Audie Murphy/American Cotton Museum
Lesson Plan for Teachers
Includes Pre and Post Visit Activities
3rd - 4th grades: Living in Early Hunt County
Native American Pinch Pot
Objective: Students will tour the Early Hunt County Gallery and visit the Ende House and the Cabin. They will learn about the early history of our county and how people lived, from the Caddo Indians up to the early 1900s. Students will get to make a pinch pot out of clay to take home. Limited to 50 students.
Supports TEKS: 3rd grade - 113.14 A1-5, 113.14 B3, B19 Social Studies
4th grade - 113.15 A1-5, 113.15 B1, B9A, B14A Social Studies
One-Room Schoolhouse
Objective: Students will tour the Early Hunt County Gallery and visit the Ende House and the Cabin. They will learn about the history of our county and how people lived in the late 1800s to early 1900s. Students will learn what it was like to go to school in the “olden” days. They will do a lesson using a slate and chalk and will also do one using ink and goose quill pen. Both methods were used in the turn of the century one-room school houses depending upon the wealth of the families. Limited to 50 students.
Supports TEKS: 3rd grade - 113.14 A1-5, 113.14 B3, B19 Social Studies
4th grade - 113.15 A1-5, B9A, B23 Social Studies
5th - 6th grades: Living in Early Hunt County
Advertising
Objective: Students will tour the Early Hunt County Gallery and visit the Ende House and the Cabin. They will learn about the history of our county and how people lived in the late 1800s to early 1900s. Students will learn about advertising in the 1920s as they visit the main street shops. They will create their own advertisement for the “newest” candy, dress, soda, medicine, etc. They can also create a slogan and a name if it’s something brand new that the students have come up with. Limited to 50 students.
Supports TEKS: 5th grade - 113.16 A1-5, B4, B26 Social Studies
117.117 Art
6th grade - 113.16 A1-5, 113.18 A1-5, B23 Social Studies
117.202 Art
3rd - 6th grades: Living in Early Hunt County
A Trip to Town
Objective: Students will tour the Early Hunt County Gallery and visit the Ende House and the Cabin. They will learn about the early history of our county and how people lived in the late 1800s to early 1900s. Students will “take a shopping trip to town in the year 1922”. They will divide into small groups and will be given a scenario where they will have to figure out what they will need to purchase with a limited budget while visiting the main street shops. Then everyone will gather to discuss what choices each group made and why they chose the items they did. Limited to 50 students.
Supports TEKS: 3rd grade - 113.14 A1-5, 113.14 B2-3, B6, B19 Social Studies
111.5 A2, B1 Math
4th grade - 113.15 A1-5, 113.15 B1, B23 Social Studies
111.6 A2, B1 Math
5th grade - 113.16 A1-5, 113.16 B4C, B26 Social Studies
111.7 A2, B1 Math
6th grade - 113.18 A1-5, 113.18 B23 Social Studies
111.26 A2, B1 Math
Packet includes Glossary, Pre-Visit and Post-Visit Worksheets and are also available online.
Created by the Audie Murphy/American Cotton Museum
600 I-30 East
PO Box 347
Greenville, TX 75403
(903) 450-4502