Murals Have students create murals about either the Civil War or their park experiences. If you took photographs on the field trip, these can be included in the mural or made into a bulletin board display about the trip. Creative Writing Have students write poems, essays and stories based on their field trip, theme, or experiences. Have them write about imaginary people that might have experienced the Siege of Vicksburg, incorporating observations and information they learned on their field trip. Have students design a monument to their school, class or field trip.
Students can draw or build the monument, put on display in the school or classroom.
Cinquain and Haiku Select an topic and ask the students to write cinquain or haiku poems about it. A cinquain is a five line poem in which the first line consists of one word. The second line is two words which describe the first line. The third line consists of three words depicting an action. The fourth line consists of four words that convey feeling.