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History and Technology
- Type: Student Activities
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
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First Ladies and Technology
- Type: Distance Learning ... Field Trips ... Guest Speakers
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

How would your life be different without technology? For First Ladies, their job would be a lot harder! In this program, we’ll learn how First Ladies Jackie Kennedy, Michelle Obama, and Eleanor Roosevelt used radio, television, and Social Media in their role and explore the science behind their technologies.
3D Modeling and Scale
- Type: Student Activities ... Teacher Reference Materials ... Other Education Materials
- Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade
Buffalo Soldiers on the Move! How New Technologies Led to New Opportunities!
- Type: Guest Speakers
- Grade Levels: Adult Education

As new modes of transportation were developed; they were adapted for military use. These new modes of transportation created new opportunities for soldiers to step into roles of leadership or be part of new regiments. African Americans took advantage of these new opportunities and combated the negative perception of their leadership abilities in the Army.
Learning from Spanish Coins
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

In this lesson, students learn about 18th-century Spanish currency. Teachers can use the lesson plan to help their students investigate how archeologists use artifacts like coins to come up with a relative date for an archeological site. Students will understand how archeologists use newer technologies, such as 3D modeling and Virtual Reality, in order to analyze and interpret artifacts and objects.
Airplanes of the Future!
Calling Andrew Johnson using Morse Code
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
The students will analyze the impact of the transatlantic telegraph on worldwide communications. The students will compare and contrast current technology to that of the 19th century.
Horse Teeth and Diet
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

In this lesson plan, students will use the scientific method to learn about horses' diets from 3d replicas of horse teeth found on Assateague Island. The 3d replicas are viewable online, or the files may be downloaded and 3d printed. In the process, students will learn an archeological method for learning about animals' lives in the past.
Field Studies Programs
Pirates of North Carolina
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

This lesson is designed to introduce students to pirates who plagued the coast of North Carolina during the time of colonization, as well as to develop research skills in technology and write a research report. They will use a variety of strategies and writing process elements in the composing of their report. It will allow students to integrate research of social studies/history of the colonial era with technology, reading, and writing.
History of Floyd Bennett Field
- Type: Teacher Reference Materials
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
This guide will help teachers introduce the ways in which technology and time affect an area (i.e. a neighborhood), using Floyd Bennett Field as an example.
America’s Space Program: Exploring a New Frontier
Telling the Stories of Pu'uhonua o Hōnaunau
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

Pu'uhonua o Hōnaunau contains many stories of past and present Hawaiian peoples. This lesson couples 3D virtual tours with oral histories, archeological data, and historical information to reveal and explore these narratives. Este plan de clase con actividades incluido también está disponible en español.
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Overfishing and Fisheries Collapses
- Type: Student Activities
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Math at Mount Rushmore for Grades 6, 7 and 8
- Type: Student Activities ... Teacher Reference Materials ... Other Education Materials
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

Students recognize shapes in Mount Rushmore, whether it’s 2D shapes through a series of 2D drawings, or 3D shapes through measurable PDF’s of the 3D model of Mount Rushmore. Learners use geometric formulas to calculate the volumes of these shapes based on scaled representations and effectively use understanding of scale to translate these calculations to life-size.
A Hidatsa Earthlodge
- Type: Distance Learning
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Park Rangers describe the home of the Tribes of the Northern Great Plains from inside of a lifesize replica earthlodge. They also describe the roles and responsibilites of people within the community, trade relations, and effects of trade on technology used by the Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara during the 1800s.