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Civil War to Civil Rights Trading Cards

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.

Cane River Creole National Historical Park

Civil Rights Leaders Bingo

Type: Lesson Plan
Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Discover Civil Rights Leaders through this fun and interactive BINGO game! Students will learn about national and local leaders such as Martin Luther King Jr, Harriet Tubman, Dr. E. A. Johnson, and Rosa Parks.

Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park

African Americans During the Civil War: A Compressed History

Type: Lesson Plan
Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade

Lesson Plan detailing African American involvement during the American Civil War in both combatant and noncombatant roles. Lesson also highlights individual involvement and contributions to the war effort as well as document analysis.

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.

Kings Mountain National Military Park

African Americans in the American Revolution

Type: Lesson Plan
Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

*What were duties and responsibilities of African-American soldiers in the American Revolution? *How did African Americans make significant contributions during the American Revolution?

Eisenhower National Historic Site

Eisenhower and Little Rock: A Civil Rights Lesson

Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade

Soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division escort African-American students to Central High School in Little Rock in Sept. 1957, after the governor of Arkansas tried to enforce segregation. Photo courtesy National Archives. Operation Arkansas

Independence National Historical Park

The Liberty Bell as a Symbol for Civil Rights, grades 4-8

Type: Lesson Plan
Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

Students will examine primary sources to discover the connection between the inscription on the Liberty Bell and the Civil Rights Movement.

Gateway Arch National Park

African Americans of the West Traveling Trunk

Type: Traveling Trunk
Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

James Nash was an African American explorer who traveled through the West in the nineteenth century. Learn about Nash's life experiences and his most cherished possessions and memories with this traveling trunk.

Women's Rights National Historical Park

Women’s Rights are Human Rights

Type: Lesson Plan
Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

In this series of four lesson plans from the Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor, students will be able to explore the development and growth of the American women's rights movement. This includes lessons about the Seneca Falls Convention, the Erie Canal, and the later women's rights movement. Developed by educator Lynn Girven of the Rochester City School District.

Cowpens National Battlefield

What about us??? Women, African-Americans, and Native Americans

Type: Lesson Plan
Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

Students will research the roles of women, African-Americans and Native Americans in the American Revolution.

Andersonville National Historic Site

The American Civil War: A Humanitarian Perspective

Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

Learning about humanitarian law helps students connect lessons of the past with the issues of the present. Students will explore historical events through the lives of those who experienced the American Civil War and will participate in hands-on exercises that make for challenging and exciting class projects and discussions. The lessons will also help students develop critical thinking skills and character.

Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site

Civil Rights Then and Now (Grades 9-12) Carl Sandburg Home NHS

Type: Lesson Plan
Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade

How are civil rights similar and different to 100 years ago?

Cowpens National Battlefield

Unsung Patriots: African-Americans at the Battle of Cowpens

Type: Lesson Plan
Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

What important role did African-Americans have in the Battle of Cowpens?

Valley Forge National Historical Park

Reflections of African American Patriots at Valley Forge

Type: Lesson Plan
Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

There are many little known stories in our nation’s history. We are challenged to uncover them and to analyze their significance to our nation and to us as individuals.

Fort Scott National Historic Site

“They Fought Like Tigers” African American Soldiers and American Indian Soldiers

Type: Distance Learning
Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

Fort Scott was the base for one of the most diverse assemblies of Union soldiers during the Civil War. Significant numbers of African Americans and American Indians were recruited in this area. This program provides opportunities for students to discover their stories through small group activities, critical thinking and discussion. The program time is 45 minutes including time for questions and answers.

First State National Historical Park

Rights, Rules and Privileges

Type: Field Trips
Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

This program explores the differences between rights, rules and privileges and the need for government and laws. Students have to determine if something is a right, a rule or a privilege. This program takes place at the New Castle Court House Museum.

Women's Rights National Historical Park

Be a Women's Rights Influencer

Type: Lesson Plan
Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade

Students will research women’s rights and reform advocates from the nineteenth century. Students will choose one activist and act as their social media manager. Students will create a social media plan for the platform of their choice and highlight their reformer’s story.

Federal Hall National Memorial

Federal Hall and the Bill of Rights

Type: Field Trips
Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

Students will learn about the Bill of Rights, its significance to Federal Hall, and create their own Bill of Rights.

New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park

Lesson 5 - CODED SPIRITUALS, METAPHOR IN AFRICAN AMERICAN SPIRITUALS

Type: Lesson Plan
Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade

This is the fifth set of lessons in a multi lesson unit. It is based on the two-cd set Freedom Is Coming: Songs of Freedom, Resistance, and the Underground Railroad, available from the New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park, 916 North Peters Street, New Orleans, La, 70116. www.nps.gov/jazz

The Selma to Montgomery Voting Rights March: Shaking the Conscience of the Nation

Type: Lesson Plan
Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

Learn how people in Selma, Alabama, and national civil rights organizations worked together to end the unconstitutional denial of voting rights to African Americans in the South.

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