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Cowpens National Battlefield

Lifestyle: Revolutionary War Era Clothing

• Type: Field Trips
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

To provide the opportunity for students to identify clothing of the Revolutionary War Era in comparison with modern clothing.

Minuteman Missile National Historic Site

Morale Art of the Cold War Era

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

Morale art played a huge role in affecting the patriotism and pride in the workplace for our servicemen and women. Examine pictures of blast door art and other murals, read about the daily duty of the missileers, and discuss the reason for creating this artwork. Then create your own!

Ulysses S Grant National Historic Site

Citizenship and Voting During the Civil War Era

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

During Ulysses S. Grant's lifetime, the United States transitioned from a country where only a small number of wealthy white elites had full citizenship and voting rights to one in which men and women, white and black, were guaranteed citizenship and all men could vote. "Citizenship and Voting during the Civil War Era" examines these dramatic changes to America's political institutions.

Acadia National Park

Virtual: Grades K-2: Adaptation Olympics

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

Check out the amazing adaptations of the animals in Acadia. Students have the option to move along with the ranger; they’ll only need a small space to jump, wave their arms around, and try the ant plank! (30-45 minutes)

"Journey from Slavery to Statesman": The Homes of Frederick Douglass

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

This lesson is based on the National Register of Historic Places registration files for Wye House, Nathan and Polly Johnson House (and photographs), and Frederick Douglass National Historic Site (and photographs), as well as other source materials on the life of Frederick Douglass.

Fort Scott National Historic Site

Bleeding Kansas - Sparks of War

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

The Bleeding Kansas era was a chaotic era of Fort Scott history. Passions flared on all sides of the political spectrum.

“Journey from Slavery to Stateman”: The Homes of Frederick Douglass

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

Follow Frederick Douglass on his journey from life as a slave to that of a respected statesman and investigate how three homes reflect the different phases of his life.

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?

Cane River Creole National Historical Park

The Civil War Comes to Louisiana

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

Scott's Great Snake also known as the Anaconda Plan.

A New Home on Capitol Hill: Fighting for the Equal Rights Amendment

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

In this lesson, students will learn about the campaign for the Equal Rights Amendment by the National Woman's Party beginning in 1923. They will evaluate a political cartoon to identify different perspectives on the ERA. Students will then respond to the argument presented in the cartoon. Finally, they will predict the possible effect of the ERA on society today.

Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site

Cattle Drives and Roundups

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

The Open Range Cattle Era helped to shape life in the American West during the late 19th century, lasting from about 1866-1900. Ranching activities are defined by the seasons of the year and the life cycles of the livestock. For cattle ranchers in the Open Range Cattle Era, two practices became routine for cowboys, the cattle drive and the roundup. In this lesson, students will learn about cattle drives and roundups, what they were and their importance to the Open Range Cattle Era.

Salem Maritime National Historic Site

Enslaved Women & Revolutionary Resistance

• Type: Primary Sources ... Student Activities ... Teacher Reference Materials
• Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade

Students use primary sources and historical knowledge to explain how enslaved women resisted slavery in the Revolutionary Era.

Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site

Victorians and Monsters: High School

• Type: Guest Speakers
• Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade

Art reflects society and culture. Some of the most famous pieces of literature written during the Victorian Era involved ghosts and monster stories. What was going on in Victorian society that led to the writing of some of the classic Gothic horror stories and how do these stories help us better understand life during the Victorian Era?

Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site

Consider the Source: Migration to the Mountains: From the Lowcountry of Charleston, South Carolina to the highlands of Flat Rock, North Carolina. (Grades 6-8) Lesson 2 of 3 Carl Sandburg Home NHS

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

This is the second of three lessons intended to exercise critical thinking, historical dialogue, and empathic skills. This lesson enables middle school students to develop an understanding of how geography, disease, migration, and racism influence societal changes in Western North Carolina. Students will use secondary and primary sources to understand causes and effects in antebellum western North Carolina society over time.

Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site

Experience Grant-Kohrs Ranch

• Type: Field Trips
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Programs may be available on topics such as pioneer life, the Open Range cattle era, the cowboy, the chuck wagon, blacksmithing, livestock and much more.

Manhattan Project National Historical Park

Cleanup at Hanford, Washington

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

Lesson Plan: Students learn about waste produced at the Hanford Site during the Manhattan Project era and the current cleanup efforts happening today.

Fort Scott National Historic Site

Sweep Through History

• Type: Field Trips
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

The purpose of this program is to acquaint the students with life at Fort Scott during the primary eras during the site's history: Westward Expansion, Bleeding Kansas and the Civil War.

Harpers Ferry National Historical Park

Incident at Harpers Ferry: Slavery and John Brown

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

In this lesson, students will share their thoughts on slavery, examine how our country dealt with this institution, consider how both pro-slavery elements and abolitionists looked at slavery and why, and learn a little about John Brown’s early life - in particular, his activities out in Kansas in the years 1855 – 1857. Students will then be able to answer the following essential question: What was slavery like in the antebellum United States?

The Frankish Building: A Reflection of the Success of Ontario, California

• 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.

Governors Island National Monument

Castle Williams Historic Structure Report

• Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

This report provides a comprehensive timeline of the history of Castle Williams. Prepared by Barbara Yocum as part of the National Park Service's Historic Architecture Program, it includes many images, diagrams, and summaries of each era in the Castle's history.