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New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park

Lesson 2 - HOPE

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

This is the second set of lessons in a multi lesson unit. It focuses on the idea of HOPE under OPPRESSION. In this unit students journal in the first person as if they are passing through the experience of Enslavement-Resistance-Escape/Emancipation. It is based on the two-cd set Freedom Is Coming: Songs of Freedom, Resistance, and the Underground Railroad, available from the New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park, 916 North Peters Street, New Orleans, La, 70116. www.nps.gov/jazz

President William Jefferson Clinton Birthplace Home National Historic Site

Hope Inspired Community

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

Read aloud "So You Want To Be President", discuss as a group then create a timeline

President William Jefferson Clinton Birthplace Home National Historic Site

Hope Springs Eternal

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

Students will participate with “Vote with Your Feet” activity where they stand on a spectrum based on yes and no questions. Students will physically stand on the spectrum depending on their response. Possible questions: Do you have siblings? Is there hope in Hope Arkansas? Are you an activist?

Antietam National Battlefield

The Bloodiest Day in American History -- Hope for Freedom

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

Students will assume the role of war correspondents and gather facts about the battle and President Lincoln's issuance of the Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation through analysis of primary and secondary sources.

Ellis Island Part of Statue of Liberty National Monument

“Island of Hope, Island of Tears” Movie Worksheet (Grades 3-6)

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

One of the best things to do on your field trip to Ellis Island. With a large auditorium setting for your class, narrator Gene Hackman will guide your students through the immigrant journey with this classic film! This activity sheet is a great way to keep your students engaged as they explore the historic footage of Ellis Island's past!

Ellis Island Part of Statue of Liberty National Monument

“Island of Hope, Island of Tears” Movie Worksheet (Grades 7-12)

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

One of the best things to do on your field trip to Ellis Island. With a large auditorium setting for your class, narrator Gene Hackman will guide your students through the immigrant journey with this classic film! This activity sheet is a great way to keep your students engaged as they explore the historic footage of Ellis Island's past!

Blackstone River Valley National Historical Park

Peace Picnics and Community in Hopedale

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

In 1842, a group of like-minded individuals created a commune called Hopedale. Under the leadership of minister Adin Ballou, people came to Hopedale to live out their values, which included Christian non-resistance and abolition. In this lesson, students will read primary source accounts about anti-slavery meetings and celebrations independence in Hopedale, MA and consider how people use speeches and print to make persuasive arguments.

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.

Ellis Island Part of Statue of Liberty National Monument

Checking In

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

Students will describe some of the difficulties immigrants faced when processed at Ellis Island, and identify with some of the hopes and reservations (feelings) of immigrants arriving to the United States.

President William Jefferson Clinton Birthplace Home National Historic Site

In a Word (Post Visit)

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

Introduce President Clinton as a Hope native. Students will research his life and presidency. Add facts to sticky notes and place on wall or board for everyone to view. Students will create a poster or pamphlet using "sticky note facts".

New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park

LESSON 10: LANGUAGE LESSON- NONC BELOUTE

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

This is a fun and catchy song. Using it in the lessons will add to the fun. Students will learn additional Kréyol phrases. It is hoped that word and phrases are beginning to sound familiar due to previous lessons. Follow same template as HEY NOM and SAN MALÓ.

President William Jefferson Clinton Birthplace Home National Historic Site

How Have You Been?

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

Compose a letter to yourself, one generation in the future. Predict your lifestyle changes and accomplishments in comparison to your past. WRITING PROMPT: "It's been twenty years since we last spoke and I hope you've been busy."

Klondike Gold Rush - Seattle Unit National Historical Park

Seattle Streets

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

What kinds of opportunities and problems arise during large events like the gold rush? What role did Seattle play for many hoping to strike it rich in the Yukon? How did decisions people made in Seattle affect their time in the Klondike?

Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve

Battle of New Orleans - PreVisit Activities

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

Through a timeline and mapping activity, students will learn the major events of the War of 1812 and the New Orleans campaign and be able to put them into a timeline. They will understand the importance of water trade routes during the period and learn why New Orleans was such an important port---and a prize that Great Britain hoped to capture.

Gateway Arch National Park

City of Immigrants Traveling Trunk

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

"Congratulations, you are now citizens of the United States!" Thousands of immigrants came to the United States and longed to hear these words. They hoped to build better lives for themselves and their families. In this traveling trunk, students will join three immigrant families--the Reillys, the Kuhlmanns, and the Martinos--as they immigrated to the United States and made St. Louis their home.

Catoctin Mountain Park

The Blacksmith in Society Lesson Plan #5 - Revitalizing the Spirit

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

To illustrate how the use, conservation or depletion of natural resources affects an area. To show how people "return to nature" hoping to find inspiration that will help them cope with the stresses of their everyday lives. To tell how Franklin Roosevelt's economic recovery programs jumpstarted the American economy and left a legacy for future generations.

Catoctin Mountain Park

The Blacksmith in Society Lesson Plan #5 - Revitalizing the Spirit

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

To illustrate how the use, conservation or depletion of natural resources affects an area. To show how people "return to nature" hoping to find inspiration that will help them cope with the stresses of their everyday lives. To tell how Franklin Roosevelt's economic recovery programs jumpstarted the American economy and left a legacy for future generations.

African Americans and the War of 1812: A Lightning Lesson from Teaching with Historic Places

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

The War of 1812, which pitted the United States, Great Britain and their allies against each over the course of three years, turned into an opportunity for enslaved African Americans to advocate for their freedom. Between the summers of 1813 and 1814, 4,000-5,000 fled to the side of the British, in the hopes of securing freedom and safe passage for themselves and their families.

Blackstone River Valley National Historical Park

Conflicting Values: John Brown and Adin Ballou

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

This lesson plan invites students to consider the conflicting views of leading abolitionists in the years leading to the Civil War. There is a special focus on Adin Ballou, a Practical Christian who advocated for non-resistance, and leaders who supported violent tactics.   

Gettysburg National Military Park

Pickett's Charge: A Critical Look

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

Battle, as shown by "Pickett's Charge", was a sad, costly, and frightening experience during which soldiers exhibited many examples of courage, devotion, fighting ability and fear. The Pickett's Charge student education program seeks to personalize the battle by having each student focus on the life and sacrifice of one soldier. By role-playing the soldiers in one regiment involved in the infantry assault, it is hoped that the emotional context of battle is revealed.