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Freeing the Elwha ("Local History")
Exploring Our Local Plant Life
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade
Students will be able to make observations of different plants that live in their local habitat. By the end of the lesson students will be able to compare the similarities and differences of their local plant life to the plant life in the coastal region of the Olympic National Park.
- 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.
Why Visit His Home?
History on Trial
- Type: Field Trips
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
History Hunters
- Type: Traveling Trunk
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
This activity trunk is designed to introduce learners to the ways that historians, archeologists, and anthropologists use primary resources to learn about the past. Students will role-play by wearing costumes identifying each as an anthropologist, archeologist, or historian.
History and Technology
- Type: Student Activities
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
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Historical Characters
- Type: Student Activities
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

In this activity, students will learn about nine key participants in the Battles of Palo Alto and Resaca de la Palma and the Siege of Fort Brown. They will discover how the personalities of these key leaders helped them during these clashes and influenced their outcome. Students them compare their own personality traits to discover how they are like or different from these leaders.
Do History and Science at the Tsongas Industrial History Center
George Washington Carver - The Artist: Resource to His People
Park History Talk
- Type: Field Trips ... Guest Speakers
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Sweep Through History
History of Kingsley Plantation
"Historic" Journal Activity
Russian History Kit
Timucuan History Hunt
- Type: Field Trips
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
This on-site scavenger hunt worksheet will aid elementary students in exploring Kingsley Plantation.
Cabin Camp History Talk
- Type: Field Trips
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade