May 15, 2014
Students from Maryland, Virginia and Washington, D.C., learn about the history of the C&O Canal from a team of dedicated volunteers who form the Canal Classroom Corps. The volunteers, largely retired teachers, help with field trips along the canal and incorporate science, history, math and other curriculum areas into each outing.
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Retired teachers taking their classroom skills to the great outdoors to introduce children to the C&O Canal.
An estimated one million children attend school along the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, which stretches from Washington, D.C. through Virginia and Maryland and out to Pennsylvania and West Virginia. Through the C&O Canal National Historic Park, children have the opportunity to spend hours out in nature learning the importance of the canal to the nation's capital and surrounding region.
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