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Federal Hall and the Bill of Rights
Freedom at Antietam
Antietam Then and Now
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Students will study historic photographs, sketches, and paintings of the battle and then compare them to modern photographs of the battlefield. They will then complete a writing assignment that compares the battlefield then and now. Skills: Reading, writing, utilization and analysis of primary sources, group discussion.
The 1848 Federal Trial of Thomas Garrett
- Type: Field Trips
- Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade
Students role-play the 1848 federal trial of Thomas Garrett, accused of helping the Hawkins family escape slavery on the Underground Railroad. This program takes place at the New Castle Court House Museum.
A Long Way to Santa Fe
- Type: Traveling Trunk
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Trading on the Santa Fe Trail
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Overview: Kansas Historical Society offers a highly interactive exploration of life and culture on the trail through the use of a traveling resource trunk. The trunk provides educators with a variety of primary source documents, historical artifacts and photographs. The lessons focus on Kansas and United States history; Most lessons require the physical use of the trunk items.
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
This lesson is designed to review the purpose of the Santa Fe and Oregon Trails. The students will also expand their knowledge of each trail and put a plan together for a trip on each trail. This plan will include a packing list for their wagons. The students will use primary sources to help form their plans and packing list.
War at Your Doorstep: The Story of the Mumma Family at the Battle of Antietam
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Women in the Civil War
The Bloodiest Day in American History -- Hope for Freedom
Albert Gallatin: A Most Astonishing Man - Gallatin’s Start in Politics - Lesson 1
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Little Kinnakeet Life-Saving Station: Home to Unsung Heroes
Virtual: Grades K-2: Adaptation Olympics
- Type: Distance Learning
- Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade
The Whiskey Rebellion - A Political Opinion Survey
- Type: Distance Learning
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Would you have been a rebel , a moderate or a federalist? Students are introduced to the Whiskey Rebellion before the park ranger will ask nine multiple choice questions. Each one of the three answers represents either the rebel, moderate or federalist opinion. So if you were a farmer would you have pay the Whiskey Tax? Choose A) Heck No, B) Well let’s protest, or C) Definitely YES! Find out where you would have stood during this first test of the federal government
- 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.
Law and Order: Does the punishment fit the crime?
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
At the end of this activity, the student will be able to: -Summarize the establishment of state and national governments. -Explain the structure and function of the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of the federal government.
Field Trip: Secretary of the Treasury Board Game
Field Trip: The Whiskey Rebellion
- Type: Field Trips
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
The ranger will guide the students through a slideshow that asks multiple choice questions about how the students would have reacted during the whiskey rebellion. Using the answers the students will find out if they hold opinions that were held by the rebels, the moderates, and the federalists. Along the way they will learn about the events in this first test of federal power and how Albert Gallatin worked to find a solution.
Science Fridays at Indiana Dunes Speaker Series
- Type: Guest Speakers
- Grade Levels: Adult Education
The speaker series is a monthly event designed to share information on a range of topics related to natural and cultural resources of the Indiana Dunes and the Great Lakes. Presenters may include local scientists, resource managers, community partners, federal and non-federal agency partners, and educators. Presentations are generally aimed at a young adult and adult audience, they are open to families and any science-minded, nature-loving, curious people.