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Appomattox Court House National Historical Park

Appomattox Court House - Teacher Packet for Grades 4 through 11

• Type: Teacher Reference Materials
• Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade

The Appomattox Court House teacher packet contains information about events during the end of the American Civil War

Appomattox Court House National Historical Park

Perspectives After the Surrender at Appomattox CH

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

This program will allow students to think about the different perspectives of those who lived through the Civil War, and how various viewpoints interpreted the events surrounding the Surrender Meeting at Appomattox. This program consists of several assignments designed to help students explore these differences through the stories of three people present at Appomattox Court House in 1865.

Appomattox Court House National Historical Park

After Appomattox: Artifacts of Slavery and Freedom

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

On April 9, 1865, General Robert E. Lee surrendered to General Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House in Virginia, ending the Civil War. Use this online activity to learn about the historical events and their impacts at this small village, especially for enslaved African Americans.

Fort Scott National Historic Site

Your Day in Court: Bleeding Kansas Courtroom Program

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

Is it fair to make decisions based on biased laws? This program recreates a court case that was tried at Fort Scott in the 1850s, The issue involved a land squabble between two men on opposite sides of the political spectrum. The court was left to decide the issue based on territorial law that favored the proslavery side based on the fact that proslavery men held the majority in the territorial legislature and decided territorial law in their favor.

First State National Historical Park

The People’s House

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

Students will explore Delaware’s historic capitol, The Old State House, and its many functions through the years including a view of Delaware governments in the past. The locations where the branches of government historically conducted business will be pointed out on the building tour. The program takes place around The Dover Green.

Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park

Building a Mississippian House

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

wattle and daub house (Mississippian house)

Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site

Housing: Early Homes

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

Students will gain deeper understanding about earth lodge construction by visualizing life in a Hidatsa village through guided imagery and by viewing the building an earth lodge video. They will have an opportunity to design and build their own replica earth lodge.

President William Jefferson Clinton Birthplace Home National Historic Site

Road to the White House

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

Students have to sequence pictures of Bill Clinton in order on a timeline. Students work in groups to organize the pictures in chronological order.

Fort Vancouver National Historic Site

Guided Tour of the McLoughlin House

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

The retirement home of Dr. John McLoughlin aids the National Park Service in preserving the history of our nation by sharing the personal story of a powerful businessman and his family. This family's story intersects with many pivotal moments in the Oregon Country/Columbia District.

Glacier National Park

Up the Down Tree House

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

Students learn about the process of decomposition and the food web through role play.

The Penniman House: A Whaling Story

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

The house holds the Penniman family's written records and artifact collections, which provide glimpses of the places and people that the family visited on their whaling voyages. Theirs is a true life whaling story representative of hundreds of other whaling captains and their families that traveled the globe to pursue whale fishery.

First State National Historical Park

Follow the Drinking Gourd

• Type: Field Trips
• Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade

Students will develop a basic understanding of what the Underground Railroad was. This program takes place at the New Castle Court House Museum.

Johnstown Flood National Memorial

Johnstown Flood Museum: Oklahoma House

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

The students will then be given a tour of an original "Oklahoma" house.

Women's Rights National Historical Park

The Center of The Rebellion: The Elizabeth Cady Stanton House

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

Elizabeth Cady Stanton and her growing family lived in Seneca Falls from 1847 to 1862. During that time Stanton helped organize the 1848 First Woman’s Rights Convention and launched the reform movement for women’s rights to which she dedicated the rest of her life. She called her home on Washington Street in Seneca Falls, "The Center of the Rebellion."

First State National Historical Park

How the Native Americans Lived

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

Students will travel back in time to gain an understanding of how people can survive off the land. This program takes place at the New Castle Court House Museum.

Lyndon B Johnson National Historical Park

Texas White House Virtual Tour (Self-Guided)

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

How can artifacts help us understand a person or a time period? With this question in mind, let’s travel back in time to the 1960’s and visit the Texas White House! During this self-guided virtual tour students will look for artifacts that can help them learn about President Johnson and the 1960s.

Clara Barton National Historic Site

Clara Barton's House: Home of the American Red Cross

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

Follow Barton's remarkable career as a leader of charitable causes, from caring for the wounded on Civil War battlefields to founding the American Red Cross. The lesson could be used in teaching units on 19th- and early-20th-century American history, especially as related to social change during the period. It also could be used to teach about the history of women in the United States.

Friendship Hill National Historic Site

Field Trip: Gallatin House Tour for School Groups

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

Every age students can participate in guided house tours.The tours cover Gallatin's accomplishments, the Gallatin family and the history of Friendship Hill.

An American Success Story: The Pope House of Raleigh, NC

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

Meet Dr. Manassa T. Pope, an African-American doctor and entrepreneur in the early 20th century, and learn about his efforts to gain civil rights well before the modern Civil Rights Movement.

First State National Historical Park

The 1848 Federal Trial of Thomas Garrett

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

Students role-play the 1848 federal trial of Thomas Garrett, accused of helping the Hawkins family escape slavery on the Underground Railroad. This program takes place at the New Castle Court House Museum.