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Lyndon B Johnson National Historical Park
LBJ and the Environment of the 1960s
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade
Learn about the environmental issues of the 1960s and how President Lyndon B. Johnson took action.
Lyndon B Johnson National Historical Park
LBJ and the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade
Learn about President Johnson's legislation actions during the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s.
Minuteman Missile National Historic Site
Minuteman Missile Field Trip - Class sizes of 19 students or more
- Type: Field Trips
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Minuteman Missile National Historic Site welcomes school groups for ranger-guided tours. Depending on group size, students may tour the visitor center and/or the Delta-09 missile silo.
Castillo de San Marcos National Monument
Marching for the Movement in St. Augustine
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade
Discover how St. Augustine played a vital role in the civil rights movement in the mid-1960s.
Lyndon B Johnson National Historical Park
Texas White House Virtual Tour (Self-Guided)
- Type: Distance Learning
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
How can artifacts help us understand a person or a time period? With this question in mind, let’s travel back in time to the 1960’s and visit the Texas White House! During this self-guided virtual tour students will look for artifacts that can help them learn about President Johnson and the 1960s.
Shenandoah National Park
Life at Lewis Mountain
- Type: Distance Learning
- Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade
This interactive program takes students through the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s and the struggle to make all of Shenandoah National Park for all people.
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.
- Type: Online Galleries
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Collect stories about the Civil War and civil rights! The National Park Service is offering more than 500 trading cards to mark the 150th anniversary of the Civil War and the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s.
Eisenhower National Historic Site
Virtual Visit to Eisenhower National Historic Site (Grades 5-12)
- Type: Distance Learning
- Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade
Join a park ranger to explore the 1950s and 1960s and visit the only home that Dwight and Mamie Eisenhower ever owned! The Eisenhowers used their Gettysburg farm during their years in the White House, as well as in retirement. This virtual program explores the Eisenhower home and story.
New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park
Lesson 3 - PHOTO ANALYSIS
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade
This lesson introduces students to the Civil Rights Movement’s direct-actions against segregation. In the 1960s, the New Orleans chapter of the Congress of Racial Equality participated in the Freedom Rides throughout the South. Students will examine a collection of photographs that includes four mug shots of C.O.R.E. activists and a Mississippi cotton field.
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade
April 19, 1775 is undoubtedly one of the most important days in American history, but how do we know what happened that day nearly two hundred and fifty years ago? Historians use primary sources as a clue to determine what happened in the past. Many of the events leading up to and on April 19, 1775 in Concord relate to town resident Colonel James Barrett. Using primary sources your students will become historians and answer the question, “What was Colonel James Barrett’s role on April 19, 1775?
Gateway Arch National Park
Building the Dream: Constructing the Gateway Arch (Distance Learning)
- Type: Distance Learning
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
The process of creating the Gateway Arch took many, many years before its completion in 1966. Today, the National Park Service manages the Gateway Arch and educates people about the architectural significance of this structure. In this program, students will be taken back to the 1960s to learn about the process of conceiving, designing, and building the tallest national monument in the United States.
Cedar Creek & Belle Grove National Historical Park
Battle of Cedar Creek Map Activity
- Type: Guest Speakers
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Students learn about the sequence of events related to the October 19, 1864, Battle of Cedar Creek through a hands-on interactive map activity led by a park ranger. Students will move wooden pegs around a map while the battle is explained to them by a park ranger.
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Wheat Honeys advertisement. The Left side features a bumble bee holding a gun in each hand and wearing a cowboy hat. The right side features a rocket mid-launch.
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Meet Dr. Manassa T. Pope, an African-American doctor and entrepreneur in the early 20th century, and learn about his efforts to gain civil rights well before the modern Civil Rights Movement.