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First Ladies National Historic Site

Secret Politicians

• Grade Levels: College Undergraduate Level

The role of first lady is inherently political, but the most successful political maneuvers are done in an implicit way. They are persuading without being persuasive. Participants in this program will learn about the skillful ways modern first ladies have navigated politics and how we got to this point.

First State National Historical Park

Politics and Plantation

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

Explore the life of John Dickinson and the people whom he interacted with (tenants, enslaved individuals, tradesmen, merchants) by utilizing the mansion, outbuildings and primary resources. This program takes place at the John Dickinson Plantation.

Friendship Hill National Historic Site

The Whiskey Rebellion - A Political Opinion Survey

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

Would you have been a rebel , a moderate or a federalist? Students are introduced to the Whiskey Rebellion before the park ranger will ask nine multiple choice questions. Each one of the three answers represents either the rebel, moderate or federalist opinion. So if you were a farmer would you have pay the Whiskey Tax? Choose A) Heck No, B) Well let’s protest, or C) Definitely YES! Find out where you would have stood during this first test of the federal government

John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic Site

Political Parenthood: Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Remembers

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

Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy possessed an acumen for people and the world which she utilized throughout her life. She fostered this passion devotedly in her children, including future president John F. Kennedy. In this lesson, students read her recollections of parenthood, hear her tour of the family home, and compare and contrast her to her husband, Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. Students will learn how she shaped her son’s image and examine how historians form multidimensional views of historical figures.

Independence National Historical Park

"Join, or Die" Political Cartoon Activity for Grades 4-6

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

In this activity, upper elementary students will analyze the "Join, or Die" political cartoon before constructing their own political cartoon.

Lobbying for Equality: Examining the "Deadly Political Index" of the National Woman's Party

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

Students examine a primary source document from the National Woman's Party lobbying records and identify differing perspectives on a political issue, the Equal Rights Amendment. They plan their own lobbying approach based on what they learned. Students then identify an issue and design their own campaign for change.

Friendship Hill National Historic Site

Albert Gallatin: A Most Astonishing Man - Gallatin’s Start in Politics - Lesson 1

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

Albert Gallatin: A Most Astonishing Man is a teacher’s guide with seven lessons. In this first lesson students are introduced to Gallatin’s political beliefs through a student reading. The student activity has students match words to their definition.

Fort Scott National Historic Site

Compromise of 1850, 3rd & 4th Grade

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

1850 Political Cartoon.

Fort Scott National Historic Site

Compromise of 1850, 5th & 6th Grade

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

1850 Political Cartoon.

Fort Scott National Historic Site

Compromise of 1850, 7th & 8th Grade

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

1850 Political Cartoon

Fort Scott National Historic Site

Border Conflict 7th & 8th Grade

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

Bleeding Kansas political cartoon.

Fort Scott National Historic Site

Border Conflict 5th & 6th grade

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

Bleeding Kansas political cartoon.

Fort Scott National Historic Site

Border Conflict 3rd & 4th Grade

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

Bleeding Kansas political cartoon.

Martin Van Buren's "Return to the Soil"

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

Follow this president to the White House and Lindenwald in the rough-and-tumble world of early 19th century politics.

Fort Scott National Historic Site

Bleeding Kansas - Sparks of War

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

The Bleeding Kansas era was a chaotic era of Fort Scott history. Passions flared on all sides of the political spectrum.

Log Cabins in America: The Finnish Experience

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

Consider how simple, functional cabins, like those built by the Finns in Idaho, became symbols in American politics and folklore.

Andrew Johnson National Historic Site

No Laughing Matter

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

Learn about political cartoons and how they were used to reflect public opinion about Andrew Johnson during his presidency.

Shenandoah National Park

The Spirit of the Mountain

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

This interactive program connects the social, economic, geographic, and political history of the 1920s and 1930s with the establishment of Shenandoah National Park and the people whose lives were impacted.

Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial

Dear Diary: Abraham Lincoln’s Reflections

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

How did the people, places, and events in the different stages of Lincoln’s life influence his development and contribute to his growth as an individual and future political leader?

The Battle of Horseshoe Bend: Collision of Cultures

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

Consider the complex political and cultural differences that existed between European Americans and American Indians during the early 19th century and learn how these conflicting views ultimately affected the Creeks.