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Herbert Hoover National Historic Site
From Iowa To The World
- Type: Field Trips ... Student Activities
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
How did daily life of a rural community in the 1870s and 1880s compare to our own daily lives? Did events of Herbert Hoover's childhood motivate his career in public service? What did Herbert Hoover do to be recognized as a good citizen of the world? A visit to historic buildings from President Hoover's childhood helps answer these questions.
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Consider the impact of Hoover's boyhood years on his desire to help starving children as the administrator of the Belgian Relief Commission during World War I.
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Understand the "servant" experience in early 20th-century America, as well as the pros and cons for women working in factories versus domestic service.
George Washington Carver National Monument
George Washington Carver - The Artist: Yucca and Cactus
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Focusing on Carver's career choice and the impact it made on the lives of others, this lesson concludes with students creating a floral relief sculpture.
George Washington Carver National Monument
George Washington Carver - An Original Conservationist: The Man, the Scientist, The Artist
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade
Today’s focus is to gather a basic understanding of who GWC was, where he came from, how he got his education, what purpose he saw for his life and the focus of his work. More depth can be added by having students complete presentations over Carver. By breaking the class into groups each group can do their own presentation over the whole topic or can be focused on one portion so that through the whole class all the information is gathered and provided to students.
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.
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade
This virtual field trip can be completed as a whole class or individual if your school has student devices (Google Earth can be used on most devices, including cellphones). The information can be found on the attached Google Slides and Microsoft PowerPoint Slides. The presentation will explore the biomes and climates that the Lewis and Clark expedition traveled through during their exploration of the North American Interior. The slides include short videos (Hyperlinked to YouTube), Google Earth
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade
This lesson will present the diversity of animals found along the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail, and will help students understand what we can learn about animals from the way they live and move.
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Using the Webquest Slides, students will explore and learn about the important members and contributors to the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Each slide will have links) to National Park web pages with information about each member or group. For each member, students find four facts and write a sentence about their role (contribution) to the expedition. This activity can be done in a handful of ways, with the suggested method being a Jigsaw.