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Showing 1,011 results for Shenandoah Valley Battlefields National Historic District ...
Shenandoah National Park
2nd Grade | Habitats of Shenandoah National Park
- Type: Field Trips
- Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade
A habitat is a specific place where plants and animals live. A complete habitat must provide the basic needs, both living and nonliving, for the survival of its inhabitants. Shenandoah National Park offers the opportunity for students to discover and explore nature as they apply and expand concepts and knowledge learned in the classroom.
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Define the mission of the National Park Service. Name three national park areas and their significant features. Explain how Shenandoah protects plants and animals, specifically the Shenandoah salamander. Identify three environmental/human influences that can impact the ecosystem of the Shenandoah salamander. Describe potential consequences to the Shenandoah salamander's survival. Explain three ways that individuals can help reduce the impact of human-accelerated climate change.
Shenandoah National Park
2nd Grade | Virtual Habitats of Shenandoah National Park
- Type: Distance Learning
- Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade
A habitat is a specific place where plants and animals live. A complete habitat must provide the basic needs, both living and nonliving, for the survival of its inhabitants. Shenandoah National Park offers the opportunity for students to join us as we discover and virtually explore nature as they expand concepts and knowledge learned in the classroom. 60 minutes
Shenandoah National Park
6th Grade | Virtual Shenandoah Watersheds
- Type: Distance Learning
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Shenandoah National Park lies at the headwaters for three of Virginia’s watersheds. Through virtual exploration and observation of a mountain stream, students will connect local water sources with larger watersheds and better understand the dynamics of stream life and the extensive impacts of water management and usage. 60 minutes
Shenandoah National Park
4th-10th Grade | Shenandoah National Park: Virginia's Gift to the Nation
- Type: Field Trips
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Shenandoah National Park is a significant part of our nation’s history as well as Virginia’s environment and economy. In this lesson, students will explore the historical, cultural, economic, and ecological significance of the Park through classroom activities and a field trip.
Shenandoah National Park
5th Grade | Shenandoah National Park: Gem of the Blue Ridge
- Type: Guest Speakers
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Shenandoah National Park is an important natural and cultural resource in Virginia’s Blue Ridge geographic region. Students in the 9 Virginia counties that border this long and narrow national park will discover those resources with ranger-led in-class activities such as analyzing artifacts, investigating geologic samples, and writing creative responses while gaining classroom knowledge about Virginia’s history, geology, and geography.
Stones River National Battlefield
Stones River National Battlefield History Hike
- Type: Field Trips
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Forward March! Join a park ranger for half-mile walk through the battlefield and learn about the Battle of Stones River on the ground where men in blue and gray struggled decades ago.
Shenandoah National Park
4th Grade | The Changing World of the Shenandoah Salamander
- Type: Guest Speakers
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Shenandoah National Park is home for the Shenandoah salamander, an endangered species that lives nowhere else on the planet. Human-accelerated climate change could cause a serious decline in the population of the Shenandoah salamander. During this in-classroom ranger program, students will learn about the environmental threats to the Shenandoah salamander and determine ways people can help protect species and care for their national parks and the environment.
Cowpens National Battlefield
Introduction to Cowpens National Battlefield
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
The park film, Cowpens: A Battle Remembered
Cowpens National Battlefield
Scaling Around Cowpens National Battlefield
- Type: Student Activities
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
The student will be able to read symbols on maps, to follow directions, to measure, and to use computation skills to answer questions. The student will be able to recognize the usefulness of mathematics in everyday life.
Cedar Creek & Belle Grove National Historical Park
Explore Your Park!
- Type: Guest Speakers
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
This park ranger-led classroom program is designed for 4th grade students. They will learn about the National Park Service, Cedar Creek and Belle Grove National Historical Park, and the people and events of the Civil War in the Shenandoah Valley. Students will have the opportunity to engage with a hands-on activity about Civil War uniforms and camp equipment. Every Kid Outdoors 4th grade access passes will be distributed to students.
Shenandoah National Park
6th-8th Grade | Shenandoah Salamander: Climate Change Casualty or Survivor?
- Type: Field Trips
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
The Shenandoah salamander is an endangered species found only on a few rocky slopes within Shenandoah National Park. Its survival is being threatened by changing climate and habitat competition from the more common red-backed salamander. Students will conduct field research on the red-backed salamander to compare the two salamander species’ habitat requirements and determine how climate change and habitat competition are impacting the survival.
Cedar Creek & Belle Grove National Historical Park
Be A Historian!
- Type: Guest Speakers
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
In this park ranger-led classroom program students will use artifacts, maps and photographs from our park archives to do primary source analysis. There is also an inquiry-based activity in which students will explore the contents of a Civil War haversack.
Petersburg National Battlefield
Archeology at City Point, Petersburg National Battlefield
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Archeology reveals information about the people who lived at the place now called Grant’s Headquarters at City Point, part of Petersburg National Battlefield. Today, archeology at Grant’s Headquarters at City Point helps the National Park Service tell the story of over 12,000 years of history: from the first people to explore the area, to the establishment of plantations, through the Civil War.
Shenandoah National Park
9th-12th Grade | Exploring Earth Science: The Shenandoah Salamander and Climate Change
- Type: Field Trips
- Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade
The Shenandoah salamander is an endangered species found only on a few rocky slopes within Shenandoah National Park. Its survival is being threatened by changing climate and habitat competition from the more common red-backed salamander. Students will conduct field research on the red-backed salamander to compare the two salamander species’ habitat requirements and determine how climate change and habitat competition are impacting the survival.
Shenandoah National Park
6th-8th Grade | Virtual Shenandoah Salamander: Climate Change Casualty or Survivor?
- Type: Distance Learning
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
The Shenandoah salamander is an endangered species found only on a few rocky slopes within Shenandoah National Park. Its survival is being threatened by changing climate and habitat competition from the more common red-backed salamander. Students will virtually explore and research to determine how climate change and habitat competition could be impacting the survival of the Shenandoah salamander. 60 minutes
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
Stones River National Battlefield
Stones River National Battlefield Museum Scavenger Hunt
- Type: Field Trips
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Explore the Battle of Stones River and its place in the Civil War by searching for answers in the park's museum exhibits. We have scavenger hunt quizzes suitable for 3rd through 8th grade students.
Shenandoah National Park
9th-12th Grade | Virtual Exploring Earth Science: The Shenandoah Salamander and Climate Change
- Type: Distance Learning
- Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade
The Shenandoah salamander is an endangered species found only on a few rocky slopes within Shenandoah National Park. Its survival is being threatened by changing climate and habitat competition. Students will virtually explore and research to determine how climate change and habitat competition could be impacting the survival of the Shenandoah salamander. Students will collaborate and present potential survival plans for the species. Two 60 minute sessions
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."