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Parkway Detour in effect near Ridgeland

An 8-mile section of the Parkway will be closed to vehicular traffic on March 14, 2012, due to a major safety hazard that has developed near milepost 94.8 between Ridgeland, MS, and Clinton, MS. More »

Third Grade Lesson Plans

Science

Across the Trace: Students will learn about the life and hardships in the life of a spotted salamander and develop a poster to advertise their plight.
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Social Studies

Role Playing on the Natchez Trace Parkway: Two part lesson. At a trail head, (or in a gym) students will role-play boatmen, American Indians, outlaws, and bears in a game, then walk down a short trail to obtain information to write sentences or a paragraph.
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Who, What, and Why is a National Park: Students will research a National Park online or from printed materials and answer relevant questions on a worksheet. They will develop an advertisement for the park they researched.
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Across the Trace: Students will learn about the life and hardships in the life of a spotted salamander and develop a poster to advertise their plight.
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History of the Natchez Trace: The Teacher will read How the Natchez Trace Came to Be to the students and the students will write a summary report of the book with help from the teacher. Click on link on sidebar to download the How the Natchez Trace Came to Be book PDF or the Powerpoint.
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Language Arts

Role Playing on the Natchez Trace Parkway: At a trail head (or in a gym) students will role-play boatmen, American Indians, outlaws, and bears in a game, then walk down a short trail to obtain information to write sentences or a paragraph.
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History of the Natchez Trace: The Teacher will read How the Natchez Trace Came to Be to the students and the students will write a summary report of the book with help from the teacher. Click on link on sidebar to download the How the Natchez Trace Came to Be book PDF or the Powerpoint.
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Physical Education

The Kaintucks: Students will play a game that is integrated with a lesson about historic travelers of the Natchez Trace.
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