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Man vs. Nature
| Strand: |
Archaeology, Social Studies, Science, Math |
| Grade Level: |
4 - 6 |
| Duration: |
1 45 minute class period |
| Location: |
on-site or in classroom |
| Objective: |
Students will be able to explain how the Effigy Mounds area
has changed over time
Students will distinguish between man-made and natural changes
Students will write an essay about how they can save the Effigy Mounds National Monument |
| Materials: |
Iowa road map
Effigy Mounds Official Map and Guide
Mound 55, 56, 57 studies |
| Vocabulary: |
man-made changes
natural changes
erosion
pot-hunter
road cut
farming
littering
pollution
National Park Proclamation
positive
negative |
| Procedure: |
- Explain that there were originally 10,000 mounds in the area that the park now manages
and that fewer than 200 remain today. There are many reasons why many of the mounds
are destroyed
- Have the students brainstorm ideas of reasons why the mounds have disappeared. Use
resources such as maps, newspaper articles, excavation records for mounds 55, 56, and 57,
etc. to determine why so few mounds remain.
- Use the chart and fill in the rest of the blanks with the
students. List causes and effects of changes made to the Effigy Mounds National
Monument. Next, decide if they are man-made or natural changes. Also note if
the changes had a positive or negative effect on the Effigy Mounds area.
- Each student will write an essay about the positive influences they can have on Effigy
Mounds National Monument and the preservation of the mounds.
Extension/Related Activities
- Predict what the Effigy Mounds National Monument will be like in 50 years. 100 years.
1,000 years.
- How have regulations hurt man when it comes to the Effigy Mounds National Monument?
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