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The Guide to Learning About the Longleaf Fire Forest (under construction)

The following lessons are designed for use as an educational tool for elementary students in grades 3-5. That is not to say, however, that teachers outside of those grade levels will not find a use for this material in their classroom. This material is intended to instruct students on the both the natural and cultural history of the longleaf pine fire forest. The central focus of each lesson is the drawing itself. Each lesson has a coloring page and accompanying color key. Instructive background material is to be read to help explain each of the lessons (in text written for both the student and instructor). Along with this background material, we have highlighted key words and concepts that teachers may find helpful in explaining the subject matter (note that each keyword has a link to a dictionary term). Finally, each lesson has classroom activities developed by other educators to help in the teaching of the fascinating subject. You can begin your journey through the longleaf pine fire forest by following the links below.

Natural History (click on link next to each lesson for more information)

Lesson #1 The Longleaf Pine Fire Forest

Lesson #2 At One Time, the Longleaf Pine Ecosystem Stretched Nearly Continuous from Eastern Texas to Southern Virginia

Lesson #3 A Group of Young Longleaf Pine Trees Growing in a Forest Opening

Lesson #4 A Fox Squirrel Finds a Vantage Point on the Stump of an Old Longleaf Pine Tree

Lesson #5 A Covey of Bobwhite Quail Scratching Around for Food

Lesson #6 Sand (Ground) Doves are Well-Adapted to the Open, Sandy Longleaf Pine Forest Floor Habitat

Lesson #7 A Family of Red-Cockaded Woodpeckers Makes a Home in a Mature Longleaf Pine Tree

Lesson #8 The Copy-Cats of the Longleaf Pine Forest

Lesson #9 The Longleaf Forest is Alive with the Beautiful Colors of the Butterfly

Lesson #10 Pitcher Plant Bogs are Among the Most Unique Communities of the Longleaf Pine Ecosystem

Lesson #11These Animals Play it Cool When Fire Sweeps Through the Woods

Cultural History (click on link next to each lesson for more information)

Lesson #12 Southeastern Indians Purposely Burned the Longleaf Pine Forest

Lesson #13 Deer Found in the Longleaf Pine Forests Were Highly Valued by Many Indian tribes

Lesson #14 A Spanish Vaquero Driving His Cattle Through the Longleaf Forest to Market

Lesson #15 The Settlement of the Longleaf Pine Frontier in the Early 1800's

Lesson #16 The Longleaf Forest Served as the Wal-Mart For Early Settlers

Lesson #17As Part of the Naval Stores Industry the Longleaf Pine Tree was Tapped for its Sticky Resin

Lesson #18 Massive Longleaf Pine Trees Were Cut by Hand Axes or Two-Man Saws and Pulled From the Site by Mules or Oxen

Lesson #19 Floating Longleaf Pine to the Sawmill

Lesson #20 Steam Engines Made Hauling Wood Much Easier and Opened Up Most of the Longleaf Forest to Logging

Lesson #21 A Seemingly Endless Sea of Longleaf Pine Stumps

Lesson #22 Wild Hogs Rooting up Longleaf Pine Seedlings

Lesson #23 Planting Loblolly Pine in Cutover Longleaf Pine Forests by Civilian Conservation Corps Enrollees in the 1930's and 1940's

Lesson #24 Modern Logging and Milling Spelled Economic Recovery for the South But Spurred the End of the Longleaf Forest

Lesson #25Longleaf Pine is Trying to Make a Comeback

Lesson #26 Professional Land Managers Setting the Longleaf Pine Forest on Fire

For an Activity Sheet click here

For a Glossary of Terms click here

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