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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?
Kings Mountain National Military Park
Women in the American Revolution
- Type: Student Activities
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Women had an important role in the Revolution. Complete this student activity to learn more.
Kings Mountain National Military Park
Loyalists in American Revolution
- Type: Student Activities
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
John Adams wrote that approximately one-third of the American population supported the move for independence (Patriots), one-third of the population supported the king (Loyalists), and one-third supported neither side (neutral).
Ninety Six National Historic Site
American Revolution Soldier
- Type: Traveling Trunk
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
The American Revolution Soldier trunk is designed to enrich your students' studies of the American Revolution and its causes.
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade
April 19, 1775 is undoubtedly one of the most important days in American history, but how do we know what happened that day nearly two hundred and fifty years ago? Historians use primary sources as a clue to determine what happened in the past. Many of the events leading up to and on April 19, 1775 in Concord relate to town resident Colonel James Barrett. Using primary sources your students will become historians and answer the question, “What was Colonel James Barrett’s role on April 19, 1775?
Salem Maritime National Historic Site
How did different people shape the American Revolution?
- Type: Primary Sources ... Student Activities ... Teacher Reference Materials
- Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade
Students examine two primary source documents connected to Salem merchant, Richard Derby and consider how white colonists and enslaved Africans experienced the ideals of the American Revolution.
Salem Maritime National Historic Site
How did the slavery economy contribute to the American Revolution in Salem?
- Type: Primary Sources ... Student Activities ... Teacher Reference Materials
- Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade
Students examine two primary source documents connected to Richard Derby of Salem and complete a graphic organizer to explore the economic forces that contributed to the American Revolution in Essex County.
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Learn about the Boott Cotton Mills complex in Massachusetts, which contains mills built from the mid-1830s to the early 20th century.
Lowell National Historical Park
Waterpower: Powering a Revolution Virtual Field Trip
- Type: Distance Learning
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Explore how Lowell's many integrated systems, including waterwheels and turbines, transformed the potential energy of the Merrimack River into kinetic energy that ran the machines. Through a series of investigations led by one of our educators, students generate hypotheses and analyze data to determine the most efficient ways to distribute energy to all the mills' machines.
Fort Necessity National Battlefield
The French and Indian War 1754-1763: How Did the War Set the Stage for the American Revolution? - Unit 6
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
This unit teaches the students four ways the French and Indian War set the Stage for the American Revolution. It includes teacher background information, a student reading, and two lesson plans. Thought provoking opinion question get the students to think about the history.
Flight 93 National Memorial
America Attacked
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade
Program Objectives: Students will be able to: 1. Name three terrorist and their role in the September 11, 2001, attack 2. List two events leading up to the attacks on September 11 that had an impact on national security 3. Name the four targets and potential targets selected by the terrorist on September 11
Flight 93 National Memorial
Attack on America
- Type: Field Trips
- Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade
Students visit the Memorial Plaza and learn of the events of September 11, 2001
Cowpens National Battlefield
American Symbols
- Type: Student Activities
- Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade
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Mount Rushmore National Memorial
Symbols of America
- Type: Student Activities ... Teacher Reference Materials ... Other Education Materials
- Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade
Students will learn what a symbol is and why symbols are used. They will learn symbols of both America and of South Dakota, as well as the significance behind these symbols.
Weir Farm National Historical Park
Weir Am I? (Grades 1-4)
- Type: Other Education Materials
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
A variety of classroom activities that can be done as stand-alone lessons or as a Pre-Visit/ Post-Visit lessons with a visit to Weir Farm.
Yellowstone National Park
Who Am I? (A lesson on animals and their habitats)
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Each student researches an animal that inhabits Yellowstone National Park and prepares an Animal Profile Card with ten facts about each animal. Students share Profile Cards and attempt to identify the unidentified animals.
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade
This lesson will present the diversity of animals found along the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail, and will help students understand what we can learn about animals from the way they live and move.
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.
Ninety Six National Historic Site
Siege Tower: What would you do?
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Objectives At the end of this activity, the student will be able to: - summarize the course of the American Revolution in South Carolina. - Compare the perspectives of South Carolinians during the American Revolution. - demonstrate an understanding of conflict between the American colonies and England.
Cowpens National Battlefield
Native American Connections
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Who were the Catawba and Cherokee peoples in the Revolutionary Era Carolinas?