Getting to know Wyoming

The Encampment fourth graders learned a lot about Wyoming last week.

Allen Trent, a University of Wyoming professor of education, presented a two-day study of Wyoming counties, landscapes, people, artists and ways of life called “We Are Wyoming”.

On Nov. 24 the students spent a snowy morning at Brush Creek Work Center.

On Nov. 25, it was classroom work.

Trent, along with Pete Moran, also a professor at UW, designed a standards-based unit about Wyoming.

Encampment is one of nine schools in nine counties that has participated so far, Trent said. He hopes to teach the unit in all 23 counties by M...