Field Trips

Stones River National Battlefield Museum Scavenger Hunt

Grade Level:
Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Subject:
Social Studies
Common Core Standards:
4.RI.1
State Standards:
TN Social Studies - SSP.01, SSP.06, 4.25, 4.27, 4.30, 4.32, 4.34, 4.35, 4.37, 4.39

Contact our Education Coordinator for more information and to book your field trip experience. 

Supervision: Teacher Supervised

Duration: 30-45 minutes

Activity:
Students will begin their museum visit by watching the nine-minute orientationfilm. Following the movie, teams of two or three students will receive a sheet ofquestions on a clipboard and a pencil and work together to answer the questions using exhibit text. 

Procedures:

  1. Park rangers or volunteers will prepare copies of the question sheet and answer keys the day prior to field trip.
  2. A ranger will brief students and teachers about the museum activity, and any other scheduled programs, upon arrival.
  3. Students, teachers, and chaperones will move into the orientation film theater and watch the movie.
  4. Teachers will receive a copy of the answer key so they can assist students in locating answers.
  5. Teachers will gather clipboards and pencils and bring them to the visitor center desk at the end of the activity. Teachers will receive all completed sheets. 
Museum Code of Conduct:
  • Food and drinks not permitted in the museum.
  • Speak in whispers.
  • Do not cut in front other visitors when viewing exhibits.
  • Do not lean against exhibits when writing.
  • Do not activate audiovisual exhibits until all questions are answered. 

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Last updated: December 23, 2020