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Tours Information
Allow 1 - 1 1/2 hours for K - 2 grades
Allow 2 hours for 4th grade and up.
Parents/chaperones will be asked to assist students with scavenger hunts through the museum.
Directions to Fort Ancient (29 k)

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Program: Discovery (September - May) (62 k)
Students will explore American Indian heritage by listening to music and stories, playing games, and doing chores. They will learn about the roles of men, women, and children, and what people needed to survive. An introduction, hands-on activities, and a museum scavenger hunt are included. Students will be able to describe how people adapt to changes in the physical environment by modifying food, clothing, shelter, transportation, and recreation.
Supplemental Materials:

• Enrichment Activities (44 k)
• Timeline of Early Ohio Peoples (64 k)
• Fort Ancient Word Search (39 k)
• Cultural Activity Sheet (39 k)

Program: Explorer (September - May) (59 k)
Students will explore the different cultural groups of American Indians in Ohio with emphasis on how European settlements impacted these Indians. The program includes an introduction to prehistoric and historic American Indians, hands on activities, and a scavenger hunt. Also included is a look at Fort Ancient and how the 2000-year-old has been preserved.
Supplemental Materials:

• Enrichment Activities (44 k)
• Timeline of Early Ohio Peoples (64 k)
• Fort Ancient Word Search (39 k)
• Cultural Activity Sheet (39 k)

Program: Mapping and Interpretation (September - May) (59 k)
Students will learn how archaeologists and historians study and interpret the past, and how to distinguish fact from fiction. Six units featuring different American Indian cultural groups are set up in the classroom. Students will map and record artifacts and identify which groups the artifacts belong to. They will then explore the museum to find out more about their group. The program will conclude with spear throwing, double ball, and a discussion about Fort Ancient.
Supplemental Materials:

• Enrichment Activities (44 k)
• Timeline of Early Ohio Peoples (64 k)
• Archaeology Handout (47 k)

Program: Natural Resources and Technology (September - May) (54 k)
Student will learn how Ohio's American Indians used local resources in their everyday lives and how communities changed over time. Students will place local historical events in sequential order on a time line. The program includes doing chores, playing games, and looking for and discussing artifacts. They will explore the museum using a scavenger hunt.
Supplemental Materials:

• Enrichment Activities (44 k)
• Timeline of Early Ohio Peoples (64 k)
• Fort Ancient Word Search (39 k)
• Cultural Activity Sheet (39 k)

Program: Proficiency Tracks (February only)
(99 k)
Students will actively participate in a variety of programs, workings with time lines, matching games, storytellers, and using hands-on activities to solve problems. This engaging program enhances critical knowledge and skills.

Program: When Two Worlds Collide (September - May) (59 k)
Student will explore the cultural practices and artifacts of the earliest people in Ohio and follow the transition from a hunting and gathering society to an agriculturist society when the two cultures collided during the historic period. They will describe the causes and effects of European exploration after 1400 including the impact on the people of the Americas. The tour includes an introduction to the different time periods, hands on activities (doubleball and spear throwing), and a scavenger hunt in the museum. They will also explore the 2000-yer-old Hopewell Fort Ancient.
Supplemental Materials:

• Timeline of Early Ohio Peoples (64 k)

Workshop: Digging the Past (September - May)
(58 k)
One group will create a culture will make artifacts while the other group will be archaeologists. The artifacts will be hidden in three archaeological units. All students will conduct a dig and record their findings. The archaeologists, analyzing the artifacts, will try to tell the story of the cultural groups. The workshop will end with a discussion about Fort Ancient followed by spear throwing and double ball. Students will be able to differentiate between fact and fiction and understand how archaeologists and historians study and interpret the past.
Supplemental Materials:

• Enrichment Activities (44 k)
• Timeline of Early Ohio Peoples (64 k)
• Fort Ancient Word Search (39 k)
• Cultural Activity Sheet (39 k)
• Archaeology Handout (47 k)

Workshop: Overnight at Fort Ancient (September - May) (55 k)
The Fort Ancient staff can tailor a program to fit your curriculum. Study will be structured along the ODE organizers of settlement, early civilization, culture, and interaction. Typically, there are three museum components: archaeology, and technology (making pottery), and a scavenger hunt at the museum. Also included are a night hike, an educational movie, and a game to test knowledge. In the morning, children will play double ball and throw spears.
Supplemental Materials:

• Enrichment Activities (44 k)
• Timeline of Early Ohio Peoples (64 k)
• Fort Ancient Word Search (39 k)

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