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Johnstown Flood National Memorial
An Interview with Colonel Elias J. Unger
- Type: Field Trips
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
During this interactive play, students will meet Colonel Elais J. Unger, president of the South Fork Fishing and Hunting Club. A ranger will portray Unger and tell the story of the Great Johnstown Flood of 1889.
Andersonville National Historic Site
Interview a Monument: Exploring the Monuments of Andersonville National Cemetery
- Type: Field Trips
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Students will learn how survivors of Andersonville and other groups memorialized Andersonville after the Civil War. Students will examine how the development of monuments in Andersonville National Cemetery reflected the development of the United States from 1890-1920.
Cowpens National Battlefield
Morgan and Tarleton Talk Show
- Type: Student Activities
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Students will be able to create a talk show or newscast interview with Daniel Morgan and Banastre Tarleton.
Andersonville National Historic Site
Report on the Treatment of Prisoners of War
- Type: Primary Sources
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
This document is the report of a House of Representatives committee which interviewed former prisoners of war and civilians imprisoned by the Confederate States of America during the Civil War.
Blackstone River Valley National Historical Park
Alice (Hadfield) Timperley and Oral History
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
In this lesson, students will gain insight into the life of Alice (Hadfield) Timperley by listening to her oral history. Then, students will think of someone important in their life to interview, come up with four questions to ask that person, and record their own oral history using FlipGrid.
Acadia National Park
Virtual: Grades 9-12: Career Day
- Type: Distance Learning
- Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade
Interview a ranger about a variety of National Park Service careers. Explore career options in science, law enforcement, search & rescue, teaching, graphics editing, management, accounting, history, cultural lands management, motor vehicle repair, heavy equipment operation, several trades, public policy, and more! Programs are tailored to each school’s needs. (45 minutes)
Ellis Island Part of Statue of Liberty National Monument
Neighborhood Treats
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade
In oral history interviews, immigrants spoke in great detail about how they felt tasting Jello, white bread, and bananas for the first time. Often they sent letters back home describing their awe and nervous anticipation of the textures and tastes of these new foods. Students will get a chance to try new foods that contributed to the immigrant experience on Ellis Island and of today.
Wright Brothers National Memorial
The Wright Community
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
How does your community help you succeed? Wilbur and Orville Wright made the first flights of human history with the support of their family and friends. In this virtual-friendly, in-classroom lesson plan, students will learn about the first flights and the people who helped make them possible by researching an assigned friend of the Wrights and performing an interview about the first flight as the person they researched. Subject(s): Social Studies and English Language Arts. Grade(s): 3rd-5th.
New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park
Lesson 6 - THE IMPORTANCE OF INTERGENERATIONAL DIALOGUE
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade
When you take the time to sit down and learn from someone who is of a different age with different experiences, the teaching and the learning experiences go both ways. For this lesson, students will read Ray Lambert’s chapter where he discusses growing up before and after segregation with a young musician named Xavier Michel.
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
This is a GM Delco Transistorized "Hybrid" (vacuum tubes and transistors) radio model 3725156, which was first offered as an option on the 1956 Chevrolet Corvette car models. Photo by Historianbuff, Wikimedia.
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
By studying change over time in their local community, students will realize that where they live has its own unique history, and different factors contributed to its current state. Students will also understand how to collect and interpret this information and comprehend the value of living people as key information holders in historical research.