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Shenandoah National Park

A Retreat Fit for a President
  • Type: Distance Learning
  • Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade

This interactive program uses Rapidan Camp, President Herbert Hoover’s summer retreat, to explore the events leading up to the Great Depression and how President Hoover's personal and political philosophies defined his approach to the crisis.

Lyndon B Johnson National Historical Park

President Johnson and the National Park Service
  • Type: Distance Learning
  • Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Lyndon B. Johnson NHP is an ideal location for students of all ages to explore President Johnson's life story and legacy. Join us from home or your classroom to learn how President Johnson's legacy continues to be significant today!

President William Jefferson Clinton Birthplace Home National Historic Site

So you want to be an American President
  • Type: Lesson Plan
  • Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

This lesson is opened with a discussion, followed by the reading of Judith St. George and David Small's book, "So you want to be President", then progress into assignments, presentations, gallery walk and awards as applicable to the teacher.

President William Jefferson Clinton Birthplace Home National Historic Site

Ladies and Gentlemen, the President of The United States
  • Type: Lesson Plan
  • Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Introduce the three branches of government. Explain, in depth about the Executive branch and the duties of the President. Ask students if they know who was the 42nd President. Create a KWL chart for requirements to become President of the United States. Research the requirements. Create an election poster as if you are competing for the Presidency, demonstrating that they have the proper requirements to run for office.

The White House and President's Park

Lafayette Park: First Amendment Rights on the President’s Doorstep
  • Type: Lesson Plan
  • Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

Learn how a group of determined women selected Lafayette Park, across from the White House, to demonstrate for their right to vote, providing a First Amendment model for many others.

Eisenhower National Historic Site

President Eisenhower and Cold War Diplomacy at Gettysburg (Virtual Program)
  • Type: Distance Learning
  • Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade

During the turbulent Cold War, President Dwight Eisenhower used his Gettysburg Farm--the only home he and his wife Mamie ever owned--to conduct diplomacy and to seek peace. Join a park ranger for this free virtual program to explore the Cold War, President Eisenhower's administration, and how Gettysburg became a setting for peace and diplomacy in the 1950s.

John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic Site

Birthplace of John F. Kennedy: Home of the Boy Who Would Be President
  • Type: Lesson Plan
  • Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

Visit JFK's birthplace and consider the effects of culture and community in shaping character and personality.

Ulysses S Grant National Historic Site

Who Should Decide Where and How You Live? An Exploration of President Grant's Indian Policies
  • Type: Distance Learning
  • Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade

This 30 to 40 minute distance learning program offers an introduction to President Ulysses S. Grant's Indian Policies. Students will learn about the history of U.S. Indian policy through a collection of primary sources to be studied ahead of time followed by a facilitated dialogue with a Park Ranger about President Grant's policies.

John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic Site

Commemoration, Memorialization, and Legacy: An Exploration of the Public and Private Memory of John F. Kennedy and His Presidency
  • Type: Lesson Plan
  • Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade

This lesson will allow students to explore the theme of commemoration, memorialization, and legacy through reading of primary and secondary sources. They will engage in a consideration of how historical memory is shaped and how we commemorate people and places. The lesson will also allow students to make connections about their own thoughts and feelings regarding history and how it is commemorated.

President William Jefferson Clinton Birthplace Home National Historic Site

Writing Prompts derived from a visit to President William Jefferson Clinton Birthplace Home NHS
  • Type: Distance Learning
  • Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Writing prompts for post-visit activity or web quest of the Clinton Birthplace Home NHS

Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site

The People: Pre-1845
  • Type: Lesson Plan
  • Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Discussion questions for the web article exploring the history of the Hidatsa Mandan Arikara Nation pre-1845. Discussion includes information about the early villages, early explorers, Sacagawea, oral history, education and societies, and tribal origins.

Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site

The People: Pre-1845
  • Type: Teacher Reference Materials
  • Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

This background reading material explores the history of the Three Affiliated Tribes from Pre-1845. It covers the Early Villages, Sacagawea, and other people of historic significance who visited the region and villages for exploration and trade.

Fort Pulaski National Monument

Pre-visit Graphic Organizer
  • Type: Student Activities
  • Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

Students can complete the spider acitivty as a pre-visit activity prior to making a field trip to Fort Pulaski. Answers are included.

Fort Pulaski National Monument

Pre-visit Student Worksheet
  • Type: Student Activities
  • Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

This is a worksheet for students to do prior to their visit to Fort Pulaski. Answers are included.

Fort Pulaski National Monument

Pre-visit Crossword Puzzle
  • Type: Student Activities
  • Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Students can review the history of Fort Pulaski while completing this crossword puzzle. It serves as a pre-visit activity before taking a field trip to Fort Pulaski. Answers are included.

President William Jefferson Clinton Birthplace Home National Historic Site

Family Ties (Pre Visit)
  • Type: Lesson Plan
  • Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Students are encouraged to bring or upload one of their baby pictures and one old family photo to Google Classroom. Teacher will organize them in Google Slides and display the images to the class to identify "who is who' in their class.

Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site

Economy and Trade: Pre 1845
  • Type: Lesson Plan
  • Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

In Economy and Trade: Pre 1845, students will learn about trade relations between tribes prior to European contact and how their experience prepared them for success in dealing with explorers and traders after European contact by re-enacting trading as it was practiced at Knife River Villages.

Fort Pulaski National Monument

Fort Pulaski Pre-Visit Materials
  • Type: Field Trips
  • Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

These materials provide pre-visit information for teachers and students who are planning a field trip to Fort Pulaski. There is a fact sheet and timeline for teachers and worksheet for students.

Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

Snowshoe Field Trip Pre-visit
  • Type: Distance Learning
  • Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Coming on a snowshoe field trip to Sleeping Bear Dunes? Find out what to expect from a snowshoe visit to Sleeping Bear Dunes, as well as which animals are found in the park and what adaptations they have to survive during the winter season.

Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

Glen Haven Pre-visit Activity
  • Type: Student Activities
  • Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

he Glen Haven tour is designed to supplement classroom learning and bring history to life by providing students with new, first-hand experiences relating to Michigan’s maritime heritage through the mission of the National Park Service to “…preserve and protect…”