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Students begin at the Spanish Governor's Palace in San Antonio, then travel to San Felipe de Austin, the Brazos River region, Gonzales, Victoria, Refugio, and Nacogdoches to investigate how government, geography, migration, land records, and competing claims shaped settlement.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis is not a simple Google Slides virtual tour.\u003c\/strong\u003e Students open an app-style WanderListen experience with about 17 minutes of narrated audio, map-based exploration, locked image galleries, a custom statewide route map, and classroom-ready response activities written with Grade 4 as the reading and listening anchor.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePreview WanderListen first, Try these 100% Free Virtual Field Trips!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.k12movieguides.com\/products\/lexington-concord-virtual-field-trip-lesson\"\u003eLexington \u0026amp; Concord \u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.k12movieguides.com\/products\/across-texas-virtual-field-trip-lesson\"\u003eTexas State History - 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