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Moores Creek National Battlefield

The Highland Scots

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

The Highland Scots at the Battle of Moores Creek Bridge

Cowpens National Battlefield

The Scots-Irish in the Carolina Backcountry

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

Who were the Scots-Irish and what was their role in the Carolina Backcountry during the American Revolution?

Marvel? DC? Nope - SC!!!!

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

Using storyboard, cartoon make, comic book maker.org or the document added the student will create their own story. Picking 2 battles they will develop 2 4-6 frame comics

Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

High School: Succession

• Type: Field Trips
• Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade

Succession is an important ecological process. It provides information about particular communities at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. The dunes provide a wealth of information regarding succession, the health of the dunes and the apex forest.

Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site

Victorians and Monsters: High School

• Type: Guest Speakers
• Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade

Art reflects society and culture. Some of the most famous pieces of literature written during the Victorian Era involved ghosts and monster stories. What was going on in Victorian society that led to the writing of some of the classic Gothic horror stories and how do these stories help us better understand life during the Victorian Era?

Saugus Iron Works National Historic Site

Test the Waters - High School

• Type: Field Trips
• Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade

Students explore their connections to water while participating in a worldwide, citizen science initiative - collecting water quality data in the Saugus River.

President William Jefferson Clinton Birthplace Home National Historic Site

Why Visit His Home?

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

Using a four square graphic organizer, draft, edit and publish a persuasive essay OR draft a speech to persuade OR create a Prezi to persuade the observer to visit the birthplace home of President Clinton.

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

The World of Tardigrades (High School)

• Type: Field Trips
• Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade

In this field trip, high school students will be introduced to the microscopic world that thrives in lichens including Tardigrade characteristics, the Great Smoky Mountains National Park’s All Taxa Biodiversity Inventory and man-made threats. The field trip packet is broken into three parts including activities at the park, a preparation activity and a wrap-up activity.

Salem Maritime National Historic Site

Freedom for All? (High School)

• Type: Lesson Plan
• Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade

In this lesson, high school students analyze primary sources to learn about the lives of two formerly enslaved people who were part of the first generation of freed people in Massachusetts.

Women's Rights National Historical Park

Rights and Privileges- High School Level

• Type: Lesson Plan
• Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade

This program will share the story of the Seneca Falls 1848 Convention for Woman's Rights. The program consists of several assignments designed to help students recognize the difference between a right and a privilege and apply their knowledge to those who organized and attended the 1848 Seneca Falls Convention.

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Water Quality Monitoring - High School

• Type: Field Trips
• Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade

Students work through pre-field trip activities that introduce them to vocabulary, methods and aquatic invertebrate orders. During the field trip, students will explore a park stream to monitor its health based on chemical and biological indicators.

Cane River Creole National Historical Park

Teacher-Led Field Trip (High School)

• Type: Field Trips
• Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade

Visit Cane River Creole National Historical Park for your trip experience. Learn with historic places, and take part in a self guided tour, with opportunities to learn about science, history, and more. Explore the unique resources of the Cane River area, and the stories of the people who lived here.

Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

High School Winter Experience Field Trips

• Type: Field Trips
• Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade

The application period for the Winter 2024/25 Winter Exp programming season is open as of September 1, 2024. Students will be guided through age-appropriate programming related to watersheds, climate change, and winter ecology. Funds for busing reimbursements may be available. See grant information below.

Women's Rights National Historical Park

Virtual Scavenger Hunt- High School Level

• Type: Lesson Plan
• Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade

Participants will navigate different online sources, using the links provided, to answer the questions about the key details of the 1848 Women’s Rights Convention and important aspects of the larger Women’s Movement.

Channel Islands National Park

Channel Islands Live Dive: High School

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

Students explore the kelp forest with a park ranger-diver through an interactive distance learning program. Program emphasis is on the park's kelp forest inventory and monitoring program and the rationale for creation of marine protected areas (MPAs). Affects of human activities on kelp forests are also explored.

Hamilton Grange National Memorial

Educator's Guide (Middle School/High School)

• Type: Field Trips ... Student Activities ... Other Education Materials
• Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Salamander Research Field Trip (High School)

• Type: Field Trips
• Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade

Salamanders are an especially abundant and diverse group in the Great Smokies. Since salamanders breathe through their skin they are more susceptible to water and air pollution. During this study, high school students will work in groups to collect and record data in taking an inventory in monitoring many of the salamanders found in the park. The field trip packet includes pre, onsite, and post-visit activities.

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.

Haleakalā National Park

Hō‘ike o Haleakalā: High School Science Curriculum

• Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade

This curriculum will introduce students and their families to the marine, coastal, rain forest, invasive species and alpine-aeolian ecosystems of Haleakalā National Park.

Independence National Historical Park

"Here Comes the Sun" Constitution Activity for High School

• Type: Student Activities
• Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade

This activity uses the Beatles "Here Comes the Sun" song to connect students in grades 9-12 with Benjamin Franklin's famous quote about the sun carved into the top of the Speaker's Chair at the Constitutional Convention.