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Marsh - Billings - Rockefeller National Historical Park
Nature, Art and Conservation at Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade
Thomas Cole, the founder of the Hudson River School, stated “The ravages of the axe are daily increasing desecration by what is called improvement; which as yet generally destroys Nature’s beauty without substituting that of Art.” This unit, Nature, Art and Conservation at Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historic Park, will explore this very issue through on-site visits, school based lessons and independent research. For this unit students will begin by reading Marsh’s Man and Nature...
Mount Rushmore National Memorial
Thomas Jefferson: The Versatile Founding Father
- Type: Student Activities ... Teacher Reference Materials ... Other Education Materials
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Thomas Jefferson was a highly educated man with widely varied interests. Learn about his life and his participation in the founding of the United States and his roles in governing the country.
First State National Historical Park
The 1848 Federal Trial of Thomas Garrett
- Type: Field Trips
- Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade
Students role-play the 1848 federal trial of Thomas Garrett, accused of helping the Hawkins family escape slavery on the Underground Railroad. This program takes place at the New Castle Court House Museum.
Thomas Edison National Historical Park
The Invention Factory: Thomas Edison's Laboratories
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
The lesson could be used in teaching units on the industrialization of the United States, the development of science and technology, or social change in the United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Students will discover how Edison systematized the process of inventing, allowing for the rapid development and production of inventions that improved the lives of millions of people.
Fort Scott National Historic Site
Missouri Capital Mural 5th & 6th Grade
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Photograph of Thomas Hart Benton painting the Capitol Mural.
Fort Scott National Historic Site
Missouri Capitol Mural 3rd & 4th Grade
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Photograph of Thomas Hart Benton painting Capitol Mural.
Fort Scott National Historic Site
Missouri Capital Mural 7th & 8th Grade
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Photograph of Thomas Hart Benton painting the Capitol mural.
Yellowstone National Park
Painting 1000 Words
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Students examine historic Yellowstone artwork and discover the influential “voices” of painter Thomas Moran and photographer William H. Jackson. Students then give voice to their own Yellowstone experiences through watercolors and photographs.
Thomas Stone National Historic Site
History on Trial
- Type: Field Trips
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Students will search for clues to his innocence or guilt and in a mock trial to determine if Thomas Stone was a traitor to Great Britain or an American Patriot for signing the Declaration of Independence. Will your class find him guilty or innocent?
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
In preparation for the Lewis and Clark expedition Meriwether Lewis and Thomas Jefferson practiced using a newly created cipher. This lesson will teach students how to use the same cipher that they had practiced with for their own use in real life and emphasize the importance of security.
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Lewis and Clark were given specific instructions on what to write about on their expedition. By reading the original letter given by Thomas Jefferson have your students identify not only the reasons for the Corps of Discovery but also if these can be useful in their own lives while traveling.
Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve
Discover Urban Insects!
- Type: Student Activities
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Discover what insects are hanging around your town with Dr. Aimee Thomas. Download the application “Seek” or borrow an insect field guide from the library and use those to identify FIVE insects in or around your home! Take notes on what you see to help you identify them next time!
Thomas Stone National Historic Site
Families of the Past
- Type: Field Trips ... Student Activities
- Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade
Students step into the past as theybecome familiar with daily life in a Maryland home in the late 1700s and learnabout Thomas Stone as a husband, father, farmer, lawyer and signer of theDeclaration of Independence. Students will compare life in the 18th century totheir lives today. Students will enjoy interactive tours of the house, groundsand Visitor Center as well as hands-on activities.
Niobrara National Scenic River
Cows in the Campground - Pre-Visit Writing Activity
- Type: Field Trips
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Students will read about the community of the Niobrara Valley prior to their field trip to develop an understanding of the significance of development and its co-existence with preservation of a natural resource. Students will demonstrate their understanding of the interrelationships contained in the river system by writing a descriptive essay based on an essay prompt of their choice.
Women's Rights National Historical Park
Radical Hospitality at the M'Clintock Home
- Type: Distance Learning
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Thomas and Mary Ann M'Clintock made this their home for 20 years. They ran a local business, led the local Quaker Monthly Meeting, and were involved in almost every reform activity in Western New York. On July 16, 1848, Mary Ann M'Clintock hosted a session for the First Women's Rights Convention where planners drafted a document they called the Declaration of Sentiments proclaiming that "all men and women are created equal."
Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site
Intercultural Kinship
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Lewis Garrard's ten-month journey on the Santa Fe Trail put him in contact with a variety of southwestern cultures. This lesson offers a chance to reflect on how family unions across cultures both helped and hindered successful operation of the Bent, St. Vrain, & Co. during the 1840s.