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History, Naturally! DOCUMENT RESUME ED 439 048 SO 031 217 TITLE "History, Naturally!" A Teacher's Guide. An Educational Outreach Program for Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site, Deer Lodge, Montana. INSTITUTION National Park Service (Dept. of Interior), Washington, DC. National Register of Historic Places. SPONS AGENCY National Park Foundation, Washington, DC. PUB DATE 1998-00-00 NOTE 278p.; Accompanying videotape not available from ERIC. AVAILABLE FROM National Park Service, Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site, P.O. Box 790, Deer Lodge, MT 59722. Tel: 406-846-2070; Web site: http://www.nps.gov/grko. PUB TYPE Guides Classroom Teacher (052) EDRS PRICE MF01/PC12 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS Built Environment; *Cultural Context; Elementary Secondary Education; Environmental Education; Field Trips; *Heritage Education; Historic Sites; Material Culture; Outreach Programs; *Primary Sources; Social Studies; *United States History IDENTIFIERS Cowboys; *Ranching ABSTRACT Part of the National Park Service "Parks as Classrooms" heritage education program, this educational outreach curriculum was designed for a wide range of grade levels to use the resources available at Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site (Montana). The curriculum subjects include cultural heritage education and environmental education. The curriculum's teacher guide provides background information for classroom preparation, ideas for on-site activities, and follow-up study for post-visit activities. The curriculum contains a video to prepare for the class visit and to help the teacher decide which activities are best suited for the subject matter being studied. The following sections begin the curriculum guide's "table of contents": To the Teacher; Program Description; Logistics; Area Map and Information; and Group Reservation Form. The guide then offers section 1,"Life on the Range: The Frontier Cattle Era," and section 2, "Cottonwood Creek Nature Trail." Appendix A contains extension cowboy culture activities, while Appendix B contains extensive nature trail activities. A Program Evaluation section is attached. (BT) Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document. 00 "HISTORY, NATURALLY!" A Teacher's Guide An educational outreach program for Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site O Deer Lodge, Montana U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Office of Educational Research and Improvement EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC) Vihisdocument has been reproduced as received from the person or organization originating it. 1:1 Minor changes have been made to improve reproduction quality. BEST COPY AVAILABLE Points of view or opinions stated in this document do not necessarily represent official OERI position or policy. United States Department of the Interior NATIONAL PARK SERVICE Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site P. 0. Box 790 Deer Lodge, Montana 59722 IN REPLY REFER TO: NOTE TO SCHOOLS REQUESTING "HISTORY, NATURALLY!" OUTREACH MATERIALS: We are pleased you have asked for the outreach program materials for your class, and hope that you will be planning a site visit to further enhance your students' learning experience. If you have already scheduled a date to come to the ranch, then we'll be looking forward to seeing you soon! However, if your visit is more than 1 month away, we would like for you to copy the text needed from the teacher's guide, and return the guide and video by the date below (rtn'd.) to Grant-Kohrs Ranch NHS. This is so that we may mail it to other schools requesting the package. When making copies prior to your site visit, please be sure to include the evaluation form. After your site visit, you can turn in this form to the rangers at the ranch, or mail it in upon your return to school. If you have not reserved a date for visiting the ranch and would like to do so, return the completed reservation form along with the guide book and video after copying any materials, so that we may enter your school's date on our master calendar. Please include an alternate date, just in case. If your school is unable to schedule a trip to the ranch site, you may keep the guide book and video up to 1 month. A suggested return date is printed below (rtn'd.). Please fill in and return the evaluation form as,it pertains to your class use of the materials. Please rewind the video prior to returning it to us. To return mail the package, simply reverse the mailing label so that the ranch address shows along with the stamps, and secure with a plastic tie (included in the front of the binder). Also, put one tie through the zipper and lock. Pull both ties tight and trim the excess. Thank you for your interest in the "HISTORY, NATURALLY!" educational outreach program. Your comments and suggestions are appreciated and helpful in improving this project! Sincerely, Park Ranger, Interpretation Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site . -30 8 Al 9,7 I School rc'd. sent Nibm4014. book # site date ranger Acknowledgements This curriculum-based