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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.

Gateway Arch National Park

Architecture of the Gateway Arch Traveling Trunk

• Type: Traveling Trunk
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

The Gateway Arch is the nation's tallest monument. Completed in 1965, it commemorates the history of westward expansion and the people who traveled to, lived in, and experienced life in the American West. Students will explore the design, materials, and people involved in the construction of the 630-foot, stainless steel monument.

Gateway Arch National Park

Building the Dream: Constructing the Gateway Arch

• Type: Field Trips
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Why is the Gateway Arch here? What does this landmark represent? Step back in time and learn how the tallest national monument in the United States was conceived, designed, and built.

Gateway Arch National Park

General Museum Tour at the Gateway Arch

• Type: Field Trips
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

The general tour of the museum at the Gateway Arch introduces students to the larger themes of westward expansion and the growth of the United States. Students work with a park ranger who guides them through selected galleries which tell the story of westward expansion and the building of the Gateway Arch.

Gateway Arch National Park

A Virtual Tour of the Gateway Arch Museum

• Type: Distance Learning
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Have your class meet virtually with a park ranger to take a tour of the museum at the Gateway Arch and learn about the ways the museum provides a nuanced interpretation of westward expansion and U.S. history.

Learn the Law: The Archaeological Resources Protection Act

• Type: Lesson Plan
• Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade

What is the Archaeological Resources Protection Act? How do you read a law? Using this lesson plan, students will learn about ARPA and how to read a federal law.

Gateway Arch National Park

Building the Dream: Constructing the Gateway Arch (Distance Learning)

• Type: Distance Learning
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

The process of creating the Gateway Arch took many, many years before its completion in 1966. Today, the National Park Service manages the Gateway Arch and educates people about the architectural significance of this structure. In this program, students will be taken back to the 1960s to learn about the process of conceiving, designing, and building the tallest national monument in the United States.

Gateway Arch National Park

American Heritage Merit Badge

• Type: Field Trips
• Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

Explore the history of St. Louis and learn about the important role this river city played in the development of our nation. Afterwards, take a cruise on the Mississippi River, aboard the Gateway Arch Riverboats, and experience the river first-hand. Presentation will take place at the Museum at Gateway Arch National Park and the Gateway Arch Riverboats. The workshop is free. The cost for the Gateway Arch River Cruise TBD.

Gateway Arch National Park

ArtCH Camp Summer Camp

• Type: Student Activities ... Other Education Materials
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Explore the Gateway Arch National Park like never before! Students will visit the Gateway Arch learn how to draw, paint, sculpt, and build with professional artists to create their own masterpieces.

Gateway Arch National Park

Monumental Reflection

• Type: Media for Loan
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

This documentary reflects on the Gateway Arch as a memorial and what it means to people who visit it.

Arches National Park

Moving Rocks

• Type: Field Trips
• Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade

Students explore how weathering and erosion form the landforms seen at Arches National Park.

Layers of Time

• Type: Lesson Plan
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Guiding Questions: What is stratigraphy? What is the law of superposition? How can archaeologists study stratigraphy to determine the age of archaeological objects? Students will: Explain what stratigraphy is. Describe the law of superposition. Understand how stratigraphy can be used to determine the age of archaeological objects.

Grand Canyon National Park

Archaeologist for a Day

• Type: Lesson Plan
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Students will write creative stories about objects they value and will research and learn about archaeological findings at the Grand Canyon.

Gateway Arch National Park

Every Kid Outdoors 4th Grade program

• Type: Field Trips
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Gateway Arch National Park would like to invite you and your 4th grade class for a FREE visit to the park through the Every Kid Outdoors (EKO) program! Thanks to a grant from the National Park Foundation, transportation costs will be paid in full. Your visit will include a ranger-led museum program and FREE rides to the Top of the Gateway Arch.

Gateway Arch National Park

Celebrating Community

• Type: Field Trips
• Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade

In this program, scouts will explore the Museum at the Gateway Arