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Classification Systems
Fortifications
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Earthen fortifications offered protection from enemy forces. This watercolor shows both the size of Fort Donelson NB and its proximity to the Cumberland River.
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Library of Congress collection, soldier rendition of Fort Donelson, watercolor
Archeology at Fort Frederica
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Fort Frederica was an 18th-century fort on St. Simons Island, Georgia. Built to defend British colonial territories from Spanish attack, the fort was instrumental in establishing lasting English control over the eastern U.S. This lesson uses 3D models of archeological artifacts and historical information to teach students both about the fort’s important history and how archeological methods uncover it. Este plan de clase con actividades incluido también está disponible en español.
Get Fort-ified
- Type: Field Trips
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Life at Fort Stanwix
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

What was life like at the historic Fort Stanwix for a soldier in the Continental Army and the many others who lived there while fighting in the American Revolution. At the end of this virtual tour, students will be able to describe the different roles that were filled to support the Continental Army at Fort Stanwix during the American Revolution and what would have happened had they not worked together.
Life at a Frontier Fort
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
The Other Side of Fort Pulaski: Walking Tour Outside the Fort
- Type: Field Trips
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

This is a teacher-led activity to be done on site at the fort. The teacher will lead a walk around the outside of the fort to show students dramatic battle damage from the Civil War battle, including projectiles that are still lodged in the brick walls. It also highlights the salt marsh ecology on Cockspur Island, and shows how human influence has repeatedly changed the island’s environment over time.
Slavery Systems in America, a classroom lesson
The Rhode Island System of Mill Villages
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Climate Science in Focus: Earth as a System
Fort Caroline and Its Leader
Fort Caroline Scavenger Hunt
Gouedy Fort: What’s in the bag?
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
At the end of this activity, the student will be able to: - Explain interactions between the people and the physical landscape of South Carolina over time -Describe the initial contact, cooperation, and conflict between the Native Americans and European settlers in South Carolina -Summarize the relationship among the Native Americans, Europeans, and Africans, including the French and Indian War, the slave revolts, and the conduct of trade.
Build Your Own Fort
- Type: Field Trips
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
In this post-field trip activity, students will draw their own fort and identify its parts using historic forts such as Fort Caroline, the Castillo de San Marcos, and Fort Matanzas as examples. This activity may allow students to make connections between other sites they have visited and make comparisons between the building materials used and geographic location.
Fort Union Society and Trading
- Type: Teacher Reference Materials
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Daily life at Fort Union Trading Post reflected the social and economic relationship between and within American Indian and European cultures associated with the 19th century fur-trading empire. This teacher resource document provides a unique look into Fort Union's inhabitants and social hierarchy.
Fort Donelson Cemetery Exploration
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
1869 Sketch of Fort Donelson National Cemetery, showing flagpole and Cumberland River
The Free State at Fort Donelson
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Map depicts the best evidence of the Freedmen's Camp near Fort Donelson, Dover, TN, 1867
Discovering Earth’s Systems at Lincoln's Kentucky Homes
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade