🌎 Culture Share Saturday: Discover Connecticut! 🇺🇸

Did you know that this small New England state has played a big role in U.S. history—and even helped inspire the Frisbee? 🥏

📜 Long before the United States officially existed, people in Connecticut were developing ideas about how government should work. Connecticut also has the oldest continuously published newspaper in the United States, the Hartford Courant, established in 1764.

🥏 From pie tins to Frisbees: The Frisbie Pie Company inspired the name and story behind the flying disc. Yale University students famously tossed the company's pie tins for fun, helping inspire the development of the Frisbee.

💡 Teaching Activity: 
Ask students: Can you think of an everyday object that has an interesting history?

Challenge: Ask students to research the history of an everyday object they use and give a short presentation explaining how it became part of everyday life.