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Sitka National Historical Park
Soft Gold: The History of Russians in Alaska
- Type: Distance Learning
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
How and why Russians came to and settled in Alaska is not only important for understanding Alaskan history, but also contains themes necessary for students to understand important historical ideas/concepts like trade, colonialism, and the rights of indigenous peoples. In addition, the efforts of Russian and other non-Alaskan native fur hunters had severe scientific, environmental, and cultural effects on this region and its indigenous peoples.
Sitka National Historical Park
Soft Gold: The History of Russians in Alaska/ Middle and High School
- Type: Distance Learning
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
The Fur trade, as well as the trade of other natural goods and resources, was a significant driver in the European settlement of North America. Between the French and the British, North American became divided over the issue of fur hunting, trapping, and trading- with Native Americans becoming caught in the middle of these European nations. The same is true in Alaska.
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade
The New Deal reform, recovery, and relief programs changed the relationship between American’s and their government in revolutionary ways. The Resettlement Administration (RA), Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA), and the Farm Security Administration (FSA) were programs to get displaced families off relief. More than eighty years after the Matanuska Colony was established much of it remains to tell the story of the New Deal resettlement program in Alaska.
Alaska Public Lands
Fire in Alaska Kit
- Type: Traveling Trunk
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
This educational kit provides teachers and students with an excellent opportunity to learn about the importance and problems of fires. they will be able to identify hazard signs and natural change while taking part in group activities.
Lake Clark National Park & Preserve
Carrying Capacity and Bears in Alaska
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade
This lesson allows students to learn about the concept of carrying capacity by looking at the factors that allow animals to thrive in some areas, but not in others. Students will learn about the brown bears of Lake Clark National Park and the Denali area to see why some are leading successful lives and reproducing often and why some aren’t doing as well.
Aleutian Islands World War II National Historic Area
World War II in Alaska
- Type: Teacher Reference Materials
- Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade
This resource guide is designed to aid students and teachers in researching Alaska’s World War II history. It contains resources and references to allow students to conduct independent research into this little-known story of World War II. Included is a map of important World War II sites in the north Pacific and a summary of Alaska's World War II experience, as well as information about National Historic Landmarks related to World War II in Alaska.
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Learn about Alaska's Site Summit and Nike Hercules, a nationwide ground-based anti-aircraft missile system that protected the U.S. during the Cold War.
President William Jefferson Clinton Birthplace Home National Historic Site
Why Visit His Home?
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Using a four square graphic organizer, draft, edit and publish a persuasive essay OR draft a speech to persuade OR create a Prezi to persuade the observer to visit the birthplace home of President Clinton.
- Type: Distance Learning
- Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade
Activities for children to learn about sea otters in Alaska.
- Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade
A Cold War in Alaska resource guide for students and teachers
Thomas Stone National Historic Site
History on Trial
- Type: Field Trips
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Students will search for clues to his innocence or guilt and in a mock trial to determine if Thomas Stone was a traitor to Great Britain or an American Patriot for signing the Declaration of Independence. Will your class find him guilty or innocent?
Brown v. Board of Education National Historical Park
History Hunters
- Type: Traveling Trunk
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
This activity trunk is designed to introduce learners to the ways that historians, archeologists, and anthropologists use primary resources to learn about the past. Students will role-play by wearing costumes identifying each as an anthropologist, archeologist, or historian.
Cowpens National Battlefield
History and Technology
- Type: Student Activities
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
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Palo Alto Battlefield National Historical Park
Historical Characters
- Type: Student Activities
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
In this activity, students will learn about nine key participants in the Battles of Palo Alto and Resaca de la Palma and the Siege of Fort Brown. They will discover how the personalities of these key leaders helped them during these clashes and influenced their outcome. Students them compare their own personality traits to discover how they are like or different from these leaders.
Alaska Public Lands
Live Virtual Visits to the Alaska Public Lands Visitor Center
- Type: Distance Learning
- Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade
The Alaska Public Lands Information Center, hosts exhibits representing natural, historical, and cultural features throughout the state. Wandering among the exhibits, visitors get a mini tour of Alaska. One can also learn about recreating on public lands in the state as well as materials for educators to bring back to their classrooms.
Sitka National Historical Park
Shifting Sovereignty: How the United States Took Control of Alaska
- Type: Distance Learning
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
The transfer of Alaska from the hands of Imperial Russia to the United States represents a major turning point in the history of Alaska, the United States, and Russia. Given that the transfer ceremony took place in Sitka, in what was then the Russian city of New Archangel, our park is uniquely suited to educate students about the growth and change of Russian America and the myriad of social, economic, and military changes that occurred in both the Unite States and Russia.
Glacier Bay National Park & Preserve
Ask A Park Ranger - Living and Working in Glacier Bay, Alaska
- Type: Distance Learning
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Park rangers have a wealth of knowledge about the National Park System, the park where they work, life as a ranger, and more. Tap into these stores of knowledge through an informal question and answer session with a Glacier Bay National Park ranger. Topics can cover the flora, fauna, glaciers, geology, and cultural history of Glacier Bay, as well as life in rural Alaska, careers in the National Park Service, and more.
Lowell National Historical Park
Do History and Science at the Tsongas Industrial History Center
- Type: Field Trips
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Science, History and many more field trip opportunities for your students at Lowell National Historical Park!
George Washington Carver National Monument
George Washington Carver - The Artist: Resource to His People
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Focusing on Carver's fiber art, this lesson concludes with student creating woven bracelets.
Prince William Forest Park
Park History Talk
- Type: Field Trips ... Guest Speakers
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Discover the rich history of Prince William Forest Park. This 30 minute to one hour overview program offers information covering various time periods from Native American history to the Great Depression and World War II.