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- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
The objective of this lesson is to help students learn how to identify statistical questions as well as be able to work with data by finding the mean, median, mode and range.
Cowpens National Battlefield
Boy, What a Day! January 17, 1781
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Student will journal the events of January 17, 1781 as a part of the militia, cavalry, Morgan, Howard, Washington, British Legion, or Continentals.
Fort Stanwix National Monument
History Detectives: 1777, On-Site Education Program
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
How did Fort Stanwix help to win the Revolution? Search for clues around the fort to solve the mystery!
Valley Forge National Historical Park
Valley Forge: By the Numbers
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
The Continental Army marches into Valley Forge on December 19, 1777.
Fort Stanwix National Monument
21 Days On-Site Education Program
- Type: Field Trips
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
How did the 21-day siege of Fort Stanwix in 1777 affect the Mohawk Valley…and the War?
Fort Stanwix National Monument
21 Days On-Site Education Program
- Type: Field Trips
- Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade
How did the 21-day siege of Fort Stanwix in 1777 affect the Mohawk Valley…and the War? During this 90 minute program, take a closer look at how the successful defense of a valuable transportation route affected the lives of the Native Americans, Rebellious Americans, and Loyalist Americans!
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
Sharing Star Stories
- Type: Field Trips
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Bring the night sky to your classroom with Sleeping Bear Dunes' mobile planetarium. This school visit explores how different cultures have connected with the night sky through constellations, and how light pollution threatens these connections. This program requires a large open room (like a gymnasium) that is at least 17 ft x 17 ft, and at least 12 ft high. The planetarium is accessible for students with physical disabilities.
Valley Forge National Historical Park
The March In
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
In this lesson, students will examine secondary source documents and utilize map skills to understand the reasons why Valley Forge was chosen as the site for the Continental Army's winter encampment in 1777. Students will then be able to answer the following essential question: Why did General George Washington choose Valley Forge as the site for the Army’s winter encampment?
Fort Stanwix National Monument
Life at Fort Stanwix
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
What was life like at the historic Fort Stanwix for a soldier in the Continental Army and the many others who lived there while fighting in the American Revolution. At the end of this virtual tour, students will be able to describe the different roles that were filled to support the Continental Army at Fort Stanwix during the American Revolution and what would have happened had they not worked together.
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
A three-touch model field trip where students will investigate the reasons that Springfield Massachusetts was selected for the nation’s first armory. Students will create their own maps and explore primary sources to learn about what this area would have looked like in 1777 prior to the founding of the armory.
Wright Brothers National Memorial
The First Four Flights--Math Up!
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
This lesson plan will allow students to understand the path that led to the Wrights' success on December 17, 1903 by relating the stories of their interest in flying from youth, the growing interest in flight in the late 1890s and the flight experiments that led to their first flights in 1903. The story of their dream to fly will be used as a backdrop for students to solve relevant mathematical problems and connect with Wright Brothers National Memorial.