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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?
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.
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
The lesson can be used in units on the history of westward movement or multiculturalism in America. The lesson can help students understand how Americans modified the Californio building style, at the same time adopting aspects of that style and way of life.
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.
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.
Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument
Southern Paiute Cultural History Curriculum Guide
- Type: Student Activities ... Teacher Reference Materials
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
The purpose of the Southern Paiute Cultural History supplemental curriculum lessons is to provide opportunities for students to learn about the region’s cultural history. Studying about past cultures and traditions provide a context for deeper understanding that links today’s Southern Paiute people with their rich cultural legacy. Archeology helps to provide a better understanding of these connections.
Acadia National Park
Passamaquoddy History & Culture: A Traveling Teaching Kit
- Type: Traveling Trunk
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
The National Park Service and the Abbe Museum collaborated to create this traveling kit. This hands-on kit uses student-centered activities and tactile elements to introduce students to the richness of Passamaquoddy culture and history. This kit does not attempt to fully teach all of Passamaquoddy history. Rather, these lessons and activities should be used as an introduction that will hopefully inspire you and your students.
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
The War of 1812, which pitted the United States, Great Britain and their allies against each over the course of three years, turned into an opportunity for enslaved African Americans to advocate for their freedom. Between the summers of 1813 and 1814, 4,000-5,000 fled to the side of the British, in the hopes of securing freedom and safe passage for themselves and their families.
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.
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Great Smoky Mountains - Mingus Mill History and Culture
- Type: Field Trips
- Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade
The Great Smoky Mountains are world renowned for their diversity of plant and animal species. Mingus Mill, located in the Oconaluftee Valley, provides a beautiful spot where students are introduced to daily life routines of the 19th century. Through games, activities, a peek inside the operating mill, and a short hike students are encouraged to compare and contrast the communities of early settlers to their own.
Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site
Cultural Dress
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Lewis Garrard's ten-month journey on the Santa Fe Trail put him in contact with a variety of southwestern cultures. This lesson offers insight into how cultural dress differed during the 1840s and was used to understand the wearer's society, class, occupation, and access to materials.
Arches National Park
Cultural Contributions
- Type: Field Trips
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
In the classroom, students observe artifacts and discuss clues artifacts provide about the lives of people who lived near Moab in the past. On the field trip, students make their own pottery, cordage, and petroglyph replicas.
Blackstone River Valley National Historical Park
Culture and Community
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
In this lesson, students will look at reasons why people immigrate and settle in new places and how that is oftentimes connected to the need for jobs. Students will choose an ethnic community whose members either came to work in and around Rhode Island mills (or a modern-day culture in their town) and create a poster honoring that community's impact using Adobe Spark (if looking for a digital option) or on a piece of paper (if looking for a hands-on option).
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
- Type: Guest Speakers
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Invite a park ranger from Scotts Bluff National Monument into your classroom for a fun, curriculum-based, social studies lesson on culture. Teams of students will look at packages of "culture clues" to determine which culture of people who have passed near Scotts Bluff they represent. In addition, students will develop a definition of what "culture" is.
Lava Beds National Monument
Cultural Traveling Trunk
- Type: Traveling Trunk
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Check out a Cultural Traveling Trunk from Lava Beds National Monument!
New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park
Lesson 1 - THE CULTURE CONCEPT
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade
This curriculum is based on the collaborative ethnography Talk That Music Talk: Passing on Brass Band Music in New Orleans the Traditional Way, by Bruce Sunpie Barnes and Rachel Breunlin, published by UNO Press in 2014. Visit https://www.neighborhoodstoryproject.org/talk-that-music-talk for information on obtaining the book and a full book of lesson plans.
Cowpens National Battlefield
Material Culture: the Fife and Drum
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
How does music from the Battle of Cowpens help us understand this historical event?