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Showing 639 results for 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.
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
The Gullah Geechee are African Americans with ancestral roots in the Southeastern U.S., from southeastern North Carolina all the way down to northeastern Florida. Their ancestors, taken from West and Central Africa between the early 1600s and the 1850s, were forced into labor due to their skills and strength. To preserve their heritage, they created the Gullah Geechee language by blending native African languages with English.
- Type: Field Trips
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
On this field trip to either C&O Canal National Historical Park or the George Washington Memorial Parkway, students will conduct a field study activity, to identify some of the ways human impacts affect organisms that live in the Potomac and assess the human impact on a 20-meter stretch of trail in the park.
Interview a Monument: Exploring the Monuments of Andersonville National Cemetery
- Type: Field Trips
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Fortifications
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Earthen fortifications offered protection from enemy forces. This watercolor shows both the size of Fort Donelson NB and its proximity to the Cumberland River.
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Library of Congress collection, soldier rendition of Fort Donelson, watercolor
Traveling Trunks at Petroglyph National Monument
The FIRST Field Trip to Tonto National Monument
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Students will be able to state the differences between primary and secondary sources; students will be able to give examples of each type of source. After reading a primary source, students will be able to retell the story of the first field trip to Tonto National Monument.
Get Fort-ified
- Type: Field Trips
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Life at Fort Stanwix
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
What was life like at the historic Fort Stanwix for a soldier in the Continental Army and the many others who lived there while fighting in the American Revolution. At the end of this virtual tour, students will be able to describe the different roles that were filled to support the Continental Army at Fort Stanwix during the American Revolution and what would have happened had they not worked together.
Life at a Frontier Fort
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
The Other Side of Fort Pulaski: Walking Tour Outside the Fort
- Type: Field Trips
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
This is a teacher-led activity to be done on site at the fort. The teacher will lead a walk around the outside of the fort to show students dramatic battle damage from the Civil War battle, including projectiles that are still lodged in the brick walls. It also highlights the salt marsh ecology on Cockspur Island, and shows how human influence has repeatedly changed the island’s environment over time.
History Detective Scavenger Hunt at Tuzigoot National Monument
- Type: Field Trips
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
When you bring your students to Tuzigoot National Monument for a field trip, engage them on the main Pueblo trail with this guidebook. They'll be History Detectives as they are guided along the trail, learning about the prehistoric Sinagua who lived here 600 years ago.
Montezuma Castle and Tuzigoot National Monuments Educator's Guide
- Type: Teacher Reference Materials
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Fort Caroline and Its Leader
Fort Caroline Scavenger Hunt
Gouedy Fort: What’s in the bag?
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
At the end of this activity, the student will be able to: - Explain interactions between the people and the physical landscape of South Carolina over time -Describe the initial contact, cooperation, and conflict between the Native Americans and European settlers in South Carolina -Summarize the relationship among the Native Americans, Europeans, and Africans, including the French and Indian War, the slave revolts, and the conduct of trade.
Build Your Own Fort
- Type: Field Trips
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
In this post-field trip activity, students will draw their own fort and identify its parts using historic forts such as Fort Caroline, the Castillo de San Marcos, and Fort Matanzas as examples. This activity may allow students to make connections between other sites they have visited and make comparisons between the building materials used and geographic location.