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Everglades National Park
"Algae: It Feeds, Kills and Dies" Plant Activities: 4-6th Grade
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Our "Plant" unit is broken into six lesson plans, each taking from 20 minutes to several class periods to complete, and targeted mainly at 4th-6th grade students. A class needn't complete every lesson in the unit, though some lessons do refer to one another and are better done in sequence. However, each lesson comes with its own set of objectives and resources.
- Type: Online Galleries
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Collect stories about the Civil War and civil rights! The National Park Service is offering more than 500 trading cards to mark the 150th anniversary of the Civil War and the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s.
Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park
The "Five Civilized Tribes"
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
village of the Mississippian culture ancestors of the Five Civilized Tribes
Antietam National Battlefield
Women in the Civil War
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade
This lesson plan can be used to help your students explore some of the important roles that women had during the Civil War.
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade
The Forgotten Warriors of the Civil War is the story of the tragic effect that the American Civil War had upon the tribes of the Indian Territory (modern-day Oklahoma). More than any other particular group in the United States at the time, the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, and Seminole (the Five Civilized Tribes) were divided between loyalty to the Union and the secessionist Southern states. This lesson will teach students about why this “civil war within a civil war” occurred.
Cane River Creole National Historical Park
Civil Rights Leaders Bingo
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Discover Civil Rights Leaders through this fun and interactive BINGO game! Students will learn about national and local leaders such as Martin Luther King Jr, Harriet Tubman, Dr. E. A. Johnson, and Rosa Parks.
Cane River Creole National Historical Park
The Civil War Comes to Louisiana
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Scott's Great Snake also known as the Anaconda Plan.
Gateway Arch National Park
Civil War in the West Traveling Trunk
- Type: Traveling Trunk
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
What was it like to live in the Midwest during the Civil War? This traveling trunk will explore the Civil War through the eyes of two children who grew up in St. Louis during the nineteenth century. Although they did not live on the edge of any major battles, they felt the conflict and tension that the war years brought with it.
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Learn why this home in Fredericksburg, Virginia, was a center of military activity, and consider the impact the war had on those whose property became part of the battlefield.
Andersonville National Historic Site
The American Civil War: A Humanitarian Perspective
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Learning about humanitarian law helps students connect lessons of the past with the issues of the present. Students will explore historical events through the lives of those who experienced the American Civil War and will participate in hands-on exercises that make for challenging and exciting class projects and discussions. The lessons will also help students develop critical thinking skills and character.
Fort Scott National Historic Site
Saws and Scalpels: Civil War Medicine
- Type: Distance Learning
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Most of us today would not want to go the hospital if we could help it, because we associate hospitals with sickness and injury. However, because these two conditions occur with a great degree of regularity, hospitals often become a necessity to help us recover. During the Civil War, soldiers and civilians attached similar meanings to hospitals-a place of suffering, yes, but also a place of healing and recovery.
Fort Donelson National Battlefield
Civil War Nurse Mary A. Newcomb
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade
Nineteenth century women and young girls were restricted by societal norms and customs, particularly what was perceived as appropriate choices for their education or careers. It was acceptable by 1860 for women to become teachers, but not so for women who wanted to serve as doctors or nurses. Through her efforts and struggles as a volunteer, Mary Ann Newcomb became recognized as a nurse in the United States Military, achieving a pension for her four-year service.
Lyndon B Johnson National Historical Park
LBJ and the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade
Learn about President Johnson's legislation actions during the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s.
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
The peaceful surroundings--white sugar-sand beaches, clumps of golden sea oats, and the soothing sounds of coastal waves pounding on the shores of a long barrier island--belie the serious purpose of Fort Pickens, located on Santa Rosa Island in Florida. One of the largest brick forts built in the United States, Fort Pickens provided the setting for a serious effort by a small group of men to avert or at least postpone the outbreak of the Civil War.
Fort Donelson National Battlefield
Life as a Civil War Sailor in the US Navy
- Type: Traveling Trunk
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Life of a Civil War Sailor on the City-Series Ironclads
Eisenhower National Historic Site
Eisenhower and Little Rock: A Civil Rights Lesson
- Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade
Soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division escort African-American students to Central High School in Little Rock in Sept. 1957, after the governor of Arkansas tried to enforce segregation. Photo courtesy National Archives. Operation Arkansas
Gettysburg National Military Park
Join the Army: The Life of a Civil War Soldier
- Type: Field Trips ... Student Activities
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
The Civil War soldier’s life was full of hardships, sacrifices, and challenges. This student education program offers a ninety-minute long hands-on program especially for school-age children in Grades 3-6 that will encourage further study of American history and the Civil War.
Fort Scott National Historic Site
(1860s) Saws and Scalpels: Civil War Medicine
- Type: Field Trips
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
During the program, students volunteers discuss symptoms, diagnose illnesses, and determine treatments. The Civil War Medical program can be presented any time of year, except during Life on the Frontier programs and special events, providing that staffing is available. Program time runs from fifteen to forty-five minutes. This version is designed for middle school level.
Fort Scott National Historic Site
Supplies, Survival, and Success: Civil War Quartermaster
- Type: Distance Learning
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
In our modern world, many of us have come to rely on transportation systems and the operation of stores and warehouses in order to provide us with food, clothing, and other essentials for survival. During the Civil War, Fort Scott played a similar role as a supply depot that was critical to the survival and success of Union soldiers in the area.
Ulysses S Grant National Historic Site
Citizenship and Voting During the Civil War Era
- Type: Field Trips
- Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade
During Ulysses S. Grant's lifetime, the United States transitioned from a country where only a small number of wealthy white elites had full citizenship and voting rights to one in which men and women, white and black, were guaranteed citizenship and all men could vote. "Citizenship and Voting during the Civil War Era" examines these dramatic changes to America's political institutions.