Daily Schedule
Wyoming Through Literacy
Monday
8:30- 9:00
Arrival and light breakfast in LRCC
9:00-11:30
Morning Activities
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Week at a glance
Ice breaker activities
The ins and outs of camp
Technology use
Culminating project discussion
11:30- 12:30
Lunch at LRCC
1:00-3:30
Visit Wyoming Territorial Prison
 Historical literacy
3:30- 4:00
Return to UW- LRCC
 Snack and game time
4:00-5:00
Wrap up activities
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Culminating activity – Choose your topic
History of Wyoming
Primary source artifacts
Examine historical pictures
Read primary source documents
Journal entries and reflective writing
Tuesday
8:30- 9:00
Arrival and light breakfast in LRCC
 Ice breaker activities
9:00 -11:30
Walk to UW Heritage Museum
 Historical literacy
 Tour with the curator
 Scavenger hunt - Wyoming history research
11:30 - 1:00
1:00 - 3:00
Walk to lunch and return to UW-LRCC
Work on culminating activity using information from:
 Territorial Prison and UW Heritage Museum
3:00 – 4:00
Snack and game time
4:00 – 5:00
Wrap up activities
 Read and think alouds
 Journal entries and reflective writing
Wednesday
8:30 - 9:00
Breakfast in LRCC
 Ice breaker activities
9:00 -10:00
Travel to Cheyenne – Building Wyoming – Literacy of business
 Westward expansion
 Government, economy and transportation of the early West
10:00 - 11:30
Visit Capital Building
11:30 - 12:30
Lunch
12:30 - 2:00
Visit Wyoming State Museum
2:00 - 3:00
Visit Train Depot in Cheyenne
3:00 - 4:30
Return to UW- LRCC – stops along the way
 Ames Monument on the way back to Laramie
Meeting point of the Transcontinental Railroad
 Lincoln Monument
4:30 – 5:00
Wrap up activities
 Journal entries and reflective writing
Thursday
8:30 - 9:00
Light breakfast in LRCC
9:00 - 10:00
Tour UW campus
10:00 -12:00
Literacy in science
 Visit UW Dinosaur Museum
 Geology Museum
12:00 - 1:00
1:00 - 3:00
Walk to Lunch
Work on culminating activity using information from:
 UW Dinosaur Museum
 Geology Museum
3:00 – 4:00
Snack and game time
4:00 – 5:00
Wrap up activities
 Read and think alouds
 Journal entries and reflective writing
Friday
8:30 - 9:00
Light breakfast in LRCC
9:00 – 10:00
Visit the Ivinson Mansion – Social literacy
 Life in the West
10:00 – 11:30
Art and architecture in Laramie – Visual literacy
 Walking tour of downtown Laramie
11:30 – 1:00
Lunch and walk back to campus
1:00 - 3:00
Art activity – Visual literacy
3:00 – 4:00
Snack and game time
4:00 – 5:00
Wrap up activities
 Journal entries and reflective writing