• Azaleas bloom in the lower parking lot at the Cowpens National Battlefield Visitor Center.

    Cowpens

    National Battlefield South Carolina

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  • May 21 Closures and Delays

    The Loop Road will be closed periodically to vehicular traffic today while the contractor applies striping. Some overlooks will be closed for sealing. Expect delays entering and exiting the park where sealant is being applied to one lane.

Lesson Plans & Teacher Guides

The links above are for Cowpens National Battlefield's curriculum guide. The one below is for the National Park Service curriculum guide to the American Revolution.

Honored Places
The National Park Service Teacher's Guide to the American Revolution

 

The following lessons plans were developed by teachers attending a workshop on August 1 and 3, 2011.

3rd Grade Lesson Plans

Social Studies
Revolutionary War Timeline

Social Studies and English/Language Arts
Location, Location, Location

Math
Measurements

8th Grade Lesson Plans

Social Studies
Battle of Cowpens Webquest
Battle Diorama
The Southern Campaign, 1779 - 1781

SC History
Partisan Warfare
History and Technology

English/Language Arts
Battle of Cowpens Illustrated
Cowpens: A Battle Remembered
The Morgan and Tarleton Show

Did You Know?

Gunsmoke makes it difficult to tell which army is firing.

In the American Revolution, both the American and British armies wore bright colored uniforms so that they could help distinguish who they were shooting at through the gunsmoke.