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Herbert Hoover National Historic Site
Hoover-Ball
- Type: Student Activities
- Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade
Hooverball is a strenuous team sport and a great addition to a physical education curriculum or as an extra-curricular club activity.
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
How does an airplane get in the air? In this in-classroom lesson plan, students will explore one of forces of flight by constructing and using a simple device to demonstrate lift. Subject: Science. Grades: 3rd-5th.
Cowpens National Battlefield
STEM Musket Ball Challenge
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
lead musket ball
Blackstone River Valley National Historical Park
Conflicting Values: John Brown and Adin Ballou
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade
This lesson plan invites students to consider the conflicting views of leading abolitionists in the years leading to the Civil War. There is a special focus on Adin Ballou, a Practical Christian who advocated for non-resistance, and leaders who supported violent tactics.
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
This lesson plan explores the Patent Office building, the site of President Abraham Lincoln’s second inaugural ball.
Glacier National Park
Subalpine Web
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
The classic “Ball of yarn” web activity, combined with a “Who am I?” quiz game – about the alpine and subalpine prime-time players. Grades: 7 – 12
Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site
Victorian Toy Trunk
- Type: Traveling Trunk
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Ideal for grades pre-K through six. This trunk contains various toys popular in the late 19th century. These include: marbles, tops, ball-in-cup games, slates, hoop and stick and many others. A teachers' guide provides more information and instructions.
Blackstone River Valley National Historical Park
Peace Picnics and Community in Hopedale
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade
In 1842, a group of like-minded individuals created a commune called Hopedale. Under the leadership of minister Adin Ballou, people came to Hopedale to live out their values, which included Christian non-resistance and abolition. In this lesson, students will read primary source accounts about anti-slavery meetings and celebrations independence in Hopedale, MA and consider how people use speeches and print to make persuasive arguments.