Episode Details

Ms. Crane:
It brings it to life for the students. And it doesn't matter what they see here, they go away with an appreciation of what the pioneers went through.

Anthony Godfrey:
So you're just steering from behind right now. These are some big ruts you're dealing with.

Student:
Is this what they have to do, the whole thousand miles?

Anthony Godfrey:
Well, on the bad patches, I suspect it was.

Anthony Godfrey:
Hello and welcome to the Supercast. I'm your host, Superintendent Anthony Godfrey. As thousands of Utahns enjoy parades, rodeos, fireworks, and other festivities to celebrate Pioneer Day, it's time to pack up and take a field trip for a hands-on lesson in history for some Jordan School District Elementary School students. On this episode of the Supercast, we follow teachers and their students to This Is The Place Heritage Park, where the lives and times of Utah's early settlers come alive. It is a live history lesson you won't want to miss.

Anthony Godfrey:
We're talking with Ms. Crane at This Is The Place Heritage Park. You have a bunch of students here today, tell us about that.

Ms. Crane:
They're so excited we've been talking about pioneers and finally they get to finally experience the stuff that we've been talking about. The hand carts and school, they're going to be able to go to a pioneer school and see what it was like.

Anthony Godfrey:
Yeah. Oh wow.

Ms. Crane:
And we get to ride the train, which is exciting for them, and go to the saddle shop, so just different things that the pioneers experienced. These guys get to see and do, and some of them will never make it up here, so this is a fun field trip for them to experience that.

Anthony Godfrey:
Well, I have to admit, I've never been to this park myself, so I'm glad that you got me here as well.

Ms. Crane:
Yay.

Anthony Godfrey:
And this makes the learning that you've been doing in class very real. You've been doing this for a number of years. Tell me about the impact that this field trip has on students.

Ms. Crane:
It brings it to life for the students. And it doesn't matter what they see here. They go away with an appreciation of what the pioneers went through and a knowledge of stuff that we've been talking about, hands-on experience. So it brings you up to the kids.

Anthony Godfrey:
Well, today this is the place because it's beautiful. It's the end of May. We're going to be playing this in July, or posting it in July, but the foothills are bright green. It looks beautiful up here. This is a great way to spend an afternoon in May with your fourth graders. So I see that they're already lined up on some of the hand carts over there, some students are. Tell me about some of the experiences they have while they're here.

Ms. Crane:
They'll get to pull the hand carts, push. At one point they'll be pushing and then they'll switch and they'll be pulling the hand cart. So they see how hard it was going, because they make it really rocky and hilly out there for them. So they experience that. When they go to the school, they will learn that they used to have to line up boys' line and the girls' line. And they had to curtsy and bow to the teacher.

Anthony Godfrey:
Yeah, okay.

Ms. Crane:
So then they-