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Showing 1,043 results for alaska native history ...
Glacier National Park
Native Harvest
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Discussion of the value of native plants and plants as cultural resources. Students have access to materials, library, internet to do plant research. Best if can also do field trip to park or other wild area to see native plants in their natural setting.
Sitka National Historical Park
Soft Gold: The History of Russians in Alaska
- Type: Distance Learning
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
How and why Russians came to and settled in Alaska is not only important for understanding Alaskan history, but also contains themes necessary for students to understand important historical ideas/concepts like trade, colonialism, and the rights of indigenous peoples. In addition, the efforts of Russian and other non-Alaskan native fur hunters had severe scientific, environmental, and cultural effects on this region and its indigenous peoples.
Cowpens National Battlefield
Native American Connections
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Who were the Catawba and Cherokee peoples in the Revolutionary Era Carolinas?
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
The original plant and animal species that colonized the islands had to make various adaptations to better survive in the unique ecosystems on Maui. Students will view maps that show the different ecosystems, the park boundary, and the reality of how it looked both before and after human contact. They will discover if Haleakalā National Park and their protection efforts are working to preserve native species and their native habitats.
Homestead National Historical Park
Native American Reservations
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
In "Native American Reservations," students will look at Native American Reservations. The Homesteaders, Immigrants, and Native Americans unit is broken up into six 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 4 of the unit.
First State National Historical Park
How the Native Americans Lived
- Type: Field Trips
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Students will travel back in time to gain an understanding of how people can survive off the land. This program takes place at the New Castle Court House Museum.
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Students will learn the value of natural resources and how the Ute Indians of central Colorado used natural resources to create tools. Students will also learn to distinguish between the studies of archaeology and paleontology.
Cowpens National Battlefield
Plant Life-Native and Invasive
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
The students will study the native and invasive species of plants at the Cowpens battlefield and will document and briefly explain the efforts of the part system to restore the battlefield to its original state,
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: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Students will explore how the Timucuan, Guale, and Apalache contributed to the construction of the oldest masonry fort in the continental United States.
Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site
Native Games: K - 4th Grades
- Type: Guest Speakers
- Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade
Oral traditions are an important historical source we can use to learn about people of the past. Through native games that have been passed down for generations, students will learn about native cultures and traditions.
National Park of American Samoa
Pest Invaders: The Fight to Stay Native
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
The history of life on islands is a story of invasions. Ever since the high islands of American Samoa rose out of the sea as barren piles of volcanic rock, living things have been making the long and dangerous journey across the Pacific to reach this new land. Until a few thousand years ago, every plant, insect, and bird that lived on our islands was the descendant of a lucky adventurer that had crossed hundreds or thousands of miles of open ocean to establish a new colony here.
Cuyahoga Valley National Park
Prehistoric Native Americans: Teacher Resources
- Type: Teacher Reference Materials
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Materials for educators who teach about prehistoric Native Americans in Ohio.
Grand Canyon National Park
Native Art and Activism of the Grand Canyon
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade
The area known today as the Grand Canyon has been home to people for over 13,000 years, with 11 contemporary tribes having links to the area. Many individuals in these tribes have inspired their own communities, and the country, with their traditional art. Some tribal members have bestowed historic structures around the canyon with their artwork, while others have utilized art as one of many tools towards activism and uplifting their communities.
Agate Fossil Beds National Monument
Agate Fossil Beds Native American Collection
- Type: Distance Learning
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Join our Education Rangers as we take a tour of the James Cook Collection of Native American artifacts, we will look inside “A window onto Lakota life” here on the Great Plains. We will also explore how the Bison was sacred to the Lakota and we will learn how the animal played an integral part of their daily lives. And talk about the friendship formed between Chief Red Cloud and a local rancher named James Cook.
Sitka National Historical Park
Soft Gold: The History of Russians in Alaska/ Middle and High School
- Type: Distance Learning
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
The Fur trade, as well as the trade of other natural goods and resources, was a significant driver in the European settlement of North America. Between the French and the British, North American became divided over the issue of fur hunting, trapping, and trading- with Native Americans becoming caught in the middle of these European nations. The same is true in Alaska.
Cowpens National Battlefield
The Cowpens Landscape Today: Native, Exotic, and Invasive Species
- Type: Field Trips
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
To demonstrate to students how exotic and invasive species are changing the Cowpens National Battlefield landscape in context of comparative changes,nationwide.
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade
The New Deal reform, recovery, and relief programs changed the relationship between American’s and their government in revolutionary ways. The Resettlement Administration (RA), Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA), and the Farm Security Administration (FSA) were programs to get displaced families off relief. More than eighty years after the Matanuska Colony was established much of it remains to tell the story of the New Deal resettlement program in Alaska.
Alaska Public Lands
Fire in Alaska Kit
- Type: Traveling Trunk
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
This educational kit provides teachers and students with an excellent opportunity to learn about the importance and problems of fires. they will be able to identify hazard signs and natural change while taking part in group activities.
Cowpens National Battlefield
What about us??? Women, African-Americans, and Native Americans
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Students will research the roles of women, African-Americans and Native Americans in the American Revolution.