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- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
This lesson plan examines the home of US Supreme Court Justice John Marshall and his public and private roles.
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Learn about the Hoover Dam, located where the Colorado River forms the boundary between the states of Nevada and Arizona,
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Learn about America's role in World War II and how US troops ousted the Japanese from Attu Island to gain control of the rest of the Aleutians.
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Learn about Fort McHenry during the War of 1812.
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Learn about Alaska's Site Summit and Nike Hercules, a nationwide ground-based anti-aircraft missile system that protected the U.S. during the Cold War.
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
This lesson plan explores the Patent Office building, the site of President Abraham Lincoln’s second inaugural ball.
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
This lesson is based on the National Register of Historic Places registration files for Wye House, Nathan and Polly Johnson House (and photographs), and Frederick Douglass National Historic Site (and photographs), as well as other source materials on the life of Frederick Douglass.
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
In this lesson, students will create a timeline showing Rhode Island’s changes in transportation over time.
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Learn about the Dayton National Cemetery and the soldiers buried there.
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Learn about the Boott Cotton Mills complex in Massachusetts, which contains mills built from the mid-1830s to the early 20th century.
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Learn about the 1954 U.S. Supreme Court case that struck down "separate but equal".
Blackstone River Valley National Historical Park
Conflicting Values: John Brown and Adin Ballou
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade
This lesson plan invites students to consider the conflicting views of leading abolitionists in the years leading to the Civil War. There is a special focus on Adin Ballou, a Practical Christian who advocated for non-resistance, and leaders who supported violent tactics.
Blackstone River Valley National Historical Park
Manufacturing with Marbles at Ashton Mill
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
In this lesson, students will learn about the fiberglass products manufactured at the Ashton Mill to improve everyday life.
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
The War of 1812, which pitted the United States, Great Britain and their allies against each over the course of three years, turned into an opportunity for enslaved African Americans to advocate for their freedom. Between the summers of 1813 and 1814, 4,000-5,000 fled to the side of the British, in the hopes of securing freedom and safe passage for themselves and their families.
Blackstone River Valley National Historical Park
Peace Picnics and Community in Hopedale
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade
In 1842, a group of like-minded individuals created a commune called Hopedale. Under the leadership of minister Adin Ballou, people came to Hopedale to live out their values, which included Christian non-resistance and abolition. In this lesson, students will read primary source accounts about anti-slavery meetings and celebrations independence in Hopedale, MA and consider how people use speeches and print to make persuasive arguments.
Blackstone River Valley National Historical Park
Project ZAP! Blackstone River Cleanup
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
In this lesson, students will analyze two primary sources to identify the causes and effects of the Zap the Blackstone rehabilitation project.
Blackstone River Valley National Historical Park
The Life of Captain Wilbur Kelly
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
In this lesson, students will create a six word story based on the accomplishments of Wilbur Kelly.
Blackstone River Valley National Historical Park
Learning about Mill Workers through Primary Sources
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
In this lesson, students will examine primary resource documents of mill workers at the Lonsdale Company in 1942. Though these are injury reports, students can get a glimpse into who was working at the mills and what types of jobs they had. Students will compare primary sources to determine similarities and differences among this sample of mill workers.
Blackstone River Valley National Historical Park
Looming and Learning: Threading the Past and Present
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
How many clothes do you own? Are any of them handmade? Why don't people tend to hand make their clothing at home anymore? This lesson will investigate our complicated relationship with something as simple as thread. Old Slater Mill was the first successful water-powered cotton spinning mill in North America. This place transformed the relationship US citizens had with their clothing. This hands-on activity investigates how our relationship with clothing has changed over the past 230 years.
Blackstone River Valley National Historical Park
The Rhode Island System of Mill Villages
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
In this lesson, students will learn about how mill villages (in particular Ashton Mill) became a huge part of Rhode Island and showed the way people balanced work and community. Students will then create an overview map of their neighborhood community, complete with a key / legend.