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- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
The lesson can be used in units on the Progressive Era in U.S. history courses, in the examination of a variety of civic issues, and in the study of architecture. Students will practice their skills of observation, analysis, and group participation.
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
How did Chinese and Japanese immigrants develop California's industry and culture?
- 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.
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Overview: This lesson can be used in conjunction with either the National Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive Center, or else there are materials and resources that can be used in the classroom. Includes anticipation guides, primary sources describing packed items, and supply list worksheets.
Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail
Exploring the Anza Trail
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Welcome to Exploring the Anza Trail, an interdisciplinary program specifically designed for 3rd and 4th grade students. Through a series of hands-on activities, writing and drawing assignments, and a dramatic 50-minute presentation, students put themselves in the shoes of a colonist on the Anza Trail to explore the universal concepts of overcoming obstacles, using resources, and seeking a better life.
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
STUDENT OBJECTIVES 1. Collaborate with peers by synthesizing and analyzing research on the National Historic Trails 2. Design effective presentation using appropriate gestures and speaking skills 3. Discuss the pathways and perspectives of traders, emigrants, Spanish and Indian Americans 4. Examine the stories of nine national historic trails 5. Create a presentation that demonstrates synthesis and higher level analysis 6. Present findings about the trails to the rest of the class
Whiskeytown National Recreation Area
The Wintu of Whiskeytown
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Image of California’s Native American tribe boundaries with the Wintu traditional lands in Northern California labeled with a pin mark.
Old Spanish National Historic Trail
Old Spanish Trail Road Trip
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
We’re off on a grand adventure: a road trip across the famous Old Spanish Trail! The Old Spanish Trail was an arduous 1,200 mile route between Santa Fe, New Mexico, and Los Angeles, California, which served traders who loaded their pack mules with woolen goods from Santa Fe each fall and returned from California each spring with goods, mules, and horses. The Old Spanish Trail linked two provinces of Mexico separated by difficult topography and climatic extremes.
Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area
National Park Legacy - Battle the Bully Plants and Conserve Water! Grades 5 - 6
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
SMMNRA Nature Neighbor Project suggests native plant options for landscapes near natural areas. Native plants can generally resist weather challenges, require no fertilizer or pesticide and attract wildlife. Most importantly, plants native to Southern California are adapted to drought conditions and water is California’s most prized natural resource.
Gateway Arch National Park
Gold Miners Traveling Trunk
- Type: Traveling Trunk
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
In this traveling trunk, students will learn about the California gold rush of the 1840s and discuss the reasons settlers often risked it all to move West.
Fort Larned National Historic Site
No Pot of Gold
- Type: Traveling Trunk
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Journey downt he Santa Fe Trail with seven-year-old Marion Sloan as she, her mother and her brother head to California.
Mount Rainier National Park
A String of Volcanoes
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Students research information about Cascade volcanoes in Washington, Oregon, and California, then transfer the information onto the appropriate mobile piece before constructing the mobile "A String of Volcanoes".
Gateway Arch National Park
Heading West? (Distance Learning)
- Type: Distance Learning
- Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade
This distance learning program introduces k-2 students to some of the challenges and choices early pioneers faced while traveling west across prairies, rivers, and mountains from St. Louis to Oregon and California.
Gateway Arch National Park
Overlanders Traveling Trunk
- Type: Traveling Trunk
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
In this traveling trunk, students will join 14-year-old Sally Hester and her family for their overland journey through St. Louis on their way to California in 1849. As you unpack this trunk, discover many of the items needed for the arduous trek.
Grand Canyon National Park
Condor's Flight: 3rd - 7th grade
- Type: Distance Learning
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Condor's Flight presents the story of the endangered California condor. Students will learn about the ecological principles of adaptation and survival and consider the role society plays in conservation efforts. Program is lead by Grand Canyon Park Rangers via Distance Learning and is intended for 3rd - 7th grade.
Ulysses S Grant National Historic Site
When is Compromise Necessary? The Compromise of 1850
- Type: Distance Learning
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
This 30 to 40 minute distance learning program introduces students to the difficulty of finding suitable compromises on difficult political issues. The program focuses specifically on the Compromise of 1850, a controversial series of laws that simultaneously protected slavery in Southern states and territories while closing off slavery in California. Students will study a series of primary sources documents followed by a facilitated dialogue with a park ranger.
Grand Canyon National Park
Save the Endangered Species!
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Students will learn about endangered species through research and conversation and will create an original poster about one endangered species they want to protect.
Cabrillo National Monument
Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo Ranger Led Field Trip
- Type: Field Trips
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
A third through fifth grade program about Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo's voyage of discovery. Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo and his crew were the first Europeans to explore and chart the West Coast of the United States.
- 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.
César E. Chávez National Monument
César’s Road, Rangers in the Classroom Program
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade
Many people have heard of César Chávez and how he fought for rights and justice for agricultural workers, but what were the conditions that nurtured his activism? Our education rangers guide students in a math activity that puts them in César's shoes, showing how difficult it was for migrant farmworkers to have stable housing. Finally, they learn how César Chávez fought for better conditions for farmworkers.