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Showing 634 results for Antietam National Battlefield ...
Freedom at Antietam
Antietam Then and Now
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Students will study historic photographs, sketches, and paintings of the battle and then compare them to modern photographs of the battlefield. They will then complete a writing assignment that compares the battlefield then and now. Skills: Reading, writing, utilization and analysis of primary sources, group discussion.
War at Your Doorstep: The Story of the Mumma Family at the Battle of Antietam
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
The Battle of Cowpens: The Battle Geography
- Type: Field Trips
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
To show students how Carolina backcountry geography affected the course of the Battle of Cowpens
Introduction to Cowpens National Battlefield
Tide of Battle
- Type: Distance Learning
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

There were many "turning point" moments of the Battle of Gettysburg, each critical to the battle's ultimate outcome. In three-part virtual field trip/distance learning program, students will analyze primary source documents including maps, officers' reports, and soldier accounts, from three different Union regiments and then developing their own response to the essential question of which they believed to have been the most important "turning point."
Battling Disease
Scaling Around Cowpens National Battlefield
- Type: Student Activities
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
The Battle of Kings Mountain
- Type: Student Activities
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
The Battle of Kings Mountain (October 7, 1780) was one of the most dramatic and hotly contested battles of the Revolutionary War. On an isolated ridge top in the Carolina backcountry, nearly 1000 American Patriots surrounded and overwhelmed an approximately equal number of American Loyalists.
Triage after the Battle
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
The goal of this lesson is for students to become familiar with the healing and patient care required for returning soldiers to battle.
Siege and Battle of Corinth
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

1) To explain why gaining control of the railroads in Corinth was important to both the Union and the Confederacy. 2) To describe the course of the Siege of Corinth and the Battle of Corinth and to evaluate their impact on the course of the Civil War. 3) To describe the fortifications constructed during these engagements and to analyze their importance. 4) To examine the role transportation routes played in the formation of the student's own community.
A Siege Becomes A Battle
- Type: Student Activities
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
This activity uses multiple short excerpts that discuss the sequence of events leading to Greene’s attack and eventual repulse at the Star Fort. Students will use chronological thinking to construct a deeper understanding of the siege and attack on Star Fort.
Battle of Cowpens Illustrated
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
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Cowpens: A Battle Remembered
- Type: Student Activities
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
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Stones River National Battlefield History Hike
Archeology at City Point, Petersburg National Battlefield
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Archeology reveals information about the people who lived at the place now called Grant’s Headquarters at City Point, part of Petersburg National Battlefield. Today, archeology at Grant’s Headquarters at City Point helps the National Park Service tell the story of over 12,000 years of history: from the first people to explore the area, to the establishment of plantations, through the Civil War.
Battle to Save Water Quality
Tactics in the Battle of Kings Mountain
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
*How did the Kings Mountain area terrain and settlements effect the tactics in the Battle of Kings Mountain? *How were the tactics used at the Battle of Kings Mountain similar and different than other battles in the American Revolution? *How were the tactics used by loyalists and patriots at the Battle of Kings Mountain similar and different?
Morgan’s Plan of Battle at Cowpens
- Type: Student Activities
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Utilizing six fundamental historical concepts, students will break down and critically analyze Daniel Morgan’s innovative plan of battle at Cowpens.