program was developed by staff from Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site, Deer Lodge, MT. Special thanks go to the National Park Foundation for a grant which made this educational outreach entirely possible. "Life on The Range" is reprinted with permission of the Oklahoma Foundation for the Humanities and the Oklahoma Museums Association from "The Cowboy:Myth and Reality" copyright 1991. This is drawn from the materials of "The Oklahoma Museum Education Project," which was funded in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Phillips Petroleum Foundation, Inc., the Robert S. and Grace B. Kerr Foundation, the Kirkpatrick Foundation, and the State Arts Council of Oklahoma. Text for the Cottonwood Creek Trail section was compiled and adapted from the following sources: National Wildlife Federation, copyright 1972, and Minnesota Environmental Sciences Foundation, Inc. for the environmental activities; Oregon State University "Sea Grant College Program", and Oregon Department of Education for additional units of environmental education. We gratefully acknowledge these sources of educational information for allowing the use of their materials in the production of this guide. "History, Naturally!" is part of the National Park Service "Parks As Classrooms" heritage education program. STATE yational Park FOUNDATION COUNCIL Of OKLAHOMA PaOn C 1 WAS MAD( PC)Stliti yotm 1m1 ASSntAI (1 Of hi( Stall APIS( MIK It Of OrLamoma, WWI f.0, IP OKLAHOMA FOUNDATION (or the HUMANITIES SM. SW IIIMMISS PARKS AS CLASSROOMS, Notice: Schools are authorized to reproduce this material for educational purposes only.Any other reproduction in whole or in part, as well as the sale of this material is prohibited without prior permission from the publisher. tin: printed on recycled paper BEST COPY AVAILABLE 4 TO THE TEACHER Thank you for arranging your group's visit to Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site. We are pleased you are taking the opportunity to use the Site resources to enhance the classroom learning experience. This guide is.designed to prepare you for your visit, and provide additional learning opportunities for use in the classroom following the site visit. This guide contains two main sections, one dealing with the open-range cattle era and cowboy life, and the other describing the unique environment surrounding a small creek on the ranch. Within these two sections are subsections which provide background information, classroom prep activities, on-site projects and extension activities after return to the classroom. You will want to read the LOGISTICS section prior to the site visit, as well as viewing the enclosed VIDEO with your class. A THEME statement and OBJECTIVES are located in the BACKGROUND INFORMATION in each section. The site program and curriculum materials are theme-related, and designed to help students achieve the stated objectives. The objectives represent basic levels of understanding that can be built upon to accommodate individual group needs.We ask that you refer. to this part when evaluating the program at .the conclusion of your visit. BACKGROUND INFORMATION is for your use.The content is specific to the theme of your program, and should be presented to the'class prior toyour visit. This information can be Incorporated into any of thepre and post-site visit activities. Each of the pre- and post-site visit activities corresponds toa specific portion of the on-site experience. Pre-visit activities should be used toprepare students .for the site visit. Some of the pre-visit lessons can be performedon site, so you will need to review them and determine which wouldbe appropriate for the class objectives. Post-visit activities are designed to reinforce the site experience and provide extension opportunities for furtherstudy. Some of the lessons can be copied directly for studentuse, others need to be directed by the teacher. There is a RESOURCE section within each main section.This will provide you and the students with additional reading andsource material for background or extended study. The APPENDIX contains additional activities forboth cultural and natural history lessons. These can be adapted for most grade levels,and provide ideas for site activities and extendedstudy. Finally, there is an EVALUATION form in the backof the guide. Please take time to complete and return the form with the teacher'sguidebook. Your feedback is greatly appreciated, and this will helpassure our curriculum and program are serving the needs of educators and students. We look forward to seeing you soon! BEST COPY AVAILABLE 1 5 TABLE OF CONTENTS To The Teacher Program Description 2 Logistics 2 Area Map and Information 3 Group Reservation Form 5 SECTION 1 Life on the Range: The Frontier Cattle Era 6 Background Information- Theme and Objectives 6 Cowboy Culture - Classroom and Site Activities 8-71 Resources 72 SECTION 2 Cottonwood Creek Nature Trail 74 Background Information- Theme and Objectives 74 Classroom and Site Activities 78-211 Resources 212 Appendix A: Extension Cowboy Culture Activities 214 Appendix B: Extension Nature Trail Activities.
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