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Blackstone River Valley National Historical Park
Samuel Slater: American Hero or English Traitor
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade
Samuel Slater is regarded as a traitor in his hometown of Belper, England. In the United States, Slater has been hailed as a hero (to some) and as the “father of American industry.” This lesson plan serves as an accompaniment to episode one of the documentary series called Slatersville: America’s First Mill Village.
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Learn why Moravians immigrated to the New World and how the towns they established embodied their religious beliefs.
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Both France and Spain raced to settle and control the southern coast of North America. On a small island off the coast of present-day South Carolina lie the ruins of Charlesfort, the French outpost for a year, which later became Santa Elena, a Spanish colonial town from 1566 to 1587. The site has been abandoned now for more than 400 years.
Fort Necessity National Battlefield
The French and Indian War 1754-1763: How Did the War Set the Stage for the American Revolution? - Unit 6
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
This unit teaches the students four ways the French and Indian War set the Stage for the American Revolution. It includes teacher background information, a student reading, and two lesson plans. Thought provoking opinion question get the students to think about the history.
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
An American Indian man observes English ships on the Chesapeake Bay.
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade
Who were the Americans that settled the United States' 19th century frontier?
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
The students will review articles and internet sites pulling important information pertaining to the Southern Campaign, concentrating on the areas in South Carolina. They will then create a set of trading cards to be used as a class set.
Ste. Geneviève National Historical Park
Mississippi River Vocabulary
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Introductory materials to set the foundation for learning about rivers and how people have interacted with them over time. This lesson is self-contained and does not require additional material. This lesson is designed as preparation for the Settling the Mississippi unit so familiarity with later lessons may help educators steer this lesson toward uniform terms and repeatable examples throughout the unit.
Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park
Life after "Freedom" Post-Visit Activity
- Type: Field Trips
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Tubman’s deep faith sustained her as nurse and a spy for the Union army. Tubman eventually settled with her extended family in Auburn, New York, was active in the women’s suffrage movement and founded a home for the elderly and disadvantaged.
Fort Raleigh National Historic Site
A Few Good Colonists
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
The Lost Colonists prepare to march into the unknown.
Homestead National Historical Park
Women Who Paved the Way, Exploring Women Homesteaders and Suffragists (6th - 8th)
- Type: Distance Learning
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
The Homestead Act of 1862 was gender-blind, allowing women to claim 160 acres of land just like men could. As women homesteaders were helping to settle the West, suffragists fought to secure the right to vote for women across the United States.
Homestead National Historical Park
Women Who Paved the Way, Exploring Women Homesteaders and Suffragists (9th - 12th)
- Type: Distance Learning
- Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade
The Homestead Act of 1862 was gender-blind, allowing women to claim 160 acres of land just like men could. As women homesteaders were helping to settle the West, suffragists fought to secure the right to vote for women across the United States.
Homestead National Historical Park
Women Who Paved the Way, Exploring Women Homesteaders and Suffragists (Adult)
- Type: Distance Learning
- Grade Levels: Adult Education
The Homestead Act of 1862 was gender-blind, allowing women to claim 160 acres of land just like men could. As women homesteaders were helping to settle the West, suffragists fought to secure the right to vote for women across the United States.
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
The lesson could be used in U.S. history, social studies, and geography courses in units on western expansion and settlement, or desert environments. It also could be used in an American Literature course in a unit on the writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson, particularly his concept of self-reliance. The lesson will help students understand why desert regions were among the last areas settled under the Homestead Act and how settlers in these places survived in a remote environment.
Fort Frederica National Monument
Archeology at Fort Frederica
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Fort Frederica was an 18th-century fort on St. Simons Island, Georgia. Built to defend British colonial territories from Spanish attack, the fort was instrumental in establishing lasting English control over the eastern U.S. This lesson uses 3D models of archeological artifacts and historical information to teach students both about the fort’s important history and how archeological methods uncover it. Este plan de clase con actividades incluido también está disponible en español.
Homestead National Historical Park
A School Day in 1872 (3rd - 5th)
- Type: Distance Learning
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
The Homestead Act of 1862 impacted the United States in numerous ways. In this virtual lesson a Park Ranger will talk about how the Homestead Act of 1862 populated the West and the needs of those settling. This included the need for schools. This programs discusses the differences between school today and in 1872.
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Learn how the deceptive results of this battle in the backwoods of North Carolina helped set the stage for American victory.
New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park
Lesson 1 - JOURNALING WITH SONGS OF FREEDOM
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade
This lesson plan is designed to accompany the two disc cd set FREEDOM IS COMING: SONGS OF FREEDOM, RESISTANCE, AND THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD. The set may be obtained from the New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park, 916 N. Peters Street, New Orleans, Louisiana, 70116, www.nps.gov/jazz
New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park
Lesson 5 - CODED SPIRITUALS, METAPHOR IN AFRICAN AMERICAN SPIRITUALS
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade
This is the fifth set of lessons in a multi lesson unit. It is based on the two-cd set Freedom Is Coming: Songs of Freedom, Resistance, and the Underground Railroad, available from the New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park, 916 North Peters Street, New Orleans, La, 70116. www.nps.gov/jazz
Manhattan Project National Historical Park
Nuclear Chemistry and the Manhattan Project
- Type: Science Labs ... Student Activities ... Other Education Materials
- Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade
Set of lessons intended to introduce students to basic nuclear chemistry concepts through lessons linked to the Manhattan Project.