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Showing 989 results for Friendship Hill National Historic Site ...
Self-guided Field Trip at Friendship Hill
Field Trip: Secretary of the Treasury Board Game
Field Trip: Discovery Crate
- Type: Field Trips
- Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade

In this guided activity park rangers pretend they have discovered a worn wooden crate in the attic of the old stone house. Inside they find items belonging to a one time resident of Friendship Hill, Albert Gallatin. Students become historians as they attempt to discover what the objects are and what they tell us about Gallatin and his family.
Albert Gallatin for Homeschool and Self-guided Groups
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

These lessons were designed for homeschool or self-guided groups. The lessons are used in conjunction with background information on Albert Gallatin. The lessons can be used to prepare students for a visit to Gallatin’s home, Friendship Hill. There are two pre-visit activities, three on-site activities and three post-visit activities.
Field Trip: The Whiskey Rebellion
- Type: Field Trips
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

The ranger will guide the students through a slideshow that asks multiple choice questions about how the students would have reacted during the whiskey rebellion. Using the answers the students will find out if they hold opinions that were held by the rebels, the moderates, and the federalists. Along the way they will learn about the events in this first test of federal power and how Albert Gallatin worked to find a solution.
Field Trip: Gallatin House Tour for School Groups
The Whiskey Rebellion - A Political Opinion Survey
- Type: Distance Learning
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

Would you have been a rebel , a moderate or a federalist? Students are introduced to the Whiskey Rebellion before the park ranger will ask nine multiple choice questions. Each one of the three answers represents either the rebel, moderate or federalist opinion. So if you were a farmer would you have pay the Whiskey Tax? Choose A) Heck No, B) Well let’s protest, or C) Definitely YES! Find out where you would have stood during this first test of the federal government
Albert Gallatin: A Most Astonishing Man - Gallatin’s Start in Politics - Lesson 1
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Albert Gallatin: A Most Astonishing Man - Gallatin and the Whiskey Rebellion - Lesson 2
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Why Visit His Home?
Albert Gallatin: A Most Astonishing Man - Gallatin's Family Life and Timeline - Lesson 7
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

Gallatin was a happy family man and enjoyed being with his wife and children. The family got to experience many locations as Gallatin moved from one political assignment to another. Students will read about Gallatin’s family life and where the family lived in the student reading. Then using the dates in the reading, the students will make a Gallatin family life timeline.
Frontiering with Family and Friends
Albert Gallatin a Most Astonishing Man - Gallatin and the Louisiana Purchase - Lesson 3
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

In this lesson the students will use a student reading to learn about the Louisiana Purchase. Then using an activity sheet the students will write why the Louisiana Purchase would benefit the United States and how they would act if they were in the dilemma that the minister to France was in when he was offered the Louisiana Territory.
Albert Gallatin: A Most Astonishing Man - Gallatin and New Geneva - Lesson 5
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Albert Gallatin: A Most Astonishing Man - Gallatin as Secretary of the Treasury - Lesson 6
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Teacher Workshops at Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site
Traveling the National Road: Unit 9 Historic Site Cards
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

This unit introduces the students to seven bridges, buildings and other historic structures that were associated with the National Road in Pennsylvania and are still standing. The historic site cards are for the students to read. These cards allow the students to discover traces of the historic National Road that are still present in the community.
Albert Gallatin: A Most Astonishing Man - Gallatin and the Lewis and Clark Expedition - Lesson 4
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

In this lesson the students will use a student reading to learn about the planning and eventual success of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Just like today, when you go on a trip you plan and pack. Meriwether Lewis planned and packed for the expedition. The activity sheet has the students match some of the supplies Lewis brought with what type of supplies they were. The students also write about how they think planning may have helped the expedition.
Fruit Bats Are Our Friends
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Fruit bats are considered the only native mammal in American Samoa thus earning the right to be protected within the National Park of American Samoa. Local folklore casts a dark image on fruit bats, portraying them as sinister and devious creatures with connections to the spirit world. These superstitions undermine their ecological importance to the native tropical rainforest. Fruit bats help transfer pollen from one tree to another and are also important for seed dispersal.
Virtual Visit to Eisenhower National Historic Site (Grades 5-12)
- Type: Distance Learning
- Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade