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Showing 970 results for Early California History ...
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
How did Chinese and Japanese immigrants develop California's industry and culture?
- 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.
Niobrara National Scenic River
Early Birding
- Type: Field Trips
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
This lesson is designed to introduce Middle School level students to basic bird identification to some of the common, and a few rare but easily identified,birds and waterfowl found along and around the Niobrara National Scenic River.
Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site
Housing: Early Homes
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Students will gain deeper understanding about earth lodge construction by visualizing life in a Hidatsa village through guided imagery and by viewing the building an earth lodge video. They will have an opportunity to design and build their own replica earth lodge.
Cowpens National Battlefield
Early American Activities
- Type: Science Labs
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
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- Type: Guest Speakers
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Invite a park ranger from Scotts Bluff National Monument into your classroom for a fun, curriculum-based, social studies lesson on culture. Teams of students will look at packages of "culture clues" to determine which culture of people who have passed near Scotts Bluff they represent. In addition, students will develop a definition of what "culture" is.
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Overview: This lesson can be used in conjunction with either the National Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive Center, or else there are materials and resources that can be used in the classroom. Includes anticipation guides, primary sources describing packed items, and supply list worksheets.
Fort Scott National Historic Site
Chaos in Early Kansas Elections
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
People of Kansas Territory could decide by popular vote whether or not to have slavery or not when they entered the Union. Both sides sent settlers to Kansas to sway the outcome of this decision. Chaos ensued.
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
STUDENT OBJECTIVES 1. Collaborate with peers by synthesizing and analyzing research on the National Historic Trails 2. Design effective presentation using appropriate gestures and speaking skills 3. Discuss the pathways and perspectives of traders, emigrants, Spanish and Indian Americans 4. Examine the stories of nine national historic trails 5. Create a presentation that demonstrates synthesis and higher level analysis 6. Present findings about the trails to the rest of the class
Whiskeytown National Recreation Area
The Wintu of Whiskeytown
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Image of California’s Native American tribe boundaries with the Wintu traditional lands in Northern California labeled with a pin mark.
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Have students describe the life of the Hidatsa and Mandan groups in the early 19th century and explain how the villagers shaped their environment and adapted to it; and discover American Indian groups who once lived in their region and compare their cultures to the Hidatsa and Mandan peoples.
Petroglyph National Monument
How the Early Railroads Changed New Mexico
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
This is a lesson that can be used to teach geography, history and economics using pictures, maps and scale models.
Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park
Lincoln’s Early Years: Post Visit PowerPoint
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
What was life like during Abraham Lincoln’s early life? Recall what you learned, and design a presentation about your trip. Meets Kentucky 3rd-5th grade Social Studies/Writing standards. This lesson was created by Kentucky teachers as a part of the History and Science Explore Project.
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.
Gateway Arch National Park
Heading West? (Distance Learning)
- Type: Distance Learning
- Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade
This distance learning program introduces k-2 students to some of the challenges and choices early pioneers faced while traveling west across prairies, rivers, and mountains from St. Louis to Oregon and California.
Thomas Stone National Historic Site
History on Trial
- Type: Field Trips
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Students will search for clues to his innocence or guilt and in a mock trial to determine if Thomas Stone was a traitor to Great Britain or an American Patriot for signing the Declaration of Independence. Will your class find him guilty or innocent?
Brown v. Board of Education National Historical Park
History Hunters
- Type: Traveling Trunk
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
This activity trunk is designed to introduce learners to the ways that historians, archeologists, and anthropologists use primary resources to learn about the past. Students will role-play by wearing costumes identifying each as an anthropologist, archeologist, or historian.
Cowpens National Battlefield
History and Technology
- Type: Student Activities
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
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Palo Alto Battlefield National Historical Park
Historical Characters
- Type: Student Activities
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
In this activity, students will learn about nine key participants in the Battles of Palo Alto and Resaca de la Palma and the Siege of Fort Brown. They will discover how the personalities of these key leaders helped them during these clashes and influenced their outcome. Students them compare their own personality traits to discover how they are like or different from these leaders.
Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail
Exploring the Anza Trail
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Welcome to Exploring the Anza Trail, an interdisciplinary program specifically designed for 3rd and 4th grade students. Through a series of hands-on activities, writing and drawing assignments, and a dramatic 50-minute presentation, students put themselves in the shoes of a colonist on the Anza Trail to explore the universal concepts of overcoming obstacles, using resources, and seeking a better life.