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Effigy Mounds National Monument
First Through Third Grade Activities

First - Third Grade Activities

Pre Visit

  1. What is a Burial Mound? 
  2. Animal Outlines 
  3. Wildlife of the Mississippi Valley
  4. Wildlife Research 
  5. A Day in the Life of a Woodland Child 
  6. My Prediction 
  7. Writing Questions
  8. What I Want to Learn at Effigy Mounds
  9. What's Right, What's Wrong 

Post Visit

  1. Mound Sponge Painting 
  2. Clay Pots 
  3. Clay Mounds
  4. Bear Effigy Hoop 
  5. Mound Shapes 
  6. Poetry
    1. Option 1 
    2. Option 2
    3. Option 3 
  7. Family Effigies 
  8. Effigy Mounds through the Seasons 
  9. Why is the Past Important? 
  10. A Day in the Life of a Moundbuilder 
  11. Thank You Card 
 






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Marching Bear Group

Did You Know?
In the South Unit of Effigy Mounds National Monument, the Marching Bear Group of 10 bear mounds, three bird mounds and two linear mounds represent the best preserved group of effigy mounds present today from the Effigy Mound Culture.
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Last Updated: July 07, 2011 at 12:45 MST