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Ansley, Mary Jane; Pritchard, Sandra F. – Journal of Geography, 1987
Notes that the story of George Washington's encampment at Valley Forge is seldom told without reference to the bitter cold winter Washington and his troops endured. Shows how to use historical reports of weather information to allow students to judge for themselves whether the winter at Valley Forge then was harsher than winters in the same area…
Descriptors: Colonial History (United States), Geography Instruction, Human Geography, Inquiry