Tunstall Middle

1160 Tunstall High Road, Dry Fork, VA 24549

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Hands-On History: Sixth Graders Recreate

Posted on 08/19/2025

Mrs. Hines and her sixth graders at Tunstall Middle School brought history to life by building their own sod houses, gaining a hands-on look at the ingenuity and adaptations settlers needed to survive on the Great Plains.

Tunstall Middle sixth graders built sod houses to experience how settlers adapted to life on the Great Plains.