Teachers

Learn how a group of determined women selected Lafayette Park, across from the White House, to demonstrate for their right to vote, providing a First Amendment model for many others.

Students explore the past during a "Home on the Canal" field trip.

Students will learn about preserving the C&O Canal as a place to learn and explore our history, describe the C&O Canal as an early transportation system including canal operations, lock technology, and life for canal workers, and explain the concepts and effects of various earth processes, including: weathering, erosion, deposition, and flooding.

Learn the history of the park's iron pyrite mine on this moderate, two mile hike that lasts around two hours. Rangers will hike with students to the old mine site, and give students the opportunity to learn about the park's mine reclamation efforts, stroll along a boardwalk, and see several existing foundations and capped off mine shafts.

Learn the basics of using a map and compass for navigation, and put that knowledge to work by finding fixed points in the forest. This activity can be ranger guided or self guided and depending on the orienteering course chosen, can last from 1.5 hours to a full day.

Discover the hidden history of WWII-era spies that trained in Prince William Forest Park. A one to two hour ranger talk and activities paired with an optional quarter to one mile hike in the forest gives students the chance to learn about this secretive period of the park's history.

Where do animals live and why? How are their needs similar to what people need? Are humans and animals so different after all? What habitats does the park offer and who lives in them? A 0.2 mile hike of the paved Piedmont Forest Trail will follow a short talk where we will look for some park "residents". This program lasts 30 minutes to one hour.

Discover the rich history of Prince William Forest Park. This 30 minute to one hour overview program offers information covering various time periods from Native American history to the Great Depression and World War II.

Take a one to two hour tour of a historic cabin camp built in the 1930s by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) in Prince William Forest Park. Learn about the how the Great Depression and New Deal contributed to the creation of the park.

Students will identify locations on a street map using accompanying text. They will search a database to find historical photos of the corresponding locations. Using what they have discovered, they will analyze the connection between location and methods of working for change. Taking it further, the students will identify an issue they would like to advocate for and describe a corresponding location to work for that change.