Effigy Mounds National Monument Teacher's Guide

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Subject:

Humanities, Social Sciences

Institution Name:

National Park Service

Collection:

National Park Service

Grade Level:

Primary, Secondary, Post-secondary

Abstract:

This site provides more than 40 lesson ideas developed by teachers to help students learn about Eastern Woodland Native Americans who lived in the upper Mississippi River valley (southwestern Wisconsin and northeast Iowa) from about 500 BC to 1300 AD and who built effigies -- ceremonial burial mounds shaped to represent bears, eagles, falcons, bison, deer, turtles, lizards, and other creatures.

Course Type:

Learning Module

Languages:

English

Material Type:

Lesson Plans

Media Format:

Graphics/Photos, Text/HTML

Conditions of Use:

Public Domain
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