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Fort Scott National Historic Site

Life on The Frontier

• Type: Field Trips
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

The purpose of this program is to acquaint the students with life at Fort Scott in the 1840s.

Fort Larned National Historic Site

Life at a Frontier Fort

• Type: Lesson Plan
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

In this lesson, students will examine those who lived at a frontier fort, their daily duties, and how their lives compare to today. Students will then apply their knowledge to write an imaginary letter describing their life at the fort.

Fort Larned National Historic Site

A Day in the Life of a Frontier Soldier

• Type: Distance Learning
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Find out what it takes to be a soldier in frontier army. And visit the barracks where soldiers at Fort Larned lived.

Lyndon B Johnson National Historical Park

Frontier Life in the Texas Hill Country

• Type: Distance Learning
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Lyndon B. Johnson NHP is an ideal location for students of all ages to explore President Johnson's life story and legacy. Join us from home or your classroom to learn about life in the Texas frontier when President Johnson's ancestors settled in the Texas Hill Country in the late 1860s!

Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site

Life on the Frontier: 4th - 5th grade

• Type: Guest Speakers
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

There are many questions people ask when they start learning about history. Frequently, those questions are about everyday experiences. What was it like to be a child growing up on the frontier? How did children get to school? What types of toys did children have to play with? How did they cook food?

Fort Scott National Historic Site

We The People: Life at A Frontier Fort

• Type: Distance Learning
• Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

We the People explores the many roles present in the community of people who called Fort Scott and the surrounding area home in the 1840s.

Lyndon B Johnson National Historical Park

Frontier Life in the Texas Hill Country

• Type: Lesson Plan
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

What was it like to live in the Texas frontier in the 1860s? Learn about the settlement history of the Texas Hill Country and how it impacted different communities and the local natural environment.

Fort Scott National Historic Site

We the People: Challenges of Life at a Frontier Fort

• Type: Lesson Plan
• Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

Students will be able to write an imaginary letter describing what life was like at a frontier fort in the 1840’s.

Bering Land Bridge National Preserve

Life in the Arctic

• Type: Distance Learning
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Join a National Park Service ranger to learn about the tundra, its animals, and what it's like to live in Alaska. In this free virtual program, students will learn how humans, plants, and animals survive in this challenging environment, and why it's important to protect such a unique place.

Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park

Life of a Soldier

• Type: Field Trips
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Life for a soldier of the Atlanta Campaign wasn't easy! This guided program allows students to experience various aspects of that life with the help of a ranger or living historian.

Craters Of The Moon National Monument & Preserve

Life in the Extreme

• Type: Field Trips
• Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

Craters of the Moon is one of the harshest environments on earth! Despite these extreme conditions, the park is home to a wide diversity of plant and animal species. During their field trip, students will take measurements in the field, analyze their data, and develop hypotheses about how different micro-environments affect the distribution of plants and animals in the park.

Craters Of The Moon National Monument & Preserve

Web of Life

• Type: Student Activities
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Students learn about the complexity of life and interrelationships between living things by constructing a Craters food web.

Rocky Mountain National Park

Life on the Edge

• Type: Distance Learning
• Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade

The alpine ecosystem of Rocky Mountain National Park is a unique yet fragile place. Join a ranger in discovering common threats to pikas, ptarmigan, and plants in the "land above the trees". Students will research various threats to this community and apply their knowledge to better understand their local communities.

Glacier National Park

The Web of Life

• Type: Lesson Plan
• Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade

Students will be able to illustrate the interrelationships of W-GIPP animals and plants through the weaving of a simple web.

Glacier National Park

Life in a Log

• Type: Lesson Plan
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

The students will investigate decomposers in a rotting log, and discover some of the organisms living there.

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Web of Life

• Type: Lesson Plan
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

This lesson will help students visualize the interconnections found within the natural world. They will learn the concepts of food chains and food webs, and construct their own food web using the provided worksheet of plants and animals found in Theodore Roosevelt National Park.

Tumacácori National Historical Park

Life at Tumacácori

• Type: Field Trips
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Students will investigate how mission life differed from traditional O’odham village life. Did mission children go to school? What did they eat? How does construction of a traditional O’odham home compare to a mission church built from mud? Learn why, when, where and how, as you tour the park’s orchard, garden, and church with a ranger. Students will practice using a traditional mano and metate and learn how to “mud” an O’odham home.

Valley Forge National Historical Park

Soldier Life

• Type: Field Trips
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Learn about Valley Forge through hands-on interactive activities exploring the diversity, sacrifice, and perseverance of the Valley Forge encampment's participants. Park rangers dressed in period clothing will take students on an exploration of the landscape, people, and history of Valley Forge.

Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks

A Giant's Life

• Type: Field Trips
• Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade

Gaze upon the enormity and grandeur of a Giant Sequoia and ask yourself, How does such an enormous living thing grow from soil less than eight feet deep? Discover the magic of photosynthesis, explore the life cycle of the giant sequoias, and experience hiking among the largest trees in the world.

Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks

Life in the Balance

• Type: Field Trips
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

How do squirrels help Giant Sequoias grow? Do fires hurt or help trees? How does a snowflake at the top of a mountain provide water to oranges in the valley below? Explore the community of living and nonliving things in a Giant Sequoia grove and learn what part you play in the forest ecosystem.