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Niobrara National Scenic River

Buffalo Soldiers & Dominant Narratives

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

35 minutes classroom time https://youtu.be/7U5ai5NQ5Yc Students will hear the untold story of the Black American Solders, Buffalo Soldiers, who lived and worked at Fort Niobrara on the Niobrara River and then examine the dominant and counter narratives of the soldiers along with dominant narratives in their own lives by writing for inquiry and critical analysis of current events.

Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site

Carl Sandburg's Performance Poetry

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

Performance Poetry The purpose of this lesson is for students to understand that poetry must be expressed to be understood well. The students will view performance poetry and then select a poem to act out for their class.

Haleakalā National Park

Nā Manu o Haleakalā

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

Nā Manu o Haleakalā

Andersonville National Historic Site

Narrative of privations and sufferings of United States officers and soldiers while prisoners of war in the hands of the Rebel authorities

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

This report, published by the non-governmental United States Sanitary Commission provides multiple accounts of the treatment of Union prisoners of war in Confederate military prisons.

Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve

Perform Your Own Play-doh Crawfish Dissection

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

Dissect a play-doh crawfish with Dr. Liz! Crawfish are more than just arthropods, they are an iconic species and food source in Southeastern Louisiana. We know “pinch the tail” and “suck the head”, but there is more to crawfish than just a boil! In this activity, you will create your own crawfish with clay or play-doh and follow along with Dr. Liz!

Wind Cave National Park

Parts Per Million

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

A short demonstration to illustrate how scientists measure pollution and why small amounts have large impacts.

Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site

The Lost Cause: Slave Narratives in Western North Carolina (Grades 9-12) Lesson 3 of 3 Carl Sandburg Home NHS

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

This is the 3rd of 3 lessons that help students learn about the nuances of romanticized myth and incomplete histories in western North Carolina (WNC). This lesson enables high school students to analyze the Lost Cause narrative that rose after the Civil War. Students will use primary and secondary sources to study the foundations of the Lost Cause revisionist history, from racism to regionalism. Students will develop analytical skills to study history that still divides the American people.

Acadia National Park

"Historic" Journal Activity

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

Students are able to explore life in an 1800’s homestead. They will write narratives to explain their understanding of life at an 1800’s homestead.

Cuyahoga Valley National Park

Low Bridge, Everybody Down

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

Explore the Canal Exploration Center to learn about the history and economic importance of the Ohio & Erie Canal. Learn about this time period as you view a historic canal lock, hike on the Towpath Trail and discover primary sources that provide narratives of life during the canal era.

Wright Brothers National Memorial

The Wright Community

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

How does your community help you succeed? Wilbur and Orville Wright made the first flights of human history with the support of their family and friends. In this virtual-friendly, in-classroom lesson plan, students will learn about the first flights and the people who helped make them possible by researching an assigned friend of the Wrights and performing an interview about the first flight as the person they researched. Subject(s): Social Studies and English Language Arts. Grade(s): 3rd-5th.

Puʻuhonua o Hōnaunau National Historical Park

Telling the Stories of Pu'uhonua o Hōnaunau

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

Pu'uhonua o Hōnaunau contains many stories of past and present Hawaiian peoples. This lesson couples 3D virtual tours with oral histories, archeological data, and historical information to reveal and explore these narratives. Este plan de clase con actividades incluido también está disponible en español.

Niobrara National Scenic River

Prehistoric Species of the Niobrara River

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

40 minutes classroom time https://youtu.be/N1baY1BbEYA Students will be able to compose a fictional first-person narrative from the perspective of a prehistoric species of the Niobrara National Scenic River following the guided prompts to examine and articulate its internal and external life experience of changing climate and landscape in a 9 minute essay.

Capulin Volcano National Monument

Let's Talk Lava

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

Students will explore Capulin Volcano while performing various tasks from provided worksheets.

Haleakalā National Park

ʻĀhinahina Haleakalā

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

Eia ihola ke kiʻi o nā ʻĀhinahina ma Haleakalā. Akāka ke kiʻi o ka ʻĀhinahina mākua.

Gateway Arch National Park

Public Speaker

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

Speaking in public is a powerful way to connect with people. Girl Scouts will learn the skills of public speaking and then “perform” for the group.

Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve

Science on the Prairie

• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

In these lesson plans, students will perform scientific research on the prairie to learn of the importance of grasshoppers, fire, and aquatic invertebrates are to the prairie

Glacier National Park

Who Grows There?

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

Students will compile a collection of exotic and noxious plants for identification purposes, and perform a service learning eradication project in their community.

Cape Lookout National Seashore

Past, Present, and Future: Shackleford Horses Unit

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

Lesson plan activities designed to be used over 8 class periods, each activity will need 60 minutes. This lesson plan will cover 6th-8th grade social studies relating everything back to the horse on Shackleford Banks, NC. This lesson plan has several activities to get students discussing and creating maps, charts, graphs, and historical narratives that explain historic events.

Acadia National Park

I Notice I Wonder Lesson

• Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade

These ~1-minute non-narrated video clips of Acadia’s resources are designed to be shared with your students for them to generate “I Notice, I Wonder, and I’m Reminded Of” statements.

Wright or Wrong

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

Were Wilbur and Orville Wright really the first people to fly? In this in-class lesson plan, students will perform research and debate two points of view in order to answer that question. Subject: English Language Arts. Grades: 6th-8th.