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Cowpens National Battlefield

The Battle of Cowpens: Lesser-Known Participants

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

What can a primary source document tell us about the past?

Glacier National Park

Tree Parts

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

Class discussion of tree parts and their functions, then students construct small trees incorporating all the parts it will need to live.

Wind Cave National Park

Parts Per Million

• Type: Student Activities
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

A short demonstration to illustrate how scientists measure pollution and why small amounts have large impacts.

New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park

PATERRES Part 1: ALTARS

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

This is a two part lesson. Students will read the section Paterres in the text. This relates to the artistic/spiritual practice of building small altars. They will analyze the reading through use of an organizer, and analyze photographs using the photograph analysis template developed by the National Archives. In Part Two students will create their own altars that reflect their beliefs. The altars do not have to be religious in nature.

Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park

Leaf ID - Part One

• Type: Lesson Plan
• Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade

Observe, compare, and identify leaves! Meets Kentucky 1st grade science standards. This lesson was created by Kentucky teachers as a part of the History and Science Explore Project.

Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park

Leaf ID - Part Two

• Type: Lesson Plan
• Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade

Meets Kentucky 1st Grade science standards. This lesson was created by Kentucky teachers as a part of the History and Science Explore Project.

Salem Maritime National Historic Site

Quest for Omitted History: Part 3

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

In part 3 of this 3-part lesson plan, this assessment will gauge students’ ability in contextualizing the sources. Students must use what they learned to make inferences about an enslaved person.

Salem Maritime National Historic Site

Quest for Omitted History: Part 1

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

In part 1 of this 3-part lesson plan, students grapple with sources that might change how the history of slavery in New England has been seen and understood.

Salem Maritime National Historic Site

Quest for Omitted History: Part 2

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

In part 2 of this 3-part lesson plan, students engage with sources that focus on the life of an enslaved and later freed Salem man of African descent.

New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park

PATERRE LESSON PLAN STEPS: PART 2

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

In this lesson students will be creating altars. This is part 2 of a lesson of two class periods of 1 hour each. Some outside class time will be needed by students for gathering items for use in altar creation. STEPS 1,2,3 must be done on a previous day.

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.

Some Parts Make Better Fossils than Others

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

Students will choose the hair or skin coloration of a horse and Stegosaurus.

New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park

LESSON 4 - CREOLIZATION PART 2: READING ANALYSIS

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

In this lesson students will closely analyze readings to which they were introduced in the previous lesson. These readings will increase their understanding of creole culture and the process of creolization. Many of the ideas will be challenging, and involve issues of racism and colonization.

Lobbying for Equality: Examining the "Deadly Political Index" of the National Woman's Party

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

Students examine a primary source document from the National Woman's Party lobbying records and identify differing perspectives on a political issue, the Equal Rights Amendment. They plan their own lobbying approach based on what they learned. Students then identify an issue and design their own campaign for change.

New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park

Lesson 7 - BECOMING A CULTURAL INVESTOR

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

In this unit, students will move beyond the days of the classic Civil Rights Movement and into contemporary times. Reading Jerome Smith’s chapter in Talk That Music Talk, they will learn how Civil Rights and music were combined together in a youth organization in New Orleans called Tambourine and Fan. Using the concept of a “cultural investment,” students will then create a presentation about their own community.

Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park

Hulihia Kīlauea – a Complete Change part 3, post-visit classroom activities and assessment

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

These final classroom activities allow students to contemplate the risks involved in living in areas subject to natural disasters. They can investigate their local emergency response plans, learn from family or friends about natural disaster experiences, and synthesize what they have learned.

Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park

Hulihia Kīlauea – a Complete Change part 1, pre-field trip classroom activities

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

Introduction to Volcanoes in Hawaiʻi - The following are suggested classroom activities to precede a visit to Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park or an outdoor field trip in another location. They can be used as stand-alone activities, or in the suggested sequence.

Lowell National Historical Park

Citizens Respond to an Industrial Crisis Virtual Field Trip

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

What are the rights and responsibilities of citizens when it comes to addressing a problem in their community? What civic tools do they have at their disposal and how can they apply them to bring about a solution? Students will investigate an incident of environmental pollution that impacts the health of the community and develop a strategy to address the issue through civic actions. Explore this distance learning program designed for 8th grade students.

Fort Scott National Historic Site

1st Kansas Colored Infantry, 3rd & 4th Grade

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

Statue of African American soldier in Civil War uniform.

Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park

Hulihia Kīlauea – a Complete Change part 2, A field trip to Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park or other outdoor area

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

This module was primarily designed for an on-site visit to Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park. However, it can be adjusted for an outdoor field trip to another volcanic area, or anywhere that will demonstrate geological processes.