Traveling Trunks

Two rangers showcasing a travel trunk to students.

NPS Photo

Replica travel trunks can be checked out for use in your classroom or reserved for on-site visits. Unfortunately, they are too big to ship and must be picked up at the park. The trunks include numerous replica cultural items, the Footprints of the Past video, and a printed copy of the teacher's guide.

e-mail us or call [phone] to reserve a trunk! Trunk reservations are free; trunks may be checked out for two weeks.

Teachers are welcome to review digital versions of the Teacher's Guide for using with or without a trunk. There are 15 lesson plans ranging from plant identification to pottery. Visit the links below to open PDF versions of an introduction, Lessons 1 through 15, and further information resources.

 

Teacher's Guide

Introduction

(PDF, 367 KB)

Lesson 1: Using Plants to Meet Basic Needs

(PDF, 120 KB)

Lesson 2: Identifying Plants

(PDF, 205 KB)

Lesson 3: Resources Near and Far

(PDF, 107 KB)

Lesson 4: Corn

(PDF, 331 KB)

Lesson 5: Directions to the Past

(PDF, 132 KB)

Lesson 6: Graffiti

(PDF, 191 KB)

Lesson 7: Poetry in Ruins

(PDF, 108 KB)

Lesson 8: Impacts on the Environment

(PDF, 139 KB)

Lesson 9: Now and Then: A Scavenger Hunt

(PDF, 73.7 KB)

Lesson 10: Imagination Pots

(PDF, 205 KB)

Lesson 11: Living in the Past, Present, and Future

(PDF, 117 KB)

Lesson 12: The Life of an Artifact

(PDF, 53.9 KB)

Lesson 13: Investigating Great Houses

(PDF, 108 KB)

Lesson 14: Raising the Roof

(PDF, 88.7 KB)

Lesson 15: What Happened Here?

(PDF, 141 KB)

Resources

(PDF, 1.19 MB)