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Homestead National Historical Park

The Homestead Act of 1862 (TT)

• Type: Traveling Trunk
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

The trunk includes curriculum materials, books, documents, case files and a DVD that can be integrated into history, social studies, reading, and language arts curriculum. Additionally, the curriculum materials include student station sheets, so students can rotate stations without the teacher having to repeat instructions.

Homestead National Historical Park

The Homestead Act of 1862 (K-2)

• Type: Traveling Trunk
• Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade

The trunk includes curriculum materials, books, and photos that can be integrated into history, social studies, art, reading, and language arts curriculum. Additionally, the curriculum materials include student station sheets, so students can rotate stations without the teacher having to repeat instructions.

The Homestead Act of 1862 (9-12)

• Type: Traveling Trunk
• Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade

The trunk includes curriculum materials, books, documents and a DVD that can be integrated into history, social studies, reading, and language arts curriculum. Additionally, the curriculum materials include student station sheets, so students can rotate stations without the teacher having to repeat instructions.

Homestead National Historical Park

The Homestead Act of 1862 (6th - 8th)

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

The Homestead Act of 1862 impacted the United States in numerous ways. In this virtual lesson a Park Ranger will talk about how the Homestead Act of 1862 populated the West and the needs of those settling. Discussion includes how the United States acquired the land given away and the specific requirements to claim one's free land.

Homestead National Historical Park

The Legacy of the Homestead Act

• Type: Student Activities
• Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

In "The Legacy of the Homestead Act," students will identify aspects of text that reveal an author's point of view and produce their own presidential speech about the Homestead Act.

Homestead National Historical Park

Homestead Act Paperwork

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

In "Homestead Act Paperwork," students analyze primary sources to discover the sequence of forms involved in claiming land under the Homestead Act. The Homestead Act and President Lincoln unit is broken up into five lesson plans, taking 45-50 minutes to complete, targeting sixth through eighth grade students. A class does not have to complete every lesson in the unit - each lesson comes with its own set of objectives and resources. This is lesson 2 of the unit.

Homestead National Historical Park

Learning about the Homestead Act

• Type: Primary Sources
• Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

In "Learning about the Homestead Act," students utilize a written document analysis worksheet to practice the skill of analyzing primary sources (The Homestead Act).

Prince William Forest Park

Habitats: Home Sweet Home

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

Where do animals live and why? How are their needs similar to what people need? Are humans and animals so different after all? What habitats does the park offer and who lives in them? A 0.2 mile hike of the paved Piedmont Forest Trail will follow a short talk where we will look for some park "residents". This program lasts 30 minutes to one hour.

Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park

Home on the Canal

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

Students explore the past during a "Home on the Canal" field trip.

Glacier National Park

Habitat Is Home

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

Students explore the idea that animals need a home and the basic parts of a habitat.

Ellis Island Part of Statue of Liberty National Monument

Finding a Home

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

As immigrants finished processing at Ellis Island, many waited with hopes, fears, and anticipation about where they chose to settle. Some preferred the comforts of immigrant communities nearby. Others hoped to find better job opportunities outside the greater New York City area. Finding a Home simulates the experience of being a newly-arrived immigrant excited to take their next steps in America.

Cowpens National Battlefield

Letters Home

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

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Timucuan Ecological & Historic Preserve

Writing Home

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

This is designed as a post-visit activity for background information please schedule at field trip at Fort Caroline national Memorial by calling 904.641.7155.

Haleakalā National Park

A Habitat Is A Home

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

At the end of this lesson, the students will be able to demonstrate an understanding that a habitat is a home, and native habitats are the best and only home for native species.

Haleakalā National Park

Is This My Home?

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

At the end of this lesson, the students will be able to: 1. Demonstrate an understanding that a habitat is a home, and native habitats are the best and only home for native species. 2. Name three species that are only found within Haleakalā National Park. 3. Recognize that some plants and animals have specific needs and live in special homes that give them what they need.

Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park

Homes - Then and Now

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

Discover how our homes are similar and different to the life the Lincoln family's home. Meets Kentucky Kindergarten Social Studies Standards. This lesson was created by Kentucky teachers as a part of the History and Science Explore Project.

Denali National Park & Preserve

At Home in Denali's Biome

• Type: Distance Learning
• Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade

What is it about Denali’s climate and geography that make it so special . . . and so fun to explore? As students learn about winter and summer in Denali, they will be challenged to compare and contrast Denali’s subarctic biomes to their own home. Through motion and play, we’ll discover how trees and animals survive in Denali year-round, and explore a sampling of the ways humans interact with Denali’s varied landscape and terrain.

Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site

Housing: Early Homes

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

Students will gain deeper understanding about earth lodge construction by visualizing life in a Hidatsa village through guided imagery and by viewing the building an earth lodge video. They will have an opportunity to design and build their own replica earth lodge.

Acadia National Park

At Home in Acadia (Kindergarten)

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

An exploratory walk is part of each program. The focus is on sensory experiences as the group slowly and quietly moves through the forest, by the stream and in an open area. We never know what wonderful things we will find!

Acadia National Park

Resources for Families at Home

• Type: Student Activities
• Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade

Looking for fun ways to learn and grow with your children at home? Check out these resources for crafts, games, and activities that will encourage families to explore the green spaces near them and gain understanding of habitats and animals in Acadia National Park and beyond!