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Klondike Gold Rush - Seattle Unit National Historical Park

Seattle Streets

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

What kinds of opportunities and problems arise during large events like the gold rush? What role did Seattle play for many hoping to strike it rich in the Yukon? How did decisions people made in Seattle affect their time in the Klondike?

Klondike Gold Rush - Seattle Unit National Historical Park

Seattle, Gateway to the Gold Fields

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

Contact us for information to plan your field trip!

Bering Land Bridge National Preserve

Erosion: Washing Away the Earth

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

Erosion can be a major issue. It is caused by a number of factors, both manmade and natural. The effects of erosion are very evident on Arctic coastal villages that are experiencing storm surges and no longer have the added protection of longer lasting sea ice. Research indicates that both the storm surges and lost of sea ice are the result of climate change.

Kenai Fjords National Park

Supper Sea

• Type: Distance Learning
• Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade

Supper Sea is a National Park Service published educational book focused on the humpback whales that visit Kenai Fjords National Park in Alaska. Humpback whales migrate over 2,500 miles to feed in Alaska’s cold waters. Why do they make such a long journey for lunch? A National Park Ranger will answer this question and more. The ranger will engage students with photos, story time, and song to broaden their understanding of this showy marine mammal.

Gold Fever! Seattle Outfits the Klondike Gold Rush

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

The lesson will help students understand how Seattle exemplified the prosperity of the Klondike Gold Rush. It can be used in units on western expansion, late 19th-century commerce, and urban history.

Olympic National Park

Sediment Deposition at Sea

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

Through this activity, students will learn about depositional and erosional effects as rivers meet the sea. As a river meets the sea, the sediment it carries is deposited in a fan-like formation called a delta. As longshore drift picks up and transports the sediment, it can be carried and deposited down current to form shoreline sediment features such as sand bars, spits, and barrier islands.

Sea Level Rise

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

Explore the causes and effects of sea level rise. Learn how you can join park staff in protecting coastal areas threatened by climate change.

Manhattan Project National Historical Park

Cleanup at Hanford, Washington

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

Lesson Plan: Students learn about waste produced at the Hanford Site during the Manhattan Project era and the current cleanup efforts happening today.

George Washington Birthplace National Monument

When George Washington Was a Child

• Type: Other Education Materials
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

When George Washington Was a Child Materials will be mailed when reservation is made. Please call [phone] ext. 227 for further questions or to inquire about making a reservation.

George Washington Birthplace National Monument

The Washingtons in Chesapeake Bay History

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

Quill Writing is one of the activities students will do during this education program.

Mount Rushmore National Memorial

George Washington: Father of the Nation

• Type: Student Activities ... Teacher Reference Materials ... Other Education Materials
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Students will learn who George Washington was and how he contributed to the creation and foundation of the United States. Specifically, students will learn about Washington’s role in the American Revolution, and the example he set for future presidents. Additionally, while this will focus on George Washington, student will also begin to gain an understanding of different systems of government, and why America elected to be a democracy.

The Washington Monument: Tribute in Stone

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

Understand why George Washington was so revered during his lifetime and beyond, and learn why it took 100 years to complete this famous monument in his honor.

Everglades National Park

Sea Level Rise: Climate Change

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

1. Show what happens to sea level when ice sheets melt. 2. Show what happens to sea level when icebergs melt. 3. Connect sea level changes in Miami to icesheets melting. 4. Explain that sea level changes are caused by melting/freezing of ice sheets in Antarctica/Greenland. 5. Show that communities in Florida will be affected by sea level rise. 6. Realize that South Florida has been under water many times in the geologic past. 7. Discuss ways communities can mitigate/adapt to sea level rise.

Fort Necessity National Battlefield

Becoming George Washington: Unit 1: Young George Washington - Grade 4-6

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

By studying young George Washington’s writings as a 16-year-old surveyor and writings from his first military trip five years later students will learn about his character and ambitions. The lesson will also help dispel some of the myths and misconceptions about Washington. Students will be introduced to a young man who is strong, brave and ready to make a name for himself.

Fort Necessity National Battlefield

Becoming George Washington: Unit 2: Young George Washington - Grade 7-12

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

By studying young George Washington’s writings as a 16-year-old surveyor and writings from his first military trip five years later students will learn about his character and ambitions. The lesson will also help dispel some of the myths and misconceptions about Washington. Students will be introduced to a young man who is strong, brave and ready to make a name for himself.

Swimming on Your Back- Sea Otters in Alaska

• Type: Distance Learning
• Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade

Activities for children to learn about sea otters in Alaska.

Fort Necessity National Battlefield

George Washington and the French and Indian War

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

Talk with one of Fort Necessity National Battlefield’s park rangers via video conferencing equipment about young George Washington and the French and Indian War. Using George Washington’s actions and writings students will see how his ambition, hard work and experiences helped him mature into the famous man we all know today.

Manhattan Project National Historical Park

Transportation and the Manhattan Project at Hanford, Washington

• Type: Lesson Plan
• Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade

Lesson Plan: Students learn about transportation methods used during the Manhattan Project to move materials around the globe and through the Hanford Site.

Manhattan Project National Historical Park

Science of the B Reactor at Hanford, Washington

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

Lesson Plan: Students explore the changes that happen during transmutation and fission inside Hanford's B Reactor.

Acadia National Park

I Notice, I Wonder: Sea Star in a Tidepool

• Type: Student Activities
• Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade

Observing a video of a sea star in a tidepool, students can explore observations of patterns in plants and animals.