Hands-on History: Surveying Early America

https://vimeo.com/1056909673

Eighteenth-century land surveying had a profound impact on the growth of the nation and on the lives of the people who lived on these lands. Surveyors like Peter Jefferson and George Washington explored new areas using tools to measure distances, find angles and establish boundaries of land. Use this video, and others in the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation Hands-on History series, in your classroom to introduce STEM topics and early American history.