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Rocky Mountain National Park

Every Rock Has a Story

• Type: Distance Learning
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Don't take these rocks for granite! Students will become geologists who learn how to describe and identify rocks by their family-sedimentary, igneous, and metamorphic. Students will apply their knowledge to uncover the geologic story of Rocky Mountain National Park.

I’ll take Cowpens for $100.00, Alex

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

Students will create a Jeopardy-type game that will show knowledge of unit content and will use the game for review.

Hamilton Grange National Memorial

Hamilton Grange National Memorial Site Visit

• Type: Field Trips
• Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade

Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park

War Has Been Declared: Elementary Lesson Plan

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

Students create a timeline of events leading to the Civil War based on a series of articles from the National Park Service. Students will explore the issue of slavery as a major cause starting with the Missouri Compromise, The Dred Scott Decision, The Election of Lincoln, John Brown's Raid, and the numerous states secessions. Then, students become part of a regiment and complete hands-on activities as they discover the structure of an army.

Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park

War Has Been Declared: Middle School Lesson Plan

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

Students analyze the primary document, the Emancipation Proclamation and how it affected the Civil War and southern states. They work in teams to creatively share learned information from NPS videos about one of the final pushes in the Civil War, the Atlanta Campaign through Georgia. They listen to and draw meaning from soldier and author, Ambrose Bierce.

Hamilton Grange National Memorial

Hamilton Grange National Memorial Educator's Guide (Elementary School)

• Type: Other Education Materials
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Friendship Hill National Historic Site

Field Trip: The Whiskey Rebellion

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

The ranger will guide the students through a slideshow that asks multiple choice questions about how the students would have reacted during the whiskey rebellion. Using the answers the students will find out if they hold opinions that were held by the rebels, the moderates, and the federalists. Along the way they will learn about the events in this first test of federal power and how Albert Gallatin worked to find a solution.

John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic Site

"The Measure of a Man's Success in Life is Not the Money He's Made. It's the Kind of Family He Has Raised.": Separating the Myth from Reality in the Life and Times of Joseph Patrick Kennedy Sr.

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

This lesson plan allows high school students to identify who Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. was and his role in United States history. Students will examine Kennedy family photographs, letters from Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. to his family, and quotes from Joseph P. Kennedy Sr., to form their understanding of his influence. Students will evaluate the ways in which historians form complex understandings of controversial historical figures.

Hamilton Grange National Memorial

Educator's Guide (Middle School/High School)

• Type: Field Trips ... Student Activities ... Other Education Materials
• Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

Hamilton Grange National Memorial

Go exploring with Flat Ranger

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

Students will be able to: research facts about National Parks present information to the class participate in an individual or group project

Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site

Theodore’s Childhood Influences

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

This lesson has students examine how childhood has a lasting impact throughout life.

Charles Young Buffalo Soldiers National Monument

The Sound of Buffalo Soldiers! A Musical Bridge to Communities

• Type: Guest Speakers
• Grade Levels: Adult Education

How has music influenced your connection to a community? Throughout the history of the United States military, music has been part of the sound experience of soldiers. For the Buffalo Soldiers, music also served as a tool to build a connection to the communities they served.

Petroglyph National Monument

Natural vs. Man-Made resources: The Arrival of the Spanish Settlers

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

With the introduction of metal, the culture of New Mexico has taken a dramatic and important shift in our history.

Independence National Historical Park

The Liberty Bell as a Modern Symbol, grades 3-5

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

Students will understand that the Liberty Bell has meant many things to many people, and continues to do so today.

Statue Of Liberty National Monument

Taking a Closer Look at 'The New Colossus'

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

Students will explore Emma Lazarus’s poem and look at how this written piece has added to our understanding of the Statue of Liberty.

Grand Teton National Park

Snow Desk

• Type: Distance Learning
• Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade

Surprising geology has created a landscape of beauty and variety. As part of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, the park is part of the largest intact, temperate ecosystem in the world, meaning it has the full spectrum of native species from producers to predators. From bison to beaver, hundreds of fascinating animals live in the Tetons and adapt to extreme winter conditions.

Statue Of Liberty National Monument

Interpreting A Symbol Post Statue of Liberty Lesson Plan

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

At the end of the lesson, students will be able to: -Describe several definitions that the Statue of Liberty has held over time. -Explain the importance of Emma Lazarus’ poem as an example of how the Statue of Liberty has continued to bring meaning to different groups of people. -Create their interpretations about the Statue of Liberty as the monument’s meaning evolves, past and present.

Charles Young Buffalo Soldiers National Monument

Buffalo Soldiers: A Nickname

• Type: Guest Speakers
• Grade Levels: Adult Education

On July 28, 1866, Congress passed the Army Reorganization Act, which established six new all-Black regiments. As they were sent West, a nickname arose for these all-Black regiments. That nickname was “Buffalo Soldiers”. Though the nickname has unknown origins, it has grown to symbolize and honor those who served in the all-Black Army regiments.

Acadia National Park

West Side Scavenger Hunt

• Type: Student Activities ... Other Education Materials
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

The "west side" of Acadia has several short walks and a lighthouse that can be visited in the winter. Use the scavenger hunt to guide your winter excursion!

Glacier National Park

The Work of Water

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

Students construct a river model. Then use a watering can or hose to observe the role water has in causing weathering, erosion, deposition and sculpting the landscape.