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Lewis and Clark National Historical Park

Me and My Park

Type: Field Trips
Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade

A shorter ranger-conducted program for Pre-K. Designed for this age group's attention span. Includes science, a walk, and a fort program with a ranger and age appropriate activities.

Mississippi National River & Recreation Area

Take Me to the River

Type: Field Trips
Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Take Me to the River is a hands-on educational program designed for fourth graders run out of Hidden Falls Regional Park each fall. The program focuses primarily on the cultural history of the river, but also addresses geography, geology, and physical science through hands-on activities. Students rotate through three activity stations led by National Park Service rangers including orienteering, geocaching, shelter-building, and fire-building.

Olympic National Park

What's Living Around Me?

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

Students will explore and investigate 4 different areas around campus (mud puddle, rocky parking lot, grass field, tree base) to determine other living things in those areas and what they might need from those areas.

Lake Clark National Park & Preserve

Can You Identify Me?

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

Students will have the opportunity to study and identify fish as really wildlife biologists. They will watch clips taken of salmon swimming up stream through the Silver Salmon Weir in Lake Clark National Park. Their job will be to use their identification cards and see how many salmon they can identify as they swim past. Be careful -- some salmon look awfully similar!

Great Sand Dunes National Park & Preserve

You Can't See Me

Type: Field Trips ... Student Activities
Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade

On this field trip, students will understand the importance of natural coloration and camouflage in survival, considering the colors of various animals found at the park. They will look for colored items placed in a wooded or grassy area. This outdoor activity could also be done in another natural area or on school grounds.

Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park

Lincoln and Me: Exploring the Past and Present

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

Childhoods today are very different than they were for Lincoln! Meets Kentucky 2nd grade social studies standards. This lesson was created by Kentucky teachers as a part of the History and Science Explore Project.

Cane River Creole National Historical Park

Virtual Ranger Visit: What Symbolizes Me?

Type: Distance Learning
Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade

As a perfect introduction visit, students will join a Park Ranger in real time to learn about the National Park Service, and the symbolic meanings of the Arrowhead Patch! In an activity that sparks creativity, students will be able to design their own patch that represents themselves.

Whitman Mission National Historic Site

Primarily Me: Primary Sources from Whitman Mission

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

Primarily Me is a lesson for older elementary students to explore the various primary sources from Whitman Mission NHS and learn about how primary sources help us learn about the events of the past and how they can be used in different ways.

Everglades National Park

"Tell Me a Story" Native People: 4-6 Grade

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

Students will enjoy listening to a tale passed down by the Seminoles about how the world came to exist. Students will discuss why people told stories both historically and today. Then they can develop their own stories about things they observe in the world around them.

Ellis Island Part of Statue of Liberty National Monument

Immigrant Eyes

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

Coming to Ellis Island on a field trip? This self-guided activity is a great way for students to learn about the original inspection immigrants had to pass upon their arrival.

Buffalo National River

Buffalo Caves and Karst

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

This lesson was designed to help students learn about karst landscapes and how erosion can form various land features (ex. caves).

Andersonville National Historic Site

Victory from Within: The American Prisoner of War Curriculum

Type: Other Education Materials
Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

Educating young people about the sacrifices made by American prisoners of war (POWs) is a shared goal of the Friends of Andersonville, the American Ex-Prisoners of War, the Korean War Ex-POW Association, Nam-POW, and the National Parks Service. The Curriculum is designed to accompany the traveling exhibit, but it can also be utilized with a visit to the National Prisoner of War Museum at Andersonville National Historic Site or as a standalone curriculum.

Hot Springs National Park

Turning Water into Medicine

Type: Field Trips
Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

This student-led exploration of historic Fordyce Bathhouse Museum and Visitor Center allows students to use historical sources to understand how the bathhouses influenced medical practices in the United States in the early 20th century. Designed for 4th grade social studies lessons.

Blackstone Canal History: Informational Text Skill Development

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

How can close reading of an informational text help me explore and understand the history of the Blackstone Canal?

Andersonville National Historic Site

Contributions relating to the causation and prevention of disease, and to camp diseases; together with a report of the diseases, etc., among the prisoners at Andersonville, Ga

Type: Primary Sources
Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

This report by the non-governmental U.S Sanitary Commission is devoted to a series of medical issues pertaining to the Civil War. A third of the book is devoted to Andersonville, written by Confederate surgeon Joseph Jones, M.D. Portions of his essay are derived from the report he attempted to suppress at the end of the war.

Fort Scott National Historic Site

(1860s) Saws and Scalpels: Civil War Medicine

Type: Field Trips
Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

During the program, students volunteers discuss symptoms, diagnose illnesses, and determine treatments. The Civil War Medical program can be presented any time of year, except during Life on the Frontier programs and special events, providing that staffing is available. Program time runs from fifteen to forty-five minutes. This version is designed for middle school level.

Gettysburg National Military Park

Field Hospital: Caring for the Wounded

Type: Field Trips ... Student Activities
Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

The Battle of Gettysburg is well known for its stories of courage and bravery on the battlefield. Lesser known is the story of the medical personnel, Union and Confederate, who had by 1863 greatly improved their bases of knowledge and organization to save lives and improve living conditions for the sick and wounded of the war. This program focuses on what happened to the sick and wounded Civil War soldiers before, during, and especially after battles.

Springfield Armory National Historic Site

Jobs at Springfield Armory

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

It is known that Springfield Armory manufactured millions of firearms for the U.S. military. Who were the people that were responsible for the assembly of all those weapons? What skills did workers need to have to be hired for work at the Armory, and what jobs did they perform while they were there? This lesson uses newspaper articles from the early to mid-20th century to explore the multitude of trades that were practiced by those employees and the skills that were required for employment.

Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park

Family Matters: The Life of a Slave Family Pre-Visit Activity

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

Family was central to Harriet Tubman's life. As she wrote, "I was free; but there was no one to welcome me to the land of freedom. I was a stranger in a strange land; and my home, after all, was down in Maryland; because my father, my mother, my brothers, and sisters, and friends were there. But I was free, and they should be free." What compelled Tubman to return for her loved ones on multiple trips to guide them to freedom?

Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site

Who Are the Tuskegee Airmen?

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

Two famous Tuskegee Experiments were conducted in the small town of Tuskegee, Alabama between 1932 and 1972. One conducted by the U.S. Public Health Service (Public Health) beginning in 1932, later called the Tuskegee Syphilis Study. The other conducted by the U.S. Army Air Corps (Air Corps) beginning in 1941, the participants of which were later dubbed "Tuskegee Airmen"

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