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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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park

African Americans During the Civil War: A Compressed History

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

Lesson Plan detailing African American involvement during the American Civil War in both combatant and noncombatant roles. Lesson also highlights individual involvement and contributions to the war effort as well as document analysis.

Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail

Saving History: The White House, Dolley Madison and the War of 1812

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

The events leading up to the burning of the White House during the War of 1812 have been well chronicled. Among the most celebrated events of the war was the saving of George Washington’s portrait by Dolley Madison before the White House was torched. Thanks to a letter written by Mrs. Madison prior to her escape this event is recounted. Recently, however, an expert concluded that perhaps the write the letter was written later - perhaps 20 years later. From the White House Historical Associati

Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania National Military Park

History and Memory: Contrasting the Civil War South in Film and Primary Documents

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

How do different forms of media impact our understanding of slavery and the Civil War?

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.

African Americans and the War of 1812: A Lightning Lesson from Teaching with Historic Places

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

The War of 1812, which pitted the United States, Great Britain and their allies against each over the course of three years, turned into an opportunity for enslaved African Americans to advocate for their freedom. Between the summers of 1813 and 1814, 4,000-5,000 fled to the side of the British, in the hopes of securing freedom and safe passage for themselves and their families.

Cowpens National Battlefield

Weapons of the Revolutionary War

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

Charleville Musket

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.

President William Jefferson Clinton Birthplace Home National Historic Site

Why Visit His Home?

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

Using a four square graphic organizer, draft, edit and publish a persuasive essay OR draft a speech to persuade OR create a Prezi to persuade the observer to visit the birthplace home of President Clinton.

Keweenaw National Historical Park

Influence of War Post-Activity 2: Influence of War on Copper Industry

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

Students will be able to demonstrate the rise and fall of copper production and how it often coincides with times of conflict in the later years of mining.

The “Darker Shadow” of an Unjust War: The U.S.-Mexican War and the U.S. Constitution

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

In 1847, Massachusetts Senator Edward Keyes called to end the U.S.-Mexican War. Keyes claimed it was an unjust war with a “darker shadow . . . the extension of slavery.”

Booker T Washington National Monument

War on the Home Front: Civil War Reading Passage with Graphic Organizer

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

The Civil War and its outcomes were life-changing events for all the people, both free and enslaved, who were associated with the Burroughs Plantation from 1850 – 1865. Students will learn about: •Life on a piedmont Virginia, slaveholding tobacco farm •National debate on slavery/Differences between North and South •Why the war was fought •How the enslaved and their owners reacted to the war •How each group was affected after the war

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