Post-Visit Activity:
Student Park Rangers

Mr. Roosevelt's Neighborhood:
A Changing Island Community

 

Table of Contents

About This Program

  • To the Teacher
  • Program Description
  • Sample Itinerary
  • Program Theme and Objectives
  • Teacher Responsibilities
  • Background Information

    Pre-visit Activities

  • Who Was Teddy Roosevelt?
  • Ego Board
  • Roosevelt Vocabulary
  • Posing Poetry for Teddy
  • Musical Chair Survival

    Post-visit Activities

  • Student Park Rangers
  • Teddy Postcards
  • Take a Look at the Island!
  • A Model of Teddy's Island

     

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    Objectives

    Students will:

    1. Develop a program to help preserve the Theodore Roosevelt Island community.

    2. Become familiar with the role of a Park Ranger.

    Method

    Students will work in cooperative groups and role-play that they are Park Rangers developing programs to help preserve the Theodore Roosevelt Island community. Examples of programs the students can develop may include:

    A Pick-Up-Trash Mile Walk

    Plays for students acting out different events from Teddy's life

    A Plant-a-Tree program

    Materials

    Paper

    Construction paper

    Crayons, markers, colored pencils, etc.

    Procedures

    1. Have the students role-play that they are a group of Park Rangers having a meeting to discuss different ways they can help preserve the Theodore Roosevelt Island community.

    2. List their ideas on the chalkboard or on chart paper.

    3. Divide the students into groups to develop the different programs.

    4. Develop programs and prepare a presentation of the program for the class. The presentation can include posters, handouts, pictures, etc.

    5. Have student groups present their programs to the class.

    Extension

    The student Park Rangers can vote on one program that they may present to the National Park Service.

    Evaluation

    The students will be evaluated on their active role in the group, the program and the oral presentation.