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Saratoga National Historical Park

The Battles of Saratoga: Student reading activity

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

This activity gives a summary account of the Battles of Saratoga. Using a short reading passage, students will answer several questions. Some of the questions require only knowledge-level responses, while others require a degree of analysis to answer the questions.

Saratoga National Historical Park

Saratoga Virtual Tour Scavenger Hunt

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

Many schools will never be able to visit Saratoga National Historical Park, but teachers can still conduct a virtual tour of the battlefield on the park’s website, either during a computer lab, through a classroom computer connected to a projector, or on a Smart Board. This worksheet accompanies the virtual tour.

Cowpens National Battlefield

The Battle of Cowpens: The Battle Geography

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

To show students how Carolina backcountry geography affected the course of the Battle of Cowpens

Saratoga National Historical Park

The Crucial Hour: Mapping Activity

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

This activity is intended to be a simple exercise in analyzing and understanding how geography influenced decision making by both American and British armies in the Battles of Saratoga. It was originally planned for class use while visiting the battlefield, but it could also be used pre-visit in conjunction with the Saratoga National Historical Park virtual tour, or as a stand-alone activity.

Saratoga National Historical Park

On Hallowed Ground

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

Ready-to-use materials for teachers can greatly contribute to a meaningful educational experience for students and teachers alike. This activity accompanies a self-guided battlefield tour during the course of a visit to Saratoga National Historical Park.

Saratoga National Historical Park

Why Here?

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

This activity is designed to be reviewed by the teacher, photocopied, and distributed to students. It is intended to be a simple exercise in analyzing and understanding how geography influenced American and British decision making in the Battles of Saratoga. The activity was originally planned for class use while visiting the battlefield, but it could also be used pre-visit in conjunction with Saratoga National Historical Park's virtual tour, or as a stand-alone activity.

Gettysburg National Military Park

Tide of Battle

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

There were many "turning point" moments of the Battle of Gettysburg, each critical to the battle's ultimate outcome. In three-part virtual field trip/distance learning program, students will analyze primary source documents including maps, officers' reports, and soldier accounts, from three different Union regiments and then developing their own response to the essential question of which they believed to have been the most important "turning point."

Palo Alto Battlefield National Historical Park

Battling Disease

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

In this lesson, students will answer the following essential questions: How has the prevention and battling of health threats changed between the US-Mexican War and today?

Kings Mountain National Military Park

The Battle of Kings Mountain

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

The Battle of Kings Mountain (October 7, 1780) was one of the most dramatic and hotly contested battles of the Revolutionary War. On an isolated ridge top in the Carolina backcountry, nearly 1000 American Patriots surrounded and overwhelmed an approximately equal number of American Loyalists.

Cowpens National Battlefield

Triage after the Battle

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

The goal of this lesson is for students to become familiar with the healing and patient care required for returning soldiers to battle.

Shiloh National Military Park

Siege and Battle of Corinth

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

1) To explain why gaining control of the railroads in Corinth was important to both the Union and the Confederacy. 2) To describe the course of the Siege of Corinth and the Battle of Corinth and to evaluate their impact on the course of the Civil War. 3) To describe the fortifications constructed during these engagements and to analyze their importance. 4) To examine the role transportation routes played in the formation of the student's own community.

Mapping the Battle of Cowpens

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

Students will participate in a web quest and create an interactive map of the battle that shows the placement of and information about the different troops and their leaders.

Ninety Six National Historic Site

A Siege Becomes A Battle

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

This activity uses multiple short excerpts that discuss the sequence of events leading to Greene’s attack and eventual repulse at the Star Fort. Students will use chronological thinking to construct a deeper understanding of the siege and attack on Star Fort.

Cowpens National Battlefield

Battle of Cowpens Illustrated

• Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

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Cowpens National Battlefield

Cowpens: A Battle Remembered

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

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Saratoga National Historical Park

"Loyal to Whom?" Distance Learning - GRADE 4-7

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

"Loyal to Whom?" is an asynchronous, Distance Learning lesson designed for Grades 4-7. It looks at the complex issue of loyalties during the American War for Independence (American Revolution) with the Battles of Saratoga as a case study.

Saratoga National Historical Park

Dear Diary

• Type: Primary Sources
• Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

The Battles of Saratoga not only had significant effects on national and world history, but also deeply affected those directly and indirectly involved. “Dear Diary” uses primary source documents—journals—to examine this crucial event through the eyes of participants.

Saratoga National Historical Park

Nature Hike: A walk on the Wilkinson Trail

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

Nature hikes are a great way to explore outdoor areas, and Saratoga National Historical Park’s main hiking trail, the 4+ mile Wilkinson Trail, has much to offer. Named for British mapmaker Lieutenant William Wilkinson, the trail has a shorter, 2 mile option useful with students. This activity sheet accompanies the 2-mile hike, encouraging students to look around them and engage with the natural world around them.

Saratoga National Historical Park

Building an Army

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

This Math/Social Studies worksheet can be used to help students learn about the three basic organizational levels of an army during the American Revolution. Students will calculate the number of soldiers one may have seen in a Revolutionary War army, and develop an appreciation for the vast numbers of soldiers needed to help secure American independence.

Saratoga National Historical Park

Traveling Haversack

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

The Traveling Haversack Kit contains a Teacher's Guide and six different "Discovery Bag" activities. Each small group bag contains a reproduced artifact as a manipulative to introduce a particular theme for participants in the Revolutionary War: food, drink, cleanliness, entertainment, women's roles, and money.