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Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
A Letter to a Ranger Service Project Post Visit
- Type: Student Activities
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
President William Jefferson Clinton Birthplace Home National Historic Site
In a Word (Post Visit)
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Introduce President Clinton as a Hope native. Students will research his life and presidency. Add facts to sticky notes and place on wall or board for everyone to view. Students will create a poster or pamphlet using "sticky note facts".
Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site
Trading Post Labor
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Lewis Garrard's ten-month journey on the Santa Fe Trail produced a collection of observations that include the multicultural nature of labor in the southwestern borderlands in the 1840s. This lesson offers an opportunity to analyze the Bent, St. Vrain, & Company's dependence on skilled labor from various classes, ethnicities, and national origins.
President William Jefferson Clinton Birthplace Home National Historic Site
Family Ties (Post Visit)
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Teacher will lead a discussion on what aspects of President Cllinton's early years were similar or different than the student's experiences.
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
Cottonwood Trail Post Visit
- Type: Student Activities
- Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade
Students have this opportunity to explore the natural history of the dunes at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore through art and looking at modern day photos.
Glacier National Park
National Park Service Symbols
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade
Students learn how the design of the National Park Service arrowhead is made up of symbols then have a chance to create their own design.
Glacier National Park
National Park Service Arrowhead
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
What does the National Park Service Arrowhead represent?
Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
National Park Service 101
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
The National Park Service (NPS) is a governmental agency that contains over 400 sites across the country united by a common mission. As future engages citizens, it is important for students to understand what we do, how we accomplish our mission, and how they are able to help in the future.
Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site
Three Affiliated Tribes (TAT) History: Post-1845 Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara and the Garrison Dam
- Type: Student Activities
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Students will learn how the Treaty at Fort Laramie established a territory for the Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara (MHA) and how that land base was reduced through the Allotment Act of 1887. They will also gain understanding about how the Garrison Dam impacted the lives of the Three Affiliated Tribes (TAT) and forced them to relocate to what is now the Fort Berthold Reservation.
Eisenhower National Historic Site
Molding of a Leader: Post Visit Activities
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Children will demonstrate that they will try to be a person of good character by creating a poster and/or by writing a letter to the Park Rangers to be displayed at the Eisenhower National Historic Site.
Acadia National Park
Carriage Road Explorers Post Activities
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Content is a post assessment, wrap up activity for the students who attend the Carriage Road Explorers in Acadia National Park. Students will describe the characters who were essential for the creation of the carriage roads.
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
Glen Haven Post-visit Activity
- Type: Student Activities
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
This activity leads students to reflect on their experience visiting Glen Haven and connect that experience to current events. They will recognize the mission of the National Park Service and how it relates to them.
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Students will be able to understand the role of Fort Matanzas in relation to Spanish colonial history and how Fort Matanzas played an integral role in protecting the city of St. Augustine, FL.
Castillo de San Marcos National Monument
Pre and Post Field Trip Activities
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Use these activities to prepare for your field trip and to reflect on the experience!
Death Valley National Park
Extreme Temperatures: Post-Virtual Trip
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Students will build on previous sessions to plan a trip to a destination of their choice. Students will research the weather of the location, plan activities, and items to bring that are appropriate for the location's conditions. Student findings will be incorporated into a letter and a piece of art.
Death Valley National Park
Sand Dunes Post Trip Activity
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Students will recall factual information, as well as personal experiences to create a diorama or visitor pamphlet of the Mesquite Sand Dunes. Students will participate in a science sort and a brainstorming session of observations they made while on their field trip to the sand dunes.
Death Valley National Park
Landscape Stories Post Trip Activity
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
In groups, students use their knowledge and experience from the geology-based field trip to create landscape stories about Death Valley National Park. Students record their stories using a cartoon strip.
Lyndon B Johnson National Historical Park
President Johnson and the National Park Service
- Type: Distance Learning
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Lyndon B. Johnson NHP is an ideal location for students of all ages to explore President Johnson's life story and legacy. Join us from home or your classroom to learn how President Johnson's legacy continues to be significant today!
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
Illustrate Your Service Learning Project
- Type: Student Activities
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
In this activity, students compare their service site before and after completing their project using photos and art to better understand the positive impacts their work had on local wildlife and environment.
Bryce Canyon National Park
The Arrowhead: Emblem of the National Park Service
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Learn about the mission of the National Park Service and how it relates to Bryce Canyon National Park through a guided exploration of the elements represented on the NPS Arrowhead emblem.