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Colorado National Monument
Ciclo de Rocas
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
At the completion of this lesson, students will be able to identify one or two ways that rocks can be broken down and/or combined and students will be able to describe the rock cycle of the sandstone.
Acadia National Park
Sieur de Monts Stewards
- Type: Field Trips
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Students explore various trails and the new Nature Center exhibit to delve into the topic of human change in the environment. This program takes place along easy to moderate hiking paths with some uneven terrain.
Saint Croix Island International Historic Site
Sieur de Mad-Lib
- Type: Student Activities
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Use our words and your own silly words to fill in the blanks in Pierra Dugua's story of how and why he came to North America.
Acadia National Park
Sieur de Monts Scavenger Hunt
- Type: Student Activities ... Other Education Materials
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Sieur de Monts has limited accessibility in the winter but can offer great flat locations to explore. Use this scavenger hunt to guide your experience. Fill out at least 3 activities to print the scavenger hunt certificate.
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Welcome to historic Arthurdale, West Virginia, a New Deal village built from the ground-up for coal miners and their families during the Great Depression.
Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site
Replace or Repurpose?
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
The ability to work metal was a critical skill in the late 1800s American West. Local blacksmiths provided the metal tools and objects people used every day. But this skill became more important among cowboys during the Great Depression of the 1930s. As ranches struggled to earn money to survive, metal’s ability to be repaired and reshaped into new tools gained importance. This lesson invites students to step into the minds of cowboys living during the Great Depression and repurposing items.
Shenandoah National Park
A Retreat Fit for a President
- Type: Distance Learning
- Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade
This interactive program uses Rapidan Camp, President Herbert Hoover’s summer retreat, to explore the events leading up to the Great Depression and how President Hoover's personal and political philosophies defined his approach to the crisis.
Prince William Forest Park
Cabin Camp History Talk
- Type: Field Trips
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Take a one to two hour tour of a historic cabin camp built in the 1930s by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) in Prince William Forest Park. Learn about the how the Great Depression and New Deal contributed to the creation of the park.
Prince William Forest Park
Park History Talk
- Type: Field Trips ... Guest Speakers
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Discover the rich history of Prince William Forest Park. This 30 minute to one hour overview program offers information covering various time periods from Native American history to the Great Depression and World War II.
Olympic National Park
Sediment Effects of Elwha Dams
- Type: Student Activities
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Through this activity, students will learn about the effects that building the Elwha River dams had on the natural sediment transport and deposition mechanisms in the Strait of Juan de Fuca.
Kenai Fjords National Park
Succession and Nutrient Cycling in a Temperate Rainforest Ecosystem
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade
Students will examine succession in two forest ecosystems: a recently de-glaciated area and an established temperate rainforest. (Note: This lesson can be adapted to succession in any forest ecosystem.)
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade
Future Civil War Major General and President Ulysses S. Grant, started developing his leadership skills as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Battle of Resaca de la Palma. Grant’s Memoirs, written 39 years after the battle, mentioned his experience in the battle. Students review a primary and secondary document about the Battle of Resaca de la Palma. The primary document is part of Grant’s Memoirs. The secondary document is a lithograph of the Battle. Afterwards, they answer questions about the documents.
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Students will learn about the evolution of a volcanic island from origin to erosion. They will understand that Hawaiian volcanoes have gradually progressed through different stages as they are formed, emerge, and erode back into the sea from which they came.
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade
The New Deal reform, recovery, and relief programs changed the relationship between American’s and their government in revolutionary ways. The Resettlement Administration (RA), Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA), and the Farm Security Administration (FSA) were programs to get displaced families off relief. More than eighty years after the Matanuska Colony was established much of it remains to tell the story of the New Deal resettlement program in Alaska.
Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail
The Anza Trail: An Educational Discovery Trunk for Santa Barbara
- Type: Traveling Trunk
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Serving classrooms in Santa Barbara, the "Following the Anza Trail" Traveling Trunk is a teachers' resource offered by the Santa Barbara Trust for Historic Preservation's Education Department and the Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail.
Colonial National Historical Park
Civilian Conservation Corps
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
By completing a Break Out Edu type activity, students will discover what the Civilian Conservation Corps contributed to Colonial National Historic Park during the Neal Deal by deciphering clues that require students to read articles, encyclopedia entries, and a map.
Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site
Skills and Survival
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade
By 1900, the cowboy’s world was changing. Gone were the days of trailing cattle as homesteaders claimed the vast public lands. Cowboys were confined to fenced-in ranches, where they were expected to do additional tasks to keep the ranch going. This lesson invites students to explore how cowboys used Grant-Kohrs Ranch’s repair shop to learn new skills and how learning helped them overcome change.
- Type: Distance Learning
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Are you teaching your students how to use primary and secondary sources? Is early American history part of your curriculum-standards? Invite Park Rangers from Castillo de San Marcos into your classroom through live video conferencing!
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Students will learn how archeologists use pollen to learn more about past lifeways and environmental conditions, the methodological steps involved in pollen analysis, and how archeologists interpret their results. Este plan de clase con actividades incluido también está disponible en español.
Puʻuhonua o Hōnaunau National Historical Park
Telling the Stories of Pu'uhonua o Hōnaunau
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Pu'uhonua o Hōnaunau contains many stories of past and present Hawaiian peoples. This lesson couples 3D virtual tours with oral histories, archeological data, and historical information to reveal and explore these narratives. Este plan de clase con actividades incluido también está disponible en español.