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The Joseph Bellamy House: The Great Awakening in Puritan New England

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

Examine the influence of Reverend Joseph Bellamy, a leading preacher in New England from 1740-1790, in colonial American religion and learn about the role of religion in 18th-century life, as well as the resurgence of religious fervor known as the Great Awakening.

Charles Young Buffalo Soldiers National Monument

Buffalo Soldiers on the Move! How New Technologies Led to New Opportunities!

• Type: Guest Speakers
• Grade Levels: Adult Education

As new modes of transportation were developed; they were adapted for military use. These new modes of transportation created new opportunities for soldiers to step into roles of leadership or be part of new regiments. African Americans took advantage of these new opportunities and combated the negative perception of their leadership abilities in the Army.

Glacier National Park

News Bearly Fit to Print

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

This is an archival look at the timing and types of bear-human conflicts, plotting them on a calendar. Students will search local library records in recent years and/or keep a running log of news articles this year.

First Flight or Fake News?

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

How do you tell what's real and what's fake? Students will explore this question by comparing three texts about the Wright brothers’ first flight in order to determine what actually happened that historic day. Subject(s): English Language Arts, Social Studies. Grade(s): 3rd-5th.

Shenandoah National Park

CCC: A New Deal to Rebuild a Nation

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

This interactive program tells the story of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) in the context of the social, political, and economic history of the 1920s and 1930s using real places, real people, and real stories in Shenandoah National Park.

Olympic National Park

FDR’s New Deal Environmental Preservation

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

Students will be able to argue by using multiple sources the effectiveness of FDR’s Relief, Recovery and Reform Programs toward environmental preservation.

Arthurdale: A New Deal Community Experiment

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

Welcome to historic Arthurdale, West Virginia, a New Deal village built from the ground-up for coal miners and their families during the Great Depression.

Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve

Battle of New Orleans - PreVisit Activities

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

Through a timeline and mapping activity, students will learn the major events of the War of 1812 and the New Orleans campaign and be able to put them into a timeline. They will understand the importance of water trade routes during the period and learn why New Orleans was such an important port---and a prize that Great Britain hoped to capture.

Statue Of Liberty National Monument

Taking a Closer Look at 'The New Colossus'

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

Students will explore Emma Lazarus’s poem and look at how this written piece has added to our understanding of the Statue of Liberty.

Life on an Island: Early Settlers off the Rock-Bound Coast of Maine

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

The lesson could be used in units on the settlement of northern New England or on life in the early national period. Students will strengthen their skills of observation, research, and analysis of a variety of sources.

Salem Maritime National Historic Site

Quest for Omitted History: Part 1

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

In part 1 of this 3-part lesson plan, students grapple with sources that might change how the history of slavery in New England has been seen and understood.

Salem Maritime National Historic Site

Salem, Slavery, and the Sacred Cod

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

New England has deep historic connections to the slave societies in the West Indies (Caribbean). This lesson explores primary sources that implicate Massachusetts merchant families in the Atlantic slave economy.

Fort Stanwix National Monument

My New Home On-Site Education Program

• Type: Field Trips
• Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade

Hands-on learning stations will introduce students to the lives of the children who followed their soldier fathers during the war.

New Philadelphia: A Multiracial Town on the Illinois Frontier

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

Who were the Americans that settled the United States' 19th century frontier?

Petroglyph National Monument

How the Early Railroads Changed New Mexico

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

This is a lesson that can be used to teach geography, history and economics using pictures, maps and scale models.

Canaveral National Seashore

America’s Space Program: Exploring a New Frontier

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

The lesson can be used in American history, social studies, and geography courses in units on the space program, the Cold War and its effects on American society, or interdisciplinary units on science and technology.

Immigration

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

Immigration involves making the difficult decision to leave the homeland and adapt to a new life in a new location. What conditions influenced people to emigrate from their homeland in Quebec, and how were their lives changed by their relocation to Woonsocket, Rhode Island? Explain how people and communities weighed the benefits and costs of emigrating. Explain how new opportunities for work in the textile industry drew immigrants to settle in New England.

The Hispano Ranchos of Northern New Mexico: Continuity and Change

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

The Hispanos, as the early Spanish settlers of New Mexico and their descendants are called, and the Anglos, the immigrants from the east, were often in conflict. The physical fabric of these early ranchos, which combines the traditions of both, testifies to the Hispanos' age-old cultural heritage and to their ability to adapt to change.

A New Home on Capitol Hill: Fighting for the Equal Rights Amendment

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

In this lesson, students will learn about the campaign for the Equal Rights Amendment by the National Woman's Party beginning in 1923. They will evaluate a political cartoon to identify different perspectives on the ERA. Students will then respond to the argument presented in the cartoon. Finally, they will predict the possible effect of the ERA on society today.

Weir Farm: Home of an American Impressionist

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

During a period when railroads were expanding, populations were increasing, and America’s agrarian system was being replaced by industry, Weir was one of a group of artists who found comfort and inspiration in the quiet everyday settings of New England, and, in many ways, defined our vision of the American landscape.