The Limberlost swamp was the perfect laboratory for Gene Stratton-Porter to study nature. In a time when most women were homemakers, Stratton-Porter created a lasting legacy of Northern Indiana’s vanishing natural history through her published novels, nature studies, and photographs.
Your tour will meet the following Indiana Academic Standards:
K – 2nd
Social Studies - K.1.1, K.3.3, K.4.4, K.5.4, 1.1.1, 1.3.4, 2.1.1, 2.1.2, 2.3.7, 2.5.5
Science - 2.1.3, 2.3.6
Art - K.2.1, K.12.2, 1.2.1, 1.12.2, 2.1.1, 2.12.2
3rd – 5th
Social Studies - 3.1.4, 3.1.7, 3.3.7, 3.5.3, 3.5.5, 4.1.9, 4.2.8, 4.5.4, 4.5.5, 5.3.11
Science - 3.1.4, 3.1.6, 4.1.7, 4.4.7, 4.6.4, 5.1.3, 5.1.4, 5.1.6
Language Arts - 3.3.4, 3.7.3
Art - 3.1.2, 3.12.2, 3.13.1, 4.1.1, 4.3.2, 4.12.2, 5.1.1, 5.1.2, 5.12.2
6th – 8th
Social Studies - 6.1.19, 6.1.20, 6.3.13, 6.3.16, 6.5.5, 6.5.7,
6.5.9, 8.1.27, 8.1.28, 8.1.31, 8.3.9, 8.5.3, 8.5.6, 8.5.7, 8.5.8
Science - 6.1.5, 6.3.16, 7.1.5, 7.1.6, 8.1.8
Language Arts - 6.2.3, 8.3.7
Art - 6.1.1, 6.12.2, 6.13.1, 7.1.1, 7.12.2, 7.13.1, 8.1.1, 8.12.2, 8.13.1
High School
US History - 9.1, 9.2
Language Arts - 9.3.12, 10.2.1, 10.3.12, 11.2.5, 12.2.5
Env. Science - 1.2, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 1.30
Art - 1.1, 1.2, 12.2, 13.1