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Cane River Creole National Historical Park

Cartography: Map Making and Red River Campaign of 1864 Battle Plans

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

Learn about the Red River Campaign of 1864, and how maps contributed to the Civil War. Test your skills as a cartographer as you try to recreate the Battle of Maisfield through this map building activity.

Glacier National Park

Making the Mountains

• Type: Distance Learning
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Glacier’s mountainous landscape tells the tale of the powerful geologic forces that have shaped the land over time. In this program, students will investigate the many geologic forces that have sculpted the mountains of Glacier by learning about the four main stages of the park’s geologic formations; silt, tilt, slide, and glide. Through hands-on activities and discussion, students will become immersed in the geologic story of Glacier National Park.

Yellowstone National Park

Making Tracks

• Type: Student Activities
• Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade

Students will compare the tracks of grizzly bears, wolves and humans and make observations about their similarities and differences.

Cedar Creek & Belle Grove National Historical Park

Sketches & Maps

• Type: Guest Speakers
• Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

Students will have an opportunity to demonstrate creativity in sketching an image as a war correspondent or creating their own version of a civil war map, based on the methods that original map makers and sketch artists used.

Rocky Mountain National Park

Maps to the Rescue!

• Type: Distance Learning
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Maps are important tools that help us understand the world we live in and help us communicate important information about the past and present. During this program, students will discover the importance of maps for visitors and rangers in Rocky Mountain National Park by becoming Search and Rescue rangers, using maps and clues in a scenario to find a missing hiker.

Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument

Geologic Maps

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

Students will make their own interpretive map of the Florissant valley using either watercolor paint or whatever else is available to them. The students will create their maps using a video filmed at the overlook point on the geologic trail to provide them with a large view of the valley. They will use Arthur Lakes’ 1878 watercolor map of the Florissant valley as a reference.

Haleakalā National Park

Map Analysis

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

Haleakalā National Park protects the biodiversity of endemic species. This activity will introduce students to the boundaries and topography of Haleakalā National Park.

Acadia National Park

Sound Mapping

• Type: Student Activities ... Other Education Materials
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Students learn that scientists make observations using a variety of senses. Students practice the skill of observation through listening to collect data in their local environment.

Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park

Mapping a Neighborhood

• Type: Field Trips
• Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

Students will be able to recognize, identify, and draw significant landmarks on a map.

Tumacácori National Historical Park

Mapping Tumacácori

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

Students will be able to differentiate between three different types of maps.

Making a Trace Fossil

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

Students get the opportunity to understand the difference between a trace fossil and impressions made in sediment through weathering.

Fossil Butte National Monument

Making a Fossil Game

• Type: Lesson Plan
• Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade

Students will play a game where a volunteer plays a fish that sinks to the bottom of the lake after death. The remaining students will slowly cover the volunteer with their jackets, showing how over time organisms are covered with sediment and slowly become a fossil.

Timpanogos Cave National Monument

How to Make a Cave

• Type: Distance Learning
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Just the power of weathering, erosion, and deposition is enough to make a cave! Students will explore a virtual scan of Timpanogos Cave to discover evidence of these concepts.

Mapping the Battle of Cowpens

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

Students will participate in a web quest and create an interactive map of the battle that shows the placement of and information about the different troops and their leaders.

Cowpens National Battlefield

Location and Map Reading

• Type: Student Activities
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

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Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park

Where in the World: Maps

• Type: Lesson Plan
• Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade

Students will identify geographic features of Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Park and the importance of the different features by using a map, photos and other tools to locate these places during their visit at the park. Meets Kentucky Second Grade Science Standards. This lesson was created by Kentucky teachers as a part of the History and Science Explore Project.

Lewis and Clark National Historical Park

Stepping Off the Map

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

Map making was an important part of the Lewis and Clark expedition. Maps of the era were often just best guesses as to what could possibly lie in the middle of the continent. In this lesson your students will learn about the maps of the expedition and even make one of their own based on descriptions.

Fort Scott National Historic Site

A Map Changed by Destiny

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

Students become characters on a map of the western US in the 1840s as Fort Scott soldiers help to bring about rapid westward expansion

Cumberland Island National Seashore

Make Your Own Barometer

• Type: Student Activities
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Students will learn about the scientific instrument called a barometer. They will be able to create their own barometer at home and record atmospheric pressure data.

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Make Your Own Astrolabe

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

Students build their own astrolabe to examine stars and planets in the night sky and observe relative movement using basic observations and geometry.