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Andersonville National Historic Site

A list of the Union soldiers buried at Andersonville

• Type: Primary Sources
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Dorence, a prisoner held at Andersonville for eleven months, spent much of his time held at the prison as a paroled prisoner, working in the hospital office as a clerk. It was in this capacity that he made a secret copy of the death register. He and Clara Barton accompanied the Army expedition to Andersonville in the summer of 1865.

President William Jefferson Clinton Birthplace Home National Historic Site

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

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"The Great Chief Justice" at Home (Teaching with Historic Places)

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

This lesson plan examines the home of US Supreme Court Justice John Marshall and his public and private roles.

“The Rockets’ Red Glare”: Francis Scott Key and the Bombardment of Fort McHenry (Teaching with Historic Places)

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

Learn about Fort McHenry during the War of 1812.

Alaska's Site Summit: Cold War Defense and its Legacy in the North (Teaching with Historic Places)

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

Learn about Alaska's Site Summit and Nike Hercules, a nationwide ground-based anti-aircraft missile system that protected the U.S. during the Cold War.

"The Honor of Your Company is Requested": Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Ball at the Patent Office (Teaching with Historic Places)

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

This lesson plan explores the Patent Office building, the site of President Abraham Lincoln’s second inaugural ball.

"Journey from Slavery to Statesman": The Homes of Frederick Douglass

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

This lesson is based on the National Register of Historic Places registration files for Wye House, Nathan and Polly Johnson House (and photographs), and Frederick Douglass National Historic Site (and photographs), as well as other source materials on the life of Frederick Douglass.

A Nation Repays Its Debt: The National Soldiers' Home and Cemetery in Dayton, Ohio (Teaching with Historic Places)

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

Learn about the Dayton National Cemetery and the soldiers buried there.

Building America's Industrial Revolution: The Boott Cotton Mills of Lowell, Massachusetts (Teaching with Historic Places)

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

Learn about the Boott Cotton Mills complex in Massachusetts, which contains mills built from the mid-1830s to the early 20th century.

Everglades National Park

"The Water Watch" Water: 4-6 Grade

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

The student will be able to: a) list two reasons why water conservation is necessary for the preservation of the Everglades, b) list two ways in which they can increase community involvement in water conservation, and c) produce a petition which lists ways to conserve water and get at least one hundred signatures on their petition.

Brown v. Board: Five Communities That Changed America (Teaching with Historic Places)

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

Learn about the 1954 U.S. Supreme Court case that struck down "separate but equal".

Cowpens National Battlefield

The Way I See It, Daniel Morgan is a “Fye” Guy!

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

Students will pick from a list and retell/rewrite the victory of the patriot forces at Cowpens.

Ninety Six National Historic Site

Star Fort: Whose side are you on anyway?

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

Objectives At the end of this activity, the student will be able to list the reasons for fighting for both the British and the Americans.

Traveling the Oregon and Santa Fe Trails

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

This lesson is designed to review the purpose of the Santa Fe and Oregon Trails. The students will also expand their knowledge of each trail and put a plan together for a trip on each trail. This plan will include a packing list for their wagons. The students will use primary sources to help form their plans and packing list.

Everglades National Park

“Going… Going… Gone!” Water: 4-6 Grade

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

The students will be able to: a) list two of the factors involved in the extinction of small populations, and b) differentiate between an individual organism, a species, and a population.

Herbert Hoover National Historic Site

Wants Versus Needs in a Changing World

• Type: Student Activities
• Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade

As they tour Herbert Hoover's tiny birthplace, students make a list of the Hoover’s material possessions and compare the family’s wants and needs with their own.

Colorado National Monument

Roca, Roca, Roca

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

At the end of this lesson, students will be able to identify and list characteristics of igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks and will be able to describe how each rock is formed.

Everglades National Park

"Food Chain Gang" Everglades ABCs: 2nd Grade

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

Students will be able to define herbivore, carnivore, and omnivore listing three Everglades animals found in each group and will be able to describe three Everglades food chains.

Grand Canyon National Park

Lumber, The Green Book, and Grand Canyon

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

From lumber workers in Northern Arizona to listings in the Green Book, learn about the ways Black Americans have long contributed to Grand Canyon History.

Everglades National Park

"The Everglades are on Fuego" Habitat Video: Pine Rocklands

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

The students will be able to distinguish the difference between the four different Everglades ecosystems listed in the key vocabulary- Pine Rocklands, Sawgrass Prairies, Coastal Prairies, Hardwood Hammocks. The students will be able to describe the importance of fire and lightning to the Everglades.