Activities for Lesson 1
The Northwest Ordinance

Animal Tracks
Make stamps of animal footprints. First cut animal footprints from foam. Then glue them to the Styrofoam containers that meat is packaged on in th supermarket. With a wide paint brush paint over the stamp. Press the painted stamp onto a piece of cloth or paper.

Examples:

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More Animal Tracks
Discuss the kinds of animals that would be living in the Northwest Territory. List them on the board. Hold up the patterns of the animal prints from the activity above and have student try to identify the animal that would leave the track.