• A curve along the Natchez Trace Parkway with fall colors

    Natchez Trace

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  • Sequestration Effects on the Parkway

    On March 1, 2013, the Parkway was required to reduce its annual budget by five percent, in accordance with the sequestration provision of the Budget Control Act of 2011. Click the link to learn about visitor center, restroom, and services impacts. More »

  • Portion of National Scenic Trail Near Tupelo Closed to Hikers

    Part of the Natchez Trace National Scenic Trail (NOT the Parkway) near Tupelo, MS, has been closed until 2015 due to construction under Tupelo's Major Thoroughfare Construction Project. Parkway travelers may expect delays, but no detours are expected. More »

First Grade Lesson Plans


Science

Scavenger Hunt: Students will walk along a trail and try to find examples of habitats to match to pictures on the scavenger hunt sheet.
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Spotted Salamander: Students will learn that salamanders lay eggs, change shape and go through several growth changes on their way to becoming adults.
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Language Arts and Social Studies

History of the Natchez Trace Parkway: Teacher will read How the Natchez Trace Came to Be to the students and the students will draw pictures representing the Natchez Trace. Click on the link on the sidebar to download the How the Natchez Trace Came to Be book PDF or the Powerpoint.
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Physical Education

Fire Safety: Students will learn about fire safety and play a game that is integrated with the knowledge they have learned.
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Did You Know?

Emblem of the Daughters of the American Revolution

The Mississippi Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) played a vital role in the preservation of the Natchez Trace by placing markers in each Mississippi county the old trace passed through.