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Martin Van Buren National Historic SiteBust of Martin Van Buren by Hiram Powers.
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Please click on the link below for the current lesson plan, worksheets and handouts for the fourth grade classroom program "What's So Funny About Political Cartoons?" 

You can contact ranger/educator Dawn Olson with questions about curriculum for your classroom or to arrange a visit to your school. She can be phoned at 518-758-9689 or you can e-mail us.

"What's So Funny About Political Cartoons?" lesson plan and handouts (1.24 MB pdf file)
Iron ore of the type that was used by Hopewell Furnace.  

Did You Know?
"Slag" was the waste material created during Hopewell Furnace's iron smelting process. It consisted of residual minerals in the iron ore that remained after the iron had been removed. Often it appears glassy and multicolored, a combination of minerals such as copper, nickle and manganese.

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