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Cowpens National Battlefield
Boy, What a Day! January 17, 1781
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Student will journal the events of January 17, 1781 as a part of the militia, cavalry, Morgan, Howard, Washington, British Legion, or Continentals.
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Consider the impact of Hoover's boyhood years on his desire to help starving children as the administrator of the Belgian Relief Commission during World War I.
Booker T Washington National Monument
Clash of the Titans
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Students will examine philosophies of Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. DuBois and gain insight into what motivated these men to act, in what they felt was the best interest of African Americans of the period. Activities included will enable students to investigate, research, & participate in meaningful learning experiences. They will build a strong foundation in communication skills, research techniques, computer skills, writing, and thinking in terms of multiple points of view.
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.
Fort Larned National Historic Site
I Heard a Coyote Howl
- Type: Traveling Trunk
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Share the tragedy of a young Indian boy whose home will be destroyed by the US Army.
Gateway Arch National Park
Fun and Games at the Gateway Arch
- Type: Field Trips
- Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade
Learn about the lives and pastimes of nineteenth century boys and girls. Takes place at the Museum at the Gateway Arch.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
The Young Naturalist
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Theodore Roosevelt’s conservation legacy actually started as a young boy. Learn about the interests of a young Theodore, and experience the joy and fascination of the natural world with your students.
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade
During the lesson, the teacher and students will read White Water aloud. As they read, students will investigate how one young boy's curiosity leads him to discover that the water from a segregated White drinking fountain tastes the same as the water from the Black drinking fountain.
Ninety Six National Historic Site
Lives of Backcountry Children Traveling Trunk
- Type: Traveling Trunk
- Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade
The Lives of Backcountry Children trunk is designed to enrich your students' studies of the daily life of frontier boys and girls in the 18th century. Along with a variety of artifacts the trunk also includes various lessons and activities. Just a few examples of lesions and activities included are Colonial Clothing, Colonial Children’s Chores, and Colonial Games and Music.
Natchez Trace Parkway
Read with a Ranger If You Were a Kid During the Civil War
- Type: Distance Learning
- Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade
Are your early elementary students interested in history and the Natchez Trace? This program employs a story of two friends, a boy and a girl, to teach young people about the injustices which occurred during the Civil War. This program also ties these themes to the Natchez Trace and its history during the Civil War and the role the Natchez Trace played in preserving slavery.
Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site
Victorian Clothing Trunks
- Type: Traveling Trunk
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Actually two trunks, one for boys and one for girls, these trunks contain clothing made to fit approximately fourth and fifth graders. Items are reproduction clothing and accessories from the late 19th and early 20th centuries fit for dress-up or trying on, and each trunk contains at least one complete outfit with several extra accessories or variety. Texts are included that outline clothing styles during the Victorian Era.
Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park
A Journey on the C&O Canal
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Students will read and discuss A Journey on the C&O Canal in order to: 1) Learn why the C&O Canal is an amazing accomplishment in Maryland's history; 2) Learn why the C&O Canal is especially important to Washington County, Maryland; 3) Understand more about the genre of historical fiction and how it can teach us real information with characters who didn't actually live but could have; and 4) Describe what a typical nine-year old canal boy and family were like in the late 1800's.