Field trip options
Exploring Culture Through Picture Writing
Students learn about life on the prairie through hands-on exploration of items that Native Americans used in daily life and packed on a travois (drag sled) for travel. Students also discover how Native Americans kept track of history by recording symbols on hides called “winter counts.”
Grades: K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Cost: $6 per student
7,000 years of Native American History
Students work in teams exploring cultural items from the four major time periods (Paleo-Indian, Archaic, Woodland, and Mississippian). The program ends with a game in which the teams compete against each other by answering questions correctly about how the people lived and survived for thousands of years.
Grades: 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Cost: $6 per student
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