Silver Lake Effigy Mound

[dkong_469]

Hello,

i am new to this site and was wondering if anyone could help me. my name is dan and i work at IMR, Indian Mound Reservation. i work with the wolf scouts and i run the mound talk/nature trail. we read the evals at the end of the day and i'm new to this whole expierience. i got a 3.0 on my topic, and have been looking for ways to improve it. i found this site and was wondering if anyone out there could help me by giving me some helpful information. i'm trying to get my score up to a 4.5 (on a scale of 1-5) by the end of the summer. that is what most other people are getting. if you know anything about the Silver Lake Effigy Mound, please e-mail me at dkong_469@yahoo.com or DKong_469@hotmail.com or post a messafor me. i really appreciate any help you can give me.

sincerlly,

me

[Fuzzy Bear]

What is a Silver Lake Effigy Mound?

[scoutldr]

Did a quick Google, Fuzz. Indian Mound Scout Reservation is near Milwaukee. Apparently there is a mound in the image of a turtle (effigy) on the shore of the lake, some 200+ feet in length, discovered in 1851.

 

Thanks for wanting to do a good job, dkong. I assume you are probably a first year staff member. Since you have access to a computer, do some Internet research on the history of the area and the Native Americans who lived there. Remember that Wolf scouts (Cub scouts?) are usually around 7-8 years old, so you have to keep their attention. You need to be a good story-teller and try to take their minds back to that era while you give your talk. Whatever you do, don't read from notes. Know your topic and just talk about it in a conversational tone. This is what the best teachers do. Know your stuff, be friendly and animated (lots of motion), and involve the Cubs in what your're doing. Being lectured to for more than 5 minutes is extremely boring when you're 7 years old.