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Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument
permineralization Lesson Plan
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Big Stump in Snow
President William Jefferson Clinton Birthplace Home National Historic Site
Lesson Plan Removed
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Listing Removal In Progress
Ellis Island Part of Statue of Liberty National Monument
Finding a Home Lesson Plan
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Students will: describe some of the feelings immigrants faced when deciding on a new settlement in the United States; contrast the benefits and drawbacks of living in a new location when determining a place to live and compare that to the choices immigrants make past and present; and formulate several reasons why immigrants elected to live in selected areas.
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade
During the lesson, the teacher and students will read White Water aloud. As they read, students will investigate how one young boy's curiosity leads him to discover that the water from a segregated White drinking fountain tastes the same as the water from the Black drinking fountain.
Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site
Cultural Contact Lesson Plan
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
This lesson examines the origin of trade goods during the fur trade era and how commerce in early Colorado history served to increase settlement and westward expansion. It demonstrates how international markets have been and continue to be essential to the success of a nation’s economy.
Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site
Distanced and Displaced Lesson Plan
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
This 8th grade lesson compares political maps of Native American homelands before and after westward expansion. It traces the cause factors leading to the cession of original Cheyenne and Arapaho lands prior to relocation in Oklahoma.
Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site
Equal Exchange Lesson Plan
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
This lesson on equal exchange identifies specific trade goods and their approximate worth in dollars during the 1840s fur trade era. Students will consider various options available to make equal trades based on those values and represent them using equivalent algebraic expressions.
Stonewall National Monument
"All Are Welcome" Lesson Plan
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade
Stonewall was a galvanizing moment that empowered a range of advocacy. The book, “All are Welcome” by Alexandra Penfold and Suzanne Kaufman is a New York Times bestselling picture book about a school where diversity and inclusion are celebrated. With vividly detailed illustrations and a gently reassuring text, Penfold and Kaufman celebrate kindness, inclusivity, and diversity in a joyous read-aloud that is a must for every child’s bookshelf.
- 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
Brown v. Board of Education National Historical Park
Ruth and the Green Book Lesson Plan
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade
During the lesson, students will follow along as the teacher and students read Ruth and the Green Book to examine how a young child with strong character traits (e.g. brave, thoughtful, resilient) overcame segregation while traveling with her family.
Brown v. Board of Education National Historical Park
Lights, Camera, Action Lesson Plan
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Who were the key figures in the Brown v. Board of Education court case? How did they contribute to desegregation?
Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site
Juan's Draft Pick Lesson Plan
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Whether by pulling a wagon, cart, or saddle bag, animals powered the goods to be traded and transferred to their destination. The fur trade era simply could not have taken place without the aid of horses, mules, and oxen. The lesson examines the pros and cons of using these animals as transportation based on their characteristics and biological needs.
Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site
William's Wheel of Fortune Lesson Plan
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
This lesson plan engages the decisions made by William Bent, the manager of Bent's Fort's trading post during the fur trade era in the context of westward expansion. It examines contributing factors leading to the near extinction of bison herds decades later.
Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park
The Cherokee People: Elementary Lesson Plan
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Students gain an understanding of cultural elements of the Cherokee people through the use of traditional stories and reading information on websites. A series of activities provide hands-on opportunities to learn about Sequoyah and the Cherokee language, the Trail of Tears, and the trade and barter system with European settlers.
New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park
PATERRE LESSON PLAN STEPS: PART 2
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade
In this lesson students will be creating altars. This is part 2 of a lesson of two class periods of 1 hour each. Some outside class time will be needed by students for gathering items for use in altar creation. STEPS 1,2,3 must be done on a previous day.
Old Spanish National Historic Trail
Old Spanish Trail Association Lesson Plans
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
The trail association is the official partner for the Old Spanish National Historic Trail and offers materials for educators about the trail. Teaching with primary documents encourages a varied learning environment for teachers and students alike. Lectures, demonstrations, analysis of documents, independent research, and group work become a gateway for research with historical records in ways that sharpen students' skills and enthusiasm for history, social studies, and the humanities.
Dinosaur National Monument
Lesson Plan- The National Park Service Arrowhead
- Type: Other Education Materials
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
The arrowhead is the symbol for the National Park Service. This shape reminds us of the culture and history National Park sites protect. Each element inside the arrowhead represents something that is protected in a National Park site. Students learn how the design of the National Park Service arrowhead is made up of symbols and then have a chance to create their own design.
Fort Stanwix National Monument
Holiday Treasures — Field Trip Lesson Plans
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
People of many different cultures lived at and around the historic Fort Stanwix. During a Holiday Treasures field trip, your class will become world travelers and meet them as they adventure around the fort. To ensure your the onsite program provides the most enriching experience possible, the park has provided this pre-visit lesson and resource materials for your use in the classroom.
Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park
A Nation Divided: Middle School Lesson Plan
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
The United States was still a new country in the 1800s; a new country with a lot of growing pains. Students will experience the growing tension between the country's North and South. They will study maps and apply the information to make a chart of states that were considered free or slave status. They will work together to read and analyze primary documents written about states' rights, nullification, the Compromise of 1850, the Dred Scott Decision, and the Election of 1860.
Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park
A Nation Divided: High School Lesson Plan
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade
Using their background knowledge of the tensions between the North and the South, students will dive further into the effects of the conflicts that ultimately led to the Civil War. Students will watch short NPS videos from rangers in Bleeding Kansas and Harper's Ferry. They will explore NPS articles and primary documents regarding popular sovereignty and the Election of 1860. Students will use visual arts to go into President Abraham Lincoln's shoes and deliver their own acceptance speech.