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Richmond National Battlefield Park

Neither Cold Nor A Harbor: Archeology and a Civil War Soldier’s Experience at the Battle of Cold Harbor

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

In June of 1864, the soldiers at Cold Harbor had to make use of the limited resources they had to survive. They used repurposed materials and their own hands to dig trenches and earthenwork mounds that would protect them from gunfire and mortar shells. This lesson plan combines artifact and map inquiry to learn about the Civil War landscape. Este plan de clase con actividades incluido también está disponible en español.

Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area

Chattahoochee's Cold Water Fisheries

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

Trout streams are particularly susceptible to thermal pollution, because they need to maintain cold temperatures year round. Trout streams are either well shaded or receive cold groundwater inputs. Artificial tailwater fisheries may be created at the outflow from large dams, where the size of the reservoir creates a steep temperature difference, with colder water stored at the bottom of the reservoir near the outlet. The Chattahoochee River below Buford Dam is an example of a tailwater fishery.

Minuteman Missile National Historic Site

Go Underground with Cold War history

• Type: Distance Learning
• Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade

Your class will join a ranger at Launch Control Center Delta-01, 31 feet underground, to explore the Minuteman II system's role as a nuclear deterrent during the Cold War and visit sites rarely seen by civilians while in use, but that nevertheless loomed large on the geo-political landscape.

Minuteman Missile National Historic Site

Morale Art of the Cold War Era

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

Morale art played a huge role in affecting the patriotism and pride in the workplace for our servicemen and women. Examine pictures of blast door art and other murals, read about the daily duty of the missileers, and discuss the reason for creating this artwork. Then create your own!

Gettysburg National Military Park

Thaw in the Cold War: Eisenhower and Khrushchev at Gettysburg

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

Delve into a superpower meeting and discover how President Eisenhower's brand of diplomacy at this Pennsylvania farm temporarily eased the tensions of the Cold War.

Acadia National Park

Compass Harbor Scavenger Hunt

• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Compass Harbor Scavenger Hunt. Explore the foundation of the house of George Dorr and imagine his life at Old Farm.

Rocky Mountain National Park

Every Rock Has a Story

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

Don't take these rocks for granite! Students will become geologists who learn how to describe and identify rocks by their family-sedimentary, igneous, and metamorphic. Students will apply their knowledge to uncover the geologic story of Rocky Mountain National Park.

Cold War In Alaska: A Resource Guide for Teachers and Students

• Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade

A Cold War in Alaska resource guide for students and teachers

Craters Of The Moon National Monument & Preserve

Prepare For Cold Air: SnowSchool Pre-visit Activity

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

Students will conduct experiments and observe the differences in insulation values for a variety of materials. Students will discover factors that influence winter survival for animals and learn how to dress for an outdoor snowshoe hike at Craters of the Moon.

Eisenhower National Historic Site

Cold War Diplomacy at Gettysburg (Field Trip Program)

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

President Eisenhower believed we can all be "main street diplomats." What does that mean? During his presidency, Dwight Eisenhower used his Gettysburg farm to conduct diplomacy and work toward a better world. This program gives students a chance to explore Eisenhower's actions and what it means to be a leader in our communities today.

Eisenhower National Historic Site

President Eisenhower and Cold War Diplomacy at Gettysburg (Virtual Program)

• Type: Distance Learning
• Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade

During the turbulent Cold War, President Dwight Eisenhower used his Gettysburg Farm--the only home he and his wife Mamie ever owned--to conduct diplomacy and to seek peace. Join a park ranger for this free virtual program to explore the Cold War, President Eisenhower's administration, and how Gettysburg became a setting for peace and diplomacy in the 1950s.

Remembering Pearl Harbor: The USS Arizona Memorial

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

Trace the course of the Japanese surprise attack on the U.S. Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor, and consider the significance of the sunken USS Arizona as a war memorial.

Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park

War Has Been Declared: Elementary Lesson Plan

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

Students create a timeline of events leading to the Civil War based on a series of articles from the National Park Service. Students will explore the issue of slavery as a major cause starting with the Missouri Compromise, The Dred Scott Decision, The Election of Lincoln, John Brown's Raid, and the numerous states secessions. Then, students become part of a regiment and complete hands-on activities as they discover the structure of an army.

Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park

War Has Been Declared: Middle School Lesson Plan

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

Students analyze the primary document, the Emancipation Proclamation and how it affected the Civil War and southern states. They work in teams to creatively share learned information from NPS videos about one of the final pushes in the Civil War, the Atlanta Campaign through Georgia. They listen to and draw meaning from soldier and author, Ambrose Bierce.

Alaska's Site Summit: Cold War Defense and its Legacy in the North (Teaching with Historic Places)

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

Learn about Alaska's Site Summit and Nike Hercules, a nationwide ground-based anti-aircraft missile system that protected the U.S. during the Cold War.

Glacier Bay National Park & Preserve

Survivor Glacier Bay

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

Glacier Bay is a vast wilderness that is home to many animals, including birds, mammals, fish and, historically, people. Through this distance learning program, students will learn that each animal has special adaptations to survive in the cold waters and snowy mountains of Glacier Bay.

John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic Site

"The Measure of a Man's Success in Life is Not the Money He's Made. It's the Kind of Family He Has Raised.": Separating the Myth from Reality in the Life and Times of Joseph Patrick Kennedy Sr.

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

This lesson plan allows high school students to identify who Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. was and his role in United States history. Students will examine Kennedy family photographs, letters from Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. to his family, and quotes from Joseph P. Kennedy Sr., to form their understanding of his influence. Students will evaluate the ways in which historians form complex understandings of controversial historical figures.

Canaveral National Seashore

America’s Space Program: Exploring a New Frontier

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

The lesson can be used in American history, social studies, and geography courses in units on the space program, the Cold War and its effects on American society, or interdisciplinary units on science and technology.

Everglades National Park

"I Wish I Had Blubber" Habitat Video: Florida Bay

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

Students will be able to explain why manatees can not survive in cold water. Students will be able to explain the dangers of boat propellers to the Florida Bay sea grass habitat, and to the manatees. Students will describe four characteristics of the manatee.

Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site

Theodore’s Childhood Influences

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

This lesson has students examine how childhood has a lasting impact throughout life.