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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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Did You Know?

Double arch bridge at mile post 438 on the Natchez Trace Parkway

The double arch bridge at milepost 438 on the Natchez Trace Parkway was completed in 1994 and received the Presidential Award for Design Excellence in 1995 for its innovative design.  The bridge rises 155 feet above the valley and eliminates the need for spandrel columns.