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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.

Andersonville National Historic Site

The American Civil War: A Humanitarian Perspective

• Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

Learning about humanitarian law helps students connect lessons of the past with the issues of the present. Students will explore historical events through the lives of those who experienced the American Civil War and will participate in hands-on exercises that make for challenging and exciting class projects and discussions. The lessons will also help students develop critical thinking skills and character.

Appomattox Court House National Historical Park

Perspectives After the Surrender at Appomattox CH

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

This program will allow students to think about the different perspectives of those who lived through the Civil War, and how various viewpoints interpreted the events surrounding the Surrender Meeting at Appomattox. This program consists of several assignments designed to help students explore these differences through the stories of three people present at Appomattox Court House in 1865.

Glacier National Park

Native Harvest

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

Discussion of the value of native plants and plants as cultural resources. Students have access to materials, library, internet to do plant research. Best if can also do field trip to park or other wild area to see native plants in their natural setting.

Cowpens National Battlefield

Native American Connections

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

Who were the Catawba and Cherokee peoples in the Revolutionary Era Carolinas?

Where is the Native Forest?

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

The original plant and animal species that colonized the islands had to make various adaptations to better survive in the unique ecosystems on Maui. Students will view maps that show the different ecosystems, the park boundary, and the reality of how it looked both before and after human contact. They will discover if Haleakalā National Park and their protection efforts are working to preserve native species and their native habitats.

Homestead National Historical Park

Native American Reservations

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

In "Native American Reservations," students will look at Native American Reservations. The Homesteaders, Immigrants, and Native Americans unit is broken up into six lesson plans, taking 45-120 minutes to complete, targeting sixth through eighth grade students. A class does not have to complete every lesson in the unit - each lesson comes with its own set of objectives and resources. This is lesson 4 of the unit.

Pathways and Perspectives: National Historic Trails Multiday Lesson Plan

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

STUDENT OBJECTIVES 1. Collaborate with peers by synthesizing and analyzing research on the National Historic Trails 2. Design effective presentation using appropriate gestures and speaking skills 3. Discuss the pathways and perspectives of traders, emigrants, Spanish and Indian Americans 4. Examine the stories of nine national historic trails 5. Create a presentation that demonstrates synthesis and higher level analysis 6. Present findings about the trails to the rest of the class

First State National Historical Park

How the Native Americans Lived

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

Students will travel back in time to gain an understanding of how people can survive off the land. This program takes place at the New Castle Court House Museum.

Native American Lithic Tools

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

Students will learn the value of natural resources and how the Ute Indians of central Colorado used natural resources to create tools. Students will also learn to distinguish between the studies of archaeology and paleontology.

Cowpens National Battlefield

Plant Life-Native and Invasive

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

The students will study the native and invasive species of plants at the Cowpens battlefield and will document and briefly explain the efforts of the part system to restore the battlefield to its original state,

Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park

Cultural Uses of Native Plants

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

In this field trip through Kīpuka Puaulu students will discover the importance of biodiversity, the traditional Hawaiian uses of native plants, the continued value of these plants into the modern era and an appreciation for the ongoing need to protect Hawai‘i's natural resources.

Native American and European Encounters

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

Students will explore how the Timucuan, Guale, and Apalache contributed to the construction of the oldest masonry fort in the continental United States.

Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site

Problems and Perspectives (Grades 9-12) Carl Sandburg Home NHS

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

Students will look at a social issue (child labor) from multiple perspectives, research points of view, and then present that perspective through a “town hall’ type meeting with classmates

Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site

Native Games: K - 4th Grades

• Type: Guest Speakers
• Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade

Oral traditions are an important historical source we can use to learn about people of the past. Through native games that have been passed down for generations, students will learn about native cultures and traditions.

National Park of American Samoa

Pest Invaders: The Fight to Stay Native

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

The history of life on islands is a story of invasions. Ever since the high islands of American Samoa rose out of the sea as barren piles of volcanic rock, living things have been making the long and dangerous journey across the Pacific to reach this new land. Until a few thousand years ago, every plant, insect, and bird that lived on our islands was the descendant of a lucky adventurer that had crossed hundreds or thousands of miles of open ocean to establish a new colony here.

Cuyahoga Valley National Park

Prehistoric Native Americans: Teacher Resources

• Type: Teacher Reference Materials
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Materials for educators who teach about prehistoric Native Americans in Ohio.

Grand Canyon National Park

Native Art and Activism of the Grand Canyon

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

The area known today as the Grand Canyon has been home to people for over 13,000 years, with 11 contemporary tribes having links to the area. Many individuals in these tribes have inspired their own communities, and the country, with their traditional art. Some tribal members have bestowed historic structures around the canyon with their artwork, while others have utilized art as one of many tools towards activism and uplifting their communities.

Agate Fossil Beds National Monument

Agate Fossil Beds Native American Collection

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

Join our Education Rangers as we take a tour of the James Cook Collection of Native American artifacts, we will look inside “A window onto Lakota life” here on the Great Plains. We will also explore how the Bison was sacred to the Lakota and we will learn how the animal played an integral part of their daily lives. And talk about the friendship formed between Chief Red Cloud and a local rancher named James Cook.

Cowpens National Battlefield

The Cowpens Landscape Today: Native, Exotic, and Invasive Species

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

To demonstrate to students how exotic and invasive species are changing the Cowpens National Battlefield landscape in context of comparative changes,nationwide.