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Introducing Ulysses S. Grant (K-2 Distance Learning Activity Page)

Ulysses (pronounced U-Liss-eez) S. Grant is one of the most important figures in American history. He lived in the 1800s and had many jobs during his life, but his favorite job was being a farmer.

Watch the video below and then complete the activities to learn about Grant's life as a farmer. You can work on these activities from a computer or print them.
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Duration:
3 minutes, 39 seconds

In this video, Park Volunteer Rebekah Kell provides an introduction to Ulysses S. Grant's life for young students in grades Kindergarten through 2nd grade.

Where do the Farm Tools Go?

Look at these photos of Ulysses S. Grant's horse stable at White Haven. Then look at the farm tools and animals below. Cut out the images and glue them where you think they belong inside or outside the stable.

Red two-story frame stable made of wood. Four small trees and a walkway are in front of the horse stable.

NPS/David Newmann

The exterior of Ulysses S. Grant's horse stable at Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site.
Two rooms inside a stable. The left room has a pitchfork and corn shucker. The right room is an empty stall for a horse.

NPS/Nick Sacco

The interior of Ulysses S. Grant's horse stable at Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site.
From top left clockwise, various image of hay, a pitchfork on a floor, a horse, a bucket of water, a horseshoe, and three horse saddles.
Cut out the images and glue them where you think they belong inside or outside the stable.




Five of the above images are copyright-free from Unsplash: Dan-Christian Paduret (Hay), Pitchfork (Friderike), Horse (McCall Alexander), Water (Engin Akyurt), Horseshoe (Mikael Seegen). Image of saddles from National Park Service (Nick Sacco).


Farm Animal Friends to Meet

Look at the farm animals below, and then write in the names of the farm animals using the word bank.
Six images of animals. From left going clockwise, a black and white cow, a brown horse, a black dog, four pink pigs, a brown mule, and a brown chicken.

Word Bank

Dog
Chicken
Mule
Pig
Cow
Horse


Images courtesy of Unsplash: Teresa Vega, McCall Alexander, Amber Kipp, Thomas Iverson, Wikipedia, and Wikimedia Commons


What Would You Find on Ulysses S. Grant's Farm?

Look at the images below and unscramble the words!
Metal plow with three wheels and two grinders pushing into the ground.

Unsplash/Dru Kelly

POWL
One yellow corn stalk surrounded by green leaves in a field.

Unsplash/Katherine Volkovski

ORCN
Field of brown wheat crops with blue sky in background.

Unsplash/Melissa Askew

WATHE
Square wagon made of wood with two wheels inside a wooden horse stable.

NPS/Nick Sacco

GONWA
Metal saw with wooden handle hanging on a wall.

NPS/Nick Sacco

AWS
seven apples hanging on the vine of a green tree.

Unsplash/Mark Studzinski

PLAEP

Traveling with Ulysses S. Grant

Do you like to travel? Look at the different forms of travel below and answer the questions.

Wooden steamboat with a deck and two chimney stacks sailing down a river. About 20 men are on the steamboat.
The Look Out Transport Steamer during the American Civil War

Wikipedia

Steamboat
Man wearing U.S. Army uniform standing in front of a horse in an open field.

Library of Congress

Ulysess S. Grant with his favorite horse, Cincinnati.
Green and red train with smoke blowing out of it stopping at a train station.

Unsplash/Terence Burke

Train
Two men riding in a carriage being pulled by a horse on a dirt road, with trees and a white house in the background.
"Grant & Bonner - Dexter's Best Time"

Library of Congress

Carriage

Activity Questions

1. Have you ridden any of these forms of transportation before? What was the experience like?




2. What are some forms of transportation not listed here that people like to use today?




3. Circle your favorite type of transportation. Why is it your favorite?



Coloring Activity

Color the modes of transportation below.

outline of a steamboat surrounded by flags and traveling on a body of water.

supercoloring.com

Steamboat
outline of a horse galloping on a dirt road.

Supercoloring.com/Lena London

Horse
Train with a flag on top of it traveling on a railroad.

supercoloring.com/Lena London

Train
outline of a four wheel carriage with a lamp in front of the carriage.

Creazilla/Bob Comix

Carriage

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Last updated: August 29, 2021