• Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park

    Kennesaw Mountain

    National Battlefield Park Georgia

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  • Lane Closures on Old Highway 41 (Barrett Parkway Project Construction)

    Barrett Parkway Project will require lane closures on Old 41 Highway, east of Ernest Barrett Parkway (the Kennesaw Mountain side). Lane closures will occur February 9 - June 18, 2013, with peak traffic hours (6-9 am and 4-7 pm, weekdays) not affected.

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Self Guided Field Trip

Curriculum Standard
Meets Georgia standards for social studies for grade five in United States History since 1860 (SS5H1 C - Identify major battles and campaigns; SS5H1 E - Describe the effects of war on the North and South); Meets Georgia Reading standards for grade five (ELA5R1 D - Relates a literary work to information about its setting [historically or culturally]; ELA5LSV1 - The student participates in student-to-teacher, student-to-student, and group verbal interactions.

Each program includes the Battlefield's 20-minute film.

Program Option 1: "All About Artillery" Worksheet and Park Film
 
Age Level: 9 - 11 years old
Program Duration: 45 minutes

"All About Artillery" teaches students about the importance of cannons to the Atlanta Campaign. This program will explain how every part of the cannon was important and just why the cannons of the Atlanta Campaign were some of the most technologically advanced weapons of their time.
Program Option 2: "I Am a Civil War Soldier" Tour and Park Film
 
Age Level: 6 and up
Program Duration: 45 minutes

"I Am a Civil War Soldier" gives each student a real soldier of the Atlanta Campaign's identity. Using real facts of that soldier's life, students come to understand the reasons, beliefs, and ideals of the men who fought in the Civil War. The tour takes place in the Battlefield's museum.

Program Option 3: "Cheatham Battlefield Scavenger Hunt" and Park Film
 
Age Level: 9 - 14 years old
Program Duration: 45 minutes

"Cheatham Hill Battlefield Scavenger Hunt" allows students to explore the main battlefield of the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain. Using the interpretive signs located there, students can search for answers, learning and having fun at the same time!
Program Option 4: Touring Museum on Your Own and Park Film
 
Age Level: All ages
Program Duration: 45 minutes

Students and teachers are able to tour the Battlefield's museum on their own and watch the site's twenty minute film.

Did You Know?

The walk by the earthworks leads to the Dead Angle of Cheatham Hill where the fiercest fighting occurred.

Today Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield preserves the locations of and commemorates the major events associated with the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain.  It is the only National Park Service property that commemorates the Atlanta Campaign.