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Yellowstone National Park

Learning about the NPS Arrowhead & other Symbols

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

The arrowhead is the symbol for the National Park Service. This shape reminds us of the culture and history National Park sites protect. Each picture inside the arrowhead represents something that is protected in a National Park site. Students learn how the design of the National Park Service arrowhead is made up of symbols and then have a chance to create their own design.

Ste. Geneviève National Historical Park

Mississippi River Vocabulary

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

Introductory materials to set the foundation for learning about rivers and how people have interacted with them over time. This lesson is self-contained and does not require additional material. This lesson is designed as preparation for the Settling the Mississippi unit so familiarity with later lessons may help educators steer this lesson toward uniform terms and repeatable examples throughout the unit.

Tumacácori National Historical Park

Investigate Mission 2000 Records

• Type: Primary Sources ... Student Activities
• Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

Original, primary source text from mission records have been translated and digitized into a searchable database called Mission 2000. Students will use the online database to trace a person's life events, family members, occupation, and tribe.

Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument

Salinas Pueblo Missions Astronomy Program

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

Pre-Planning Night Sky Trip Unit

Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area

National Parks Legacy: Nature and Culture...NPS Protects Both! Grades Pre K-1

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

The National Park Legacy aims to introduce students to the work of the National Park Service. This lesson describes the kind of features preserved by the park service, including natural, cultural, and historical resources.

San Antonio Missions: Spanish Influence in Texas

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

Most Americans know the clarion call "Remember the Alamo!" and have a hazy recollection that the "fort" originally had been built as a Spanish mission. What is less well known outside the Southwest is that the Mission San Antonio de Valero–the Alamo–was only one of a chain of missions along the San Antonio River. Established between 1718 and 1731, these missions were built not only to spread the faith of the conquistadors, but also to serve multiple foreign policy objectives for the Spanish.

Natchez Trace Parkway

Out of the Depths and into the Park: Geology of the Mississippi River Valley

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

Learn the role of geologic activity in drawing people to the Mississippi River Valley. This 45-minute program discusses the physical and human characteristics of places and regions and how they are connected to human identities and cultures.

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.

Bryce Canyon National Park

The Arrowhead: Emblem of the National Park Service

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

Learn about the mission of the National Park Service and how it relates to Bryce Canyon National Park through a guided exploration of the elements represented on the NPS Arrowhead emblem.

Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area

National Park Service 101

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

The National Park Service (NPS) is a governmental agency that contains over 400 sites across the country united by a common mission. As future engages citizens, it is important for students to understand what we do, how we accomplish our mission, and how they are able to help in the future.

Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

The Arrowhead: Emblem of the National Park Service Elementary Lesson

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

In this lesson students will learn about the mission of the National Park Service and how it relates to Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore through a guided exploration of elements represented on the NPS Arrowhead emblem. By the end of the lesson, students will be able to answer the questions: *How do the five elements on the arrowhead emblem symbolize the NPS? *How can the five elements on the arrowhead emblem be seen at the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore?

Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

The Arrowhead: Emblem of the National Park Service Middle School Lesson

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

In this lesson students will learn about the mission of the National Park Service and how it relates to Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore through a guided exploration of elements represented on the NPS Arrowhead emblem. By the end of the lesson, students will be able to answer the questions: *How do the five elements on the arrowhead emblem symbolize the NPS? *How can the five elements on the arrowhead emblem be seen at the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore?

Wax Museum

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

Photo credit: NPS photo

Devils Postpile National Monument

Exploring Climate Science (Watershed)

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

Rainbow Falls. NPS Photo

Cedar Creek & Belle Grove National Historical Park

Every Kid Outdoors

• Type: Guest Speakers
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Students will learn the National Park Service mission while getting an overview of Cedar Creek & Belle Grove NHP. They will understand the different types of parks within NPS and how many are within a close distance of where they live. They will learn about the different types of jobs park rangers do.

River Raisin National Battlefield Park

A Soldier's Notes From Michigan's Big Battle

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

Territory during the War of 1812 in Monroe, MI. This lesson will explore maps and primary sources to understand the significance of the battlefields. By the end of the lesson, students will be able to answer the question: Why should River Raisin and other War of 1812 battlefields be preserved and protected?

Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park

Activities for Home - Dark Skies

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

Night Sky over Kīlauea Caldera NPS Photo/Janice Wei

Andersonville National Historic Site

Self-guided Field Trip of Andersonville

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

Montage of students walking the prison site and a cemetery monument. NPS/C. Barr

Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park

Reader's Theatre: Challenges on the Canal

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

Poor Captain Meyers certainly had a bad day today! NPS/CHOH collection

Chapter 4 Lesson Plan: The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1963

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

NPS Employee talking to a group of children in Harpers Ferry National Historical Park. She wears the 1962 women's uniform with badge and pill box hat. She is not wearing the uniform coat. NPS History Collection photo by M. Woodbridge Williams.