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First State National Historical Park
A Balancing Act: Delaware and the Constitution
- Type: Field Trips
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Students will participate in and understand the legislative process through participating in an interactive program at The Old State House based on the process of passing a law though the branches of government. This program takes place around The Dover Green.
Independence National Historical Park
Declaration of Independence OR U.S. Constitution?
- Type: Student Activities
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Use this activity in the classroom or in the park to help your students understand the differences between the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution.
Independence National Historical Park
"Here Comes the Sun" Constitution Activity for High School
- Type: Student Activities
- Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade
This activity uses the Beatles "Here Comes the Sun" song to connect students in grades 9-12 with Benjamin Franklin's famous quote about the sun carved into the top of the Speaker's Chair at the Constitutional Convention.
Independence National Historical Park
"Here Comes the Sun" Constitution Activities for Grades 5-8
- Type: Student Activities
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Choose from two activities to introduce students in grades 5-8 to Benjamin Franklin's famous quote about the Speaker's Chair at the Constitutional Convention.
- Type: Distance Learning
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
In 1847, Massachusetts Senator Edward Keyes called to end the U.S.-Mexican War. Keyes claimed it was an unjust war with a “darker shadow . . . the extension of slavery.”
Herbert Hoover National Historic Site
What Is That Used For?
- Type: Student Activities
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Students form discussion groups and study images of everyday household items found in the Herbert Hoover Birthplace Cottage.
Homestead National Historical Park
Land Use
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
In "Land Use," students discuss how people live and survive in their environments. The Homesteaders, Immigrants, and Native Americans unit is broken up into five lesson plans, taking 45-120 minutes to complete, targeting sixth through eighth grade students. A class does not have to complete every lesson in the unit - each lesson comes with its own set of objectives and resources. This is lesson 3 of the unit.
Wind Cave National Park
Daily Water Use
- Type: Student Activities
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
And introduction to how much water your students use everyday.
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
A dichotomous key is an important scientific tool, used to identify different organisms, based the organism’s observable traits. Dichotomous keys consist of a series of statements with two choices in each step that will lead users to the correct identification.
Acadia National Park
Compass Use Adventure
- Type: Student Activities
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Students will be able to navigate through at least 5 landmarks in the outdoor campus using the directional signals of a compass rose. The affective goal of this activity is to have the students get outside and navigate through their natural world. I want them to see the importance of using a compass instead of just understanding how to read NSEW on google maps.
Andersonville National Historic Site
Using the Film "Andersonville" in the Classroom
- Type: Teacher Reference Materials
- Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade
Popular media, such as books and films, have long been used to teach the story of Andersonville. The 1996 film "Andersonville" continues to be a popular classroom tool. This material is intended to assist teachers in clearly identifying historical reality versus Hollywood illusion and aiding students to think critically about the portrayal of historic events.
Saguaro National Park
Understanding Percent Using Buffelgrass
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
The objective of this lesson is to help students learn and understand percentages while also learning about the significance of buffelgrass, an invasive plant in the Sonoran Desert.
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
The objective of this lesson is to help students learn how to divide fractions using saguaros.
Buffalo National River
Compass Course - Using a Compass
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
This lesson was designed to help students understand how to use navigation tools especially as they pertain to exploring the outdoors.
Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park
Cultural Uses of Native Plants
- Type: Field Trips
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
In this field trip through Kīpuka Puaulu students will discover the importance of biodiversity, the traditional Hawaiian uses of native plants, the continued value of these plants into the modern era and an appreciation for the ongoing need to protect Hawai‘i's natural resources.
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade
The objective of this lesson is to help students apply their knowledge of trigonometry in real life by connecting it to measuring the height of saguaros.
Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site
Hidatsa Tribe Use of Prairie Plants
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Do your students need practice finding and utilizing information on a website? This lesson uses the Knife River Indian Villages NHS Park Stewards project on the nationally acclaimed iNaturalist website to accomplish this objective. Students will have fun exploring the site while learning how the Hidatsa and other Plains Indian tribes used the native prairie.
Andrew Johnson National Historic Site
Pinning Up the Past: Using timelines
- Type: Field Trips
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Fort Donelson National Battlefield
Life as a Civil War Sailor in the US Navy
- Type: Traveling Trunk
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Life of a Civil War Sailor on the City-Series Ironclads
Andrew Johnson National Historic Site
Calling Andrew Johnson using Morse Code
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
The students will analyze the impact of the transatlantic telegraph on worldwide communications. The students will compare and contrast current technology to that of the 19th century.