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- Type: Guest Speakers
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Do your students have what it takes to make it to Oregon? In this fun activity, students will pack their wagons for the journey west along the Oregon Trail through Nebraska and beyond. As they make their way west, we will look at maps to gauge progress and discuss the features that determined the route of the trail and the hardships that emigrants would have encountered.
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
This lesson is designed to review the purpose of the Santa Fe and Oregon Trails. The students will also expand their knowledge of each trail and put a plan together for a trip on each trail. This plan will include a packing list for their wagons. The students will use primary sources to help form their plans and packing list.
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Overview: This lesson can be used in conjunction with either the National Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive Center, or else there are materials and resources that can be used in the classroom. Includes anticipation guides, primary sources describing packed items, and supply list worksheets.
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
This lesson plan includes mapmaking, class discussions, image and writing analysis. Students have the opportunity to learn about the Mormon Pioneer and Oregon Trail through the NebraskaStudies.org site. Here, they will be able to access primary and secondary source documents, as well as a timeline of events on the trail.
Fort Vancouver National Historic Site
Guided Tour of the McLoughlin House
- Type: Field Trips
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
The retirement home of Dr. John McLoughlin aids the National Park Service in preserving the history of our nation by sharing the personal story of a powerful businessman and his family. This family's story intersects with many pivotal moments in the Oregon Country/Columbia District.
- 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
Fort Vancouver National Historic Site
Guided Tour of HBC Fort Vancouver
- Type: Field Trips
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
The classic Fort Vancouver Field Trip experience! Classes, teamed up with a guide, participate in an interactive walking tour inside the reconstructed HBC Fort Vancouver.
Glacier National Park
Changes at Log City
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Students will be able to reproduce images of the happenings in a rotting log, and show how it will change over time.
Gateway Arch National Park
City of Immigrants Traveling Trunk
- Type: Traveling Trunk
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
"Congratulations, you are now citizens of the United States!" Thousands of immigrants came to the United States and longed to hear these words. They hoped to build better lives for themselves and their families. In this traveling trunk, students will join three immigrant families--the Reillys, the Kuhlmanns, and the Martinos--as they immigrated to the United States and made St. Louis their home.
Mount Rainier National Park
A String of Volcanoes
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Students research information about Cascade volcanoes in Washington, Oregon, and California, then transfer the information onto the appropriate mobile piece before constructing the mobile "A String of Volcanoes".
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
This lesson provides a case study of an immigrant community of the late 19th and early 20th centuries and offers a contrast to the typical textbook coverage that emphasizes immigration from eastern and southern Europe to the big cities of the north.
Gateway Arch National Park
Heading West? (Distance Learning)
- Type: Distance Learning
- Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade
This distance learning program introduces k-2 students to some of the challenges and choices early pioneers faced while traveling west across prairies, rivers, and mountains from St. Louis to Oregon and California.
Petersburg National Battlefield
Archeology at City Point, Petersburg National Battlefield
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Archeology reveals information about the people who lived at the place now called Grant’s Headquarters at City Point, part of Petersburg National Battlefield. Today, archeology at Grant’s Headquarters at City Point helps the National Park Service tell the story of over 12,000 years of history: from the first people to explore the area, to the establishment of plantations, through the Civil War.
Gateway Arch National Park
Tort Liability: Franke v. City of St. Louis
- Type: Field Trips
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Frederick Franke was injured in St. Louis when part of a building fell on his head as he was walking. Tragically, he died as a result of his injuries. His mother, Julia Franke, sued the owner of the building and the City of St. Louis for damages. This case was heard in 1888 in the St. Louis Courthouse (the Old Courthouse). Students will reenact the case and hear from all sides.
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Follow a trail of discovery to the Pacific Northwest. Although the corps' findings destroyed the dream of a water route to the Pacific Ocean, their accomplishments had far reaching effects in expanding human knowledge and opening a new course for American history.
Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area
National Park Legacy - Wildlife in Cities Grades K - 2
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade
Coexisting with wildlife requires that actions be taken to reduce conflicts and minimize impacts from human activity so that a healthy appreciation of wildlife can be fostered. Specifically addressed in this lesson are efforts SMMNRA is making to encourage residents to clean up unintentional food resources such as pet food, and secure trash cans so that unwanted wildlife do not seek food on personal property.
Lowell National Historical Park
Mill Girls: Life and Work in an Industrial City Virtual Field Trip
- Type: Distance Learning
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Follow the journey of a mill girl from her family farm in the New England countryside to her new job operating a loom in Lowell’s Boott Cotton Mills. Students will meet two mill girls during their virtual visit to the boardinghouse and weave room, learning about each girl's unique experience of life and work in a textile mill, and experience for themselves a bit of what it was like to work in the mills.
Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area
National Park Legacy - Coyotes in our Cities! Grades 3 - 4
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
The Nature Neighbor Project prioritizes reducing conflicts between humans and wildlife so that they can coexist and share available habitat. Ecologists have learned that coyotes are opportunistic eaters, and they will scavenge through trash as well as feed on traditional foods such as rodents, birds, insects, and grass. Coyote and human conflicts can often be eliminated when human-related food is not available.
Federal Hall National Memorial
Evacuation Day marked the final British evacuation from New York City in 1783, after seven years.
- Type: Other Education Materials
- Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade
The National Park Service invites you to our annual Evacuation Day Event, this year being held VIRTUALLY! Evacuation Day marked the final British evacuation from New York City in 1783, after seven years. Evacuation Day remained a city holiday into the 1930s and the occasion was often marked by parades and colorful ceremonies.
Fort Donelson National Battlefield
Life as a Civil War Sailor in the US Navy
- Type: Traveling Trunk
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Life of a Civil War Sailor on the City-Series Ironclads