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Gateway Arch National Park

Lewis and Clark

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

In this program, students learn about the Corps of Discovery's trip to the Pacific Coast from 1803 to 1806, which started and ended in St. Louis. Students also learn about the members of the expedition and the people they interacted with throughout the voyage.

Shenandoah National Park

Life at Lewis Mountain

• Type: Distance Learning
• Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade

This interactive program takes students through the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s and the struggle to make all of Shenandoah National Park for all people.

Gateway Arch National Park

Lewis and Clark Traveling Trunk

• Type: Traveling Trunk
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Learn about the Lewis and Clark voyage from the eyes of Patrick Gass, the longest living member of the expedition, in this interactive traveling trunk.

Gateway Arch National Park

Lewis and Clark (Distance Learning)

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

Students in this distance learning program will learn about the Corps of Discovery's expedition to the Pacific Coast from St. Louis, a round trip that took three years to complete between 1803 and 1806. They will also learn about the lives of Lewis and Clark and the people they interacted with during the expedition.

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.

Important Members of the Lewis and Clark Expedition

• 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.

Biomes and Climates of the Lewis and Clark Expedition

• 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

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.

The Lewis and Clark Expedition: Documenting the Uncharted Northwest

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

Follow a trail of discovery to the Pacific Northwest. Although the corps' findings destroyed the dream of a water route to the Pacific Ocean, their accomplishments had far reaching effects in expanding human knowledge and opening a new course for American history.

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.

To Code or Not to Code, That was the Question.

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

In preparation for the Lewis and Clark expedition Meriwether Lewis and Thomas Jefferson practiced using a newly created cipher. This lesson will teach students how to use the same cipher that they had practiced with for their own use in real life and emphasize the importance of security.

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.

Friendship Hill National Historic Site

Albert Gallatin: A Most Astonishing Man - Gallatin and the Lewis and Clark Expedition - Lesson 4

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

In this lesson the students will use a student reading to learn about the planning and eventual success of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Just like today, when you go on a trip you plan and pack. Meriwether Lewis planned and packed for the expedition. The activity sheet has the students match some of the supplies Lewis brought with what type of supplies they were. The students also write about how they think planning may have helped the expedition.

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.

Natchez Trace Parkway

The Spark of Bravery, A Fire of Discovery

• Type: Distance Learning ... Field Trips
• Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade

One of the bravest men in American history, join us for 45-minutes as we take a look at the incredible life of Meriwether Lewis from childhood through the Corps of Discovery, to his final days along Natchez Trace. *This program briefly discusses his suicide, with minimal detail, and the National Suicide Prevention hotline contact information

Natchez Trace Parkway

Traces Through Time: A General History of the Natchez Trace

• Type: Distance Learning ... Field Trips ... Field Schools & Institutes
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Are you a person who likes history or national parks? Join us for 45-minutes and learn the history of the Parkway, going back thousands of years when bison roamed through today. Learn about the people, explorations and stories held along this special place.