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Effigy Mounds National Monument
Poetry - Option One
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Poetry: Option 1
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Language Arts |
| Grade Level: |
1 - 3 |
| Duration: |
20 - 30 minutes |
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classroom or outside |
| Objective: |
The students will be able to write a poem using describing words to describe their field trip experience |
| Materials: |
lined paper
pencil |
| Vocabulary: |
Woodland culture burial mounds describing words |
| Procedure: |
- To help the children remember and reflect on their trip to the monument, have them write a poem using describing words. The children could describe what they saw or sounds they heard. They can do this project individually, in small groups, or as a whole class.
- Brainstorm with the children some words that would describe their trip to the monument and write them on the board.
Examples:
Mississippi
Moundbuilders
Indians
Spirits
Spiders
Insects
Spring
Snakes
Itchy weeds
Plants
Poison Ivy
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Effigy Mounds
Effigy
Fun
Family
Interesting
Graves
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Did You Know?
An important figure in the documentation of Iowa's effigy mounds was Ellison Orr. Born in 1857, Orr worked other jobs while pursuing research in archeology. After retiring at the age of 73, Orr began a career as an archeologist spending the next 20 years conducting surveys and excavations.
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Last Updated: August 08, 2009 at 17:11 EST |
