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Glacier Bay National Park & Preserve

Echolocation in Action

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

Students dive in, taking on the role of a killer whale using echolocation to find prey and learning about the role of sound in the underwater world.

Homestead National Historical Park

The Legacy of the Homestead Act

• Type: Student Activities
• Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

In "The Legacy of the Homestead Act," students will identify aspects of text that reveal an author's point of view and produce their own presidential speech about the Homestead Act.

Homestead National Historical Park

Homestead Act Paperwork

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

In "Homestead Act Paperwork," students analyze primary sources to discover the sequence of forms involved in claiming land under the Homestead Act. The Homestead Act and President Lincoln unit is broken up into five lesson plans, taking 45-50 minutes to complete, targeting sixth through eighth grade students. A class does not have to complete every lesson in the unit - each lesson comes with its own set of objectives and resources. This is lesson 2 of the unit.

Homestead National Historical Park

The Homestead Act of 1862 (TT)

• Type: Traveling Trunk
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

The trunk includes curriculum materials, books, documents, case files and a DVD that can be integrated into history, social studies, reading, and language arts curriculum. Additionally, the curriculum materials include student station sheets, so students can rotate stations without the teacher having to repeat instructions.

First State National Historical Park

A Balancing Act: Delaware and the Constitution

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

Students will participate in and understand the legislative process through participating in an interactive program at The Old State House based on the process of passing a law though the branches of government. This program takes place around The Dover Green.

Homestead National Historical Park

Learning about the Homestead Act

• Type: Primary Sources
• Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

In "Learning about the Homestead Act," students utilize a written document analysis worksheet to practice the skill of analyzing primary sources (The Homestead Act).

Gateway Arch National Park

Bear Cubs: Paws for Action

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

Learn about the history and culture of the Osage Indians of the woodland areas of the Mississippi Valley in the Museum at Gateway Arch National Park Fulfills requirements 1, 2, and 4

Homestead National Historical Park

The Homestead Act of 1862 (K-2)

• Type: Traveling Trunk
• Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade

The trunk includes curriculum materials, books, and photos that can be integrated into history, social studies, art, reading, and language arts curriculum. Additionally, the curriculum materials include student station sheets, so students can rotate stations without the teacher having to repeat instructions.

Brown v. Board of Education National Historical Park

Lights, Camera, Action Lesson Plan

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

Who were the key figures in the Brown v. Board of Education court case? How did they contribute to desegregation?

The Homestead Act of 1862 (9-12)

• Type: Traveling Trunk
• Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade

The trunk includes curriculum materials, books, documents and a DVD that can be integrated into history, social studies, reading, and language arts curriculum. Additionally, the curriculum materials include student station sheets, so students can rotate stations without the teacher having to repeat instructions.

Homestead National Historical Park

The Homestead Act of 1862 (6th - 8th)

• Type: Distance Learning
• Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

The Homestead Act of 1862 impacted the United States in numerous ways. In this virtual lesson a Park Ranger will talk about how the Homestead Act of 1862 populated the West and the needs of those settling. Discussion includes how the United States acquired the land given away and the specific requirements to claim one's free land.

Learn the Law: The Archaeological Resources Protection Act

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

What is the Archaeological Resources Protection Act? How do you read a law? Using this lesson plan, students will learn about ARPA and how to read a federal law.

Cuyahoga Valley National Park

Introduction to Citizen Science

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

Citizen Science is the involvement of everyday people in making scientific observations of the world around us. These observations address real world problems and contribute to scientific research projects. Citizen Science initiatives provide opportunities for the public to collect data in the field and report findings to databases used by professional scientists. Introduce your students to this growing field, in which amateur scientists can contribute meaningful observations to science.

Glacier National Park

Changes at Log City

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

Students will be able to reproduce images of the happenings in a rotting log, and show how it will change over time.

Adeline Hornbek and the Homestead Act: A Colorado Success Story

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

In the center of this lush valley stands the Hornbek homestead complex, the home of a strong, determined woman who came to the area with her four children in the 1870s. Claiming land under the Homestead Act, Adeline Hornbek defied traditional gender roles to become the owner of a prosperous ranch.

Gateway Arch National Park

City of Immigrants Traveling Trunk

• Type: Traveling Trunk
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

"Congratulations, you are now citizens of the United States!" Thousands of immigrants came to the United States and longed to hear these words. They hoped to build better lives for themselves and their families. In this traveling trunk, students will join three immigrant families--the Reillys, the Kuhlmanns, and the Martinos--as they immigrated to the United States and made St. Louis their home.

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Field Scope Citizen Science Projects

• Type: Distance Learning
• Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

In partnership with field scope, the park provides teachers and classrooms access to the data collected during citizen science student projects in the park.

Petrified Forest National Park

Student Phenology for Outdoor Citizens (SPOC)

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

Student Phenology for Outdoor Citizens (SPOC) is a citizen science program focusing on the plants and animals of the park. It has pre- and post-visit lessons, as well as a ranger-guided hike where students make natural history observations. Fourth grade classes are eligible for the National Park Foundation's Open Outdoors for Kids grant funds, which includes free snacks and/or lunches. Please inquire about other travel grant funding for other grade levels.

Ybor City: Cigar Capital of the World

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

This lesson provides a case study of an immigrant community of the late 19th and early 20th centuries and offers a contrast to the typical textbook coverage that emphasizes immigration from eastern and southern Europe to the big cities of the north.

Petersburg National Battlefield

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.