Mount Rushmore National Memorial
Settled deep in the Black Hills of western South Dakota, Mount Rushmore teaches visitors about the birth, growth, development, and preservation of the United States through the four U.S. presidents depicted in the mountain carving. Maureen McGee-Ballinger, chief of interpretation and education with the National Park Service, shared the history of this iconic site.
Description
Settled deep in the Black Hills of western South Dakota, Mount Rushmore teaches visitors about the birth, growth, development, and preservation of the United States through the four U.S. presidents depicted in the mountain carving. Maureen McGee-Ballinger, chief of interpretation and education with the National Park Service, shared the history of this iconic site.
Bell Ringer Assignment
- How was the concept of creating the Mount Rushmore memorial conceived?
- Why were George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt selected to be on the Mount Rushmore memorial?
- Explain the controversy regarding carving in the Black Hills. According to Maureen McGee-Ballinger, how does the park address the issue?
- Describe the process of creating the monument that Gutzon Borglum and his son Lincoln endured.
- According to Maureen McGee-Ballinger, will additional people be added to the memorial?
- What does the memorial represent?
Participants
Vocabulary
- Chief Red Cloud
- Civil War
- Doane Robinson
- Gutzon Borglum
- John C. Fremont
- Lakota
- Louis And Clark
- Louisiana Purchase
- Panama Canal
- Sacagawea
- Spire