The historical figures trunk contains books, costumes and artifacts on important historical figures like Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Lewis & Clark, Sacajawea, Harriet Tubman, Theodore Roosevelt, George Washington Carver, and Ruby Bridges.
Kindergarten students will gain understanding of our place on a map and in the world through location, symbols, and history. We’ll discover that a map is a two-dimensional representation of an area that shows its physical features on paper, and a globe is a round three-dimensional object that represents the planet earth. This trunk also introduces American symbols that connect to important people and events in American history and connections to today.