• A quiet summer walk through the Marching Bear Group of effigy mounds

    Effigy Mounds

    National Monument Iowa

What I Want to Learn at Effigy Mounds

 

 

What I Want to Learn

at Effigy Mounds

Strand: Language Arts and Science
Grade Level: 2 - 3
Duration: 20 minutes
Location: classroom
Objective: The student will be able to complete a K-W-L chart about their experiences at the Effigy Mounds National Monument
Materials: K-W-L Chart    pencil       paper
Vocabulary: Woodland Culture     burial mounds     effigy     cemetery
Procedure:
  1. Present information about the Effigy Mounds National Monument. See Background Information and previsit activities.
  2. Give the students a copy of the K-W-L CHART
  3. Have them fill out the first two columns (What I Know and What I Want to Know). This could be done individually or in small groups
  4. As a class, discuss their "What I Want to Know" questions to give others new ideas for questions.
  5. Tell them they are responsible for finding the answers to their questions on the field trip. Tell them to ask the Park Ranger their questions.
  6. When they return from the trip, hand back their charts and have them fill in the last column "What I Learned."
 






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Effigy Mounds National Monument

 

Did You Know?

Sny Magill Mound Group

The Sny Magill Unit of Effigy Mounds National Monument preserves at least 106 mounds representing the largest group of mounds in one location found in North America. The Unit contains two bird mounds, three bear mounds, 6 linear mounds and 95 conical mounds including a 2500 year old red ochre mound.