For Teachers

Environmental education.

NPS Photo, Naomi Shibata.

Educational Opportunities With Hubbell Trading Post NHS

• Hubbell Trading Post NHS welcomes student visitation and is ready to accommodate various educational standards
• Park resources can often be helpful tools for teachers to accomplish educational goals

  A Traveling Trunk is available for loan. Contact us for details.

  Tools including thermometers, measuring devices, and weaving tools to support the lesson plans are also available at the park.

• Hubbell Trading Post NHS offers Ranger guided interpretive programs and other opportunities for students to understand the importance of natural and cultural heritage.
• Curriculum guides are available at the Hubbell Trading Post visitor center, including:

  o National Park Service

  o Hubbell Trading Post (Social Studies and Economics)

  o Environmental Studies: Cloud Study (Using Globe curricula www.globe.gov)

  o Environmental Studies: Local Plants

  o Environmental Studies: Soils Field Study

  o Environmental Studies: PuebloColoradoWash

• • Curriculum guides are available upon request:
    • Pre-K through Second Grade
      • Talkin' Tokens
    • Third Grade through Fifth Grade
      • Trading Cards for "Whatcha' Gonna Trade"?
      • Hogan Sweet Hogan - Make a Model of a Hogan
    • Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
      • Oral History Lesson Plan - Are You Culturally Aware?
    • Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade
      • Art Compare and Contrast
      • Art Show Advertising Activity
      • Research Poster
• To augment the curriculum we have various field-guides available and students may participate in the Hubbell Trading Post Junior Ranger program.

 

School Group Tours

For information on scheduling a class field trip or to schedule a ranger to visit your classroom, call [phone]. You may e-mail the park to contact the park to borrow the Hubbell Trading Post NHS's traveling trunk, filled with hands-on weaving materials. Also you may wish to come by the Visitor Center and ask to view our complete set of teacher created lesson plans in our Education Resource Binder.