an Arkansas map, put play-dough on the trail of De Soto, color regions of Arkansas, and more.

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color regions, field trip to state park, map of arkansas, region, trail of de soto, social studies
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Grade
5th
Subjects
Social Studies & History
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Resource Type
Lesson Plans
Audience
For Teacher Use
Duration
5 days
Instructional Strategy
Project-Based Learning

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