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Freeing the Elwha ("Local History")
History Detectives: 1777, On-Site Education Program
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.
In-School Programs
- 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?
- Type: Distance Learning
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Want to learn about President Dwight D. Eisenhower? Curious about the National Park Service and what a ranger does? Schedule a time for one of our NPS rangers to join you and your students for a fun conversation about the National Park Service, Dwight and Mamie Eisenhower, and the field of history! This program can accommodate numerous age levels and is designed to give your students a chance to explore presidential history, the NPS, and more with a park ranger!
Field Studies Programs
Carroll Homestead Program
- Type: Field Trips
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Students are welcome to join role-playing rangers in historical recreation of the Carroll Homestead. Designed around fourth grade Maine state standards, this program explores the contrast between 1800s Maine and contemporary society. Games, costumes, and the beautiful "Mountain House" tell a story of one family's subsistence life in early Maine
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
Plains Indians Scout Program
Teacher-Ranger-Teacher Program
Sedimentary Sleuths Program Planner
- Type: Field Trips
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
This hands-on program takes place at Sand Beach and is an exploration of geological processes such as weathering and erosion. Interpretation of geologic and topographic maps is included.
Park History Talk
- Type: Field Trips ... Guest Speakers
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade