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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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

Art Speaks! Visual Arts & the Significance of Place

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

How can art help you understand history? Use this lesson plan to help your students connect the idea of significance and memorial.

I Know That Tune! Folk Music, Traditions, Opinions, & Historical Facts

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

Learn how public opinion influences the way historic events are remembered via music. Study several historic songs and why and how they changed over time. Rewrite a modern song to reflect recent history.

Hampton National Historic Site

Hampton NHS Scavenger Hunt| K-12

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

This self-guided activity helps students to explore Hampton NHS and learn about its stories and resources by completing a scavenger hunt.

Palo Alto Battlefield National Historical Park

Teacher Ranger Teacher Program at Palo Alto Battlefield NHP

• Type: Teacher-Ranger-Teacher
• Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade

This summer get paid to do something completely different! Palo Alto Battlefield NHP is recruiting teachers for the Teacher Ranger Teacher program. This year the program will focus on creating self-guided educational experiences.

Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site

Girl Scouts Junior Playing the Past at Carl Sandburg Home NHS

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

Follow this Girl Scouts Junior "Playing the Past" badge lesson to plan a visit with your scouts at Carl Sandburg Home NHS. Girls will learn about Lilian Sandburg, what life was like for her in the past and explore the park.

Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site

Girl Scouts Brownie Hiker adventure at Carl Sandburg Home NHS

• Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade

Follow this Girl Scouts Brownie "Hiker" badge lesson to plan a visit with your scouts at Carl Sandburg Home NHS. Girls will learn to prepare for a hike and learn a new skill as they choose their adventure activities.

Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site

Girl Scouts Cadette Eco Trekker at Carl Sandburg Home NHS

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

Follow this Girl Scouts Cadette "Eco Trekker" badge lesson to plan a visit with your scouts at Carl Sandburg Home NHS. Girls will learn about invasive species, leave no trace and how to practice eco friendly trekking while enjoying the outdoors.

Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site

Girl Scouts Daisy Trail Adventure at Carl Sandburg Home NHS

• Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade

Follow this Girl Scouts Daisy "Trail Adventure" badge lesson to plan a visit with your scouts at Carl Sandburg Home NHS. Girls will choose their trail, prepare for the outdoors and share it with friends.

Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site

Problems and Perspectives (Grades 9-12) Carl Sandburg Home NHS

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

Students will look at a social issue (child labor) from multiple perspectives, research points of view, and then present that perspective through a “town hall’ type meeting with classmates

Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site

Songs with Social Influence (Grades 9-12) Carl Sandburg Home NHS

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

Students will look at how the events in time influence the writers and musicians then and now. The students will look at how the creations of these artists then influence society.