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Yellowstone National Park

Predict Old Faithful

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

Use the rangers' formula to predict the next eruption of Old Faithful Geyser.

Women's Rights National Historical Park

The Works of Faith: The Hunt Family Legacy

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

When Richard Hunt first came to Waterloo, NY in 1821, he found a boom town. He and his second wife, Jane, were closely associated with local Quaker families, and intimately engaged in local business ventures. Through their faith and their industry they effected change in the community, and beyond. Explore their works--from the Underground Railroad to their woolen mill, to the tea party that set off a rebellion.

Yellowstone National Park

How Geysers Erupt

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

Geysers exist in only a few places on Planet Earth. In Yellowstone there are more geysers than the rest of the planet combined. Students learn about the unique conditions that allow geysers to erupt.

Fort Larned National Historic Site

Old Bill Williams

• Type: Traveling Trunk
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Follow the story of Bill Williams, expert rifle shot and friend to Indians as he surveys the Santa Fe Trail for the US Government.

Glacier National Park

Old Growth Forest Mural

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

Students learn about the components of old growth forests and related conservation issues through the creation of a mural.

Old Spanish National Historic Trail

Old Spanish Trail Road Trip

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

We’re off on a grand adventure: a road trip across the famous Old Spanish Trail! The Old Spanish Trail was an arduous 1,200 mile route between Santa Fe, New Mexico, and Los Angeles, California, which served traders who loaded their pack mules with woolen goods from Santa Fe each fall and returned from California each spring with goods, mules, and horses. The Old Spanish Trail linked two provinces of Mexico separated by difficult topography and climatic extremes.

First State National Historical Park

Field Trips to Old Swedes Historic Site

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

Travel back in time with your students as you discover what life was like in the early 18th century! Our partners at Old Swedes Historic Site will work with you to design a field trip that will best match the curriculum your students are learning today.

Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site

Introduction to Bent's Old Fort PowerPoint Presentation

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

A preliminary summary presentation of the people, events, cultures, and commercial significance of Bent's Fort trading post back in the 1830's and 1840's. The outline for the presentation is as follows: I. Geography II. Historical Context III. People of the Plains IV. Fur Trade Era V. Santa Fe Trail VI. After Bent's Fort

The Old Courthouse in St. Louis: Yesterday and Today

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

Learn how three buildings restored and maintained by the U.S. General Services Administration illustrate the important role the federal government played and continues to play in communities across the country.

Old Spanish National Historic Trail

Old Spanish Trail Association Lesson Plans

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

The trail association is the official partner for the Old Spanish National Historic Trail and offers materials for educators about the trail. Teaching with primary documents encourages a varied learning environment for teachers and students alike. Lectures, demonstrations, analysis of documents, independent research, and group work become a gateway for research with historical records in ways that sharpen students' skills and enthusiasm for history, social studies, and the humanities.

Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park

Lincoln Young and Old - Future Self Portrait

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

Meets Kentucky K-2nd grade Visual Arts/ Media Arts standards. This lesson was created by Kentucky teachers as a part of the History and Science Explore Project.

The Forts of Old San Juan: Guardians of the Caribbean

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

Now one of the most beautiful spots in Puerto Rico, the battlements illustrate the remarkable work of Spanish military engineers and recall more than 400 years of history in the Americas.

Gateway Arch National Park

The Old Courthouse: Its Architecture and Its Story (Distance Learning)

• Type: Distance Learning
• Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

Echoing the architecture of the ancient Greeks, the Old Courthouse served as the civic hub of St. Louis during the 1800s. Learn more about the significance of the building and how it was used by local and national citizens.

Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park

Life after "Freedom" Post-Visit Activity

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

Tubman’s deep faith sustained her as nurse and a spy for the Union army. Tubman eventually settled with her extended family in Auburn, New York, was active in the women’s suffrage movement and founded a home for the elderly and disadvantaged.

Women's Rights National Historical Park

Revolutionary Roots: the First Women’s Rights Convention held at the Wesleyan Chapel in Seneca Falls, NY

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

How does a social movement grow? Join a ranger to meet the five organizers of the 1848 Seneca Falls Women's Rights Convention and learn more about the Wesleyan Chapel in which it was held. Discover how Faith, Fortune and Fate combined to ignite a movement.

New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park

LESSON 8: SHANGO AND DANSE CODAN

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

This lesson uses two songs that will emphasize the African influences on Zydeco music and the Kréyol language. The song SHANGO references an African spirit/diety that became important in the Creole and Black American community in Louisiana, especially among those who practiced the syncretic religious faith of Vodou, often popularly referred to as Voodoo.

San Antonio Missions: Spanish Influence in Texas

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

Most Americans know the clarion call "Remember the Alamo!" and have a hazy recollection that the "fort" originally had been built as a Spanish mission. What is less well known outside the Southwest is that the Mission San Antonio de Valero–the Alamo–was only one of a chain of missions along the San Antonio River. Established between 1718 and 1731, these missions were built not only to spread the faith of the conquistadors, but also to serve multiple foreign policy objectives for the Spanish.

New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park

LESSON 11: OD POR ODELIA

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

Od Por Odelia was written by LeRoy Etienne as an ode to his mother who told him this story. In the tale an old man sells her rotten bananas. But dishonest conduct brings bad luck, and the old man dies soon thereafter.

Yellowstone National Park

Yellowstone Field Trip With Your Class

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

Bring your students to Yellowstone for an educational experience of a lifetime. Park Rangers may be able to offer free ranger-led activities for organized groups such as K-12 school groups visiting the park on topics such as geology, geysers, wildlife, ecology, or history.

Acadia National Park

Compass Harbor Scavenger Hunt

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

Compass Harbor Scavenger Hunt. Explore the foundation of the house of George Dorr and imagine his life at Old Farm.