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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.
Natchez Trace Parkway
Those Who Walked Before Us: American Indians of the Natchez Trace
- Type: Distance Learning ... Field Trips
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
There is always so much to learn from people who were here before us. Join us in this 45-minute program in learning about the people who called this place home for over 12,000 years. From the Paleo-Indian period, the Trail of Tears to today, the American Indians of Natchez Trace have seen it all.
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
Read with a Ranger If You Were a Kid During the Civil War
- Type: Distance Learning
- Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade
Are your early elementary students interested in history and the Natchez Trace? This program employs a story of two friends, a boy and a girl, to teach young people about the injustices which occurred during the Civil War. This program also ties these themes to the Natchez Trace and its history during the Civil War and the role the Natchez Trace played in preserving slavery.
Natchez Trace Parkway
Read with a Ranger Crossing Bok Chitto
- Type: Distance Learning
- Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade
Are you finding it difficult to teach or discuss slavery and oppression as part of America’s history? This story discusses trust, resiliency, and the presence of Choctaw and enslaved African Americans along the Natchez Trace, as well as the role of the Mississippi River, in creating the history of the region.
Natchez Trace Parkway
Read with a Ranger Charlotte Spies for Justice
- Type: Distance Learning
- Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade
Are you finding it difficult to teach or discuss the Civil War and slavery with early elementary students? This program discusses bravery and making difficult choices. A brief discussion of the battlefields, as well as general survival along the Natchez Trace is incorporated.
Natchez Trace Parkway
Read with a Ranger Saltypie
- Type: Distance Learning
- Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade
As one of the contributing creators of the Natchez Trace, the Choctaw Nation played a pivotal role in Mississippi. They initially occupied the bottom third of the state, before their staged removal to Oklahoma. This program discusses the concepts of family, strength, and resiliency in terminology appropriate for elementary-aged children, while staying true to the concepts of race and removal along the Natchez Trace.
Natchez Trace Parkway
Read with a Ranger 'C' is for Chickasaw
- Type: Distance Learning
- Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade
Designed for early elementary students, this program uses the alphabet as a tool to teach students about Chickasaw culture. The Chickasaw Nation has historically occupied the top half of Mississippi and played an integral role in the formation and utilization of the Natchez Trace and continues to play a significant role in the culture of the community of the area.
Natchez Trace Parkway
Read with a Ranger Two Friends: Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglass
- Type: Distance Learning
- Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade
This program illustrates how a woman and a former enslaved person worked towards changing society. It ties women and enslaved people’s roles in the formation and continuation of the Natchez Trace.
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.
Haleakalā National Park
Nā Manu o Haleakalā
- Type: Field Trips
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Nā Manu o Haleakalā
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
The spotted salamander is indigenous to the areas surrounding the Natchez Trace Parkway. When the salamanders breed, they usually return to the same vernal pond from which they hatched. Unfortunately for some populations, this presents a hazard as the Natchez Trace Parkway is in between their forest habitat and the vernal breeding ponds.
Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park
Leave No Trace
- Type: Field Trips
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
This program introduces students to the Leave No Trace principles, which are easy to understand guidelines on how to responsibly play in the outdoors.
Hopewell Culture National Historical Park
Tracing the Past
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
This lesson is about the processes of archeology: finding, excavating, analyzing, and interpreting prehistoric archeological data.
Glacier National Park
Track Traces
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Students will use their creative skills to make drawings or designs using animal tracks. This activity will help internalize the tracks they have been studying.
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Students get the opportunity to understand the difference between a trace fossil and impressions made in sediment through weathering.
Acadia National Park
Leave No Trace Kindergarten Routines
- Type: Teacher Reference Materials ... Other Education Materials
- Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade
Leave No Trace is a framework for interacting with the natural environment in a sustainable way. These activities review the first two principles: Plan Ahead and Prepare, and Walk or Camp on Durable Surfaces.
Yellowstone National Park
Atomic Elements and Archeology: Tracing Ancient Resource Access and Trade Routes Using XRF
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
X-ray fluorescence (XRF) is one scientific tool archeologists use to study the chemical composition of artifacts found on a site. This lesson plan illustrates the method behind XRF and describes how the resulting data can illustrate where and how ancient peoples obtained resources, whether through local sources or trade. Este plan de clase con actividades incluido también está disponible en español.
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
Cowboys Traveling Trunk
- Type: Traveling Trunk
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
In this traveling trunk, students will learn about the experiences of nineteenth century cowboys and the story of Nat Love, a famous cowboy who had many adventures on the trails and rails of the American West.