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

    Effigy Mounds

    National Monument Iowa

What's Right, What's Wrong?

 

What's Right, What's Wrong

Strand: Appropriate Behavior on the Field Trip
Grade Level: 1 - 3
Duration: 15 minutes
Location: classroom; reviewed on the bus prior to entering Visitor's Center
Objective: The student will be able to identify appropriate and inappropriate behaviors for this field trip.
Materials: "What's Right, What's Wrong" activity sheet
pencil or crayons
Vocabulary: behavior       rules       safety       respect
Procedure:
  1. Discuss with the children the upcoming field trip to Effigy Mounds National Monument. Be sure to include appropriate behaviors and rules for the trip.
  2. Complete and discuss the worksheet "What's Right, What's Wrong" with the children.
 






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Effigy Mounds National Monument

 

Did You Know?

Bird Mounds: Effigy Mounds National Monument today - is a sacred site to many American Indians.

Effigy Mounds National Monument is located in territory that was hotly contested by Indians and the American government. In 1832, the U.S. forced the Sauk and Fox tribes to cede land south of the “Neutral Ground” along the Mississippi River, which included the lands of the present National Monument.