To learn more about Mount Rushmore’s location in South Dakota, click on the interactive map above.

Mount Rushmore is right in the heart of the land that the Lakota Sioux have called home for hundreds of years.  This land is very sacred to them, and the reason why there was, and still is, much controversy over the memorial.  (Lakota Sioux territory represented by green area).

To encourage the 3rd graders to join the Mount Rushmore team, we prepared a skit which included a performance from the four presidents. (Courtesy of Youtube).