Curriculum Materials

High School level lesson plan allowing students to learn about the strategy behind Civil War battles.

The TREE (Teacher's Resources for Environmental Education) Backpacks program is a self-guided interactive field trip that allows students to explore the outdoors of Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park.

Our museum tells the story of the Atlanta Campaign and the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain. The scavenger hunt is a fun, interactive, and educational way for students of all ages to explore our museum either on their own or with light guidance.

Life for a soldier of the Atlanta Campaign wasn't easy! This guided program allows students to experience various aspects of that life with the help of a ranger or living historian.

This program introduces students to the Leave No Trace principles, which are easy to understand guidelines on how to responsibly play in the outdoors.

This interactive scavenger hunt takes students through the history of the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain at Cheatham Hill

After a brief overview of what the National Park System is, students will work in teams to create their own national park site using recycled materials, and arts and crafts materials.

This interactive program takes children back in time to see what life was like for a 10 year old girl during the siege of Atlanta.

Students create a timeline of events leading to the Civil War based on a series of articles from the National Park Service. Students will explore the issue of slavery as a major cause starting with the Missouri Compromise, The Dred Scott Decision, The Election of Lincoln, John Brown's Raid, and the numerous states secessions. Then, students become part of a regiment and complete hands-on activities as they discover the structure of an army.

Students analyze the primary document, the Emancipation Proclamation and how it affected the Civil War and southern states. They work in teams to creatively share learned information from NPS videos about one of the final pushes in the Civil War, the Atlanta Campaign through Georgia. They listen to and draw meaning from soldier and author, Ambrose Bierce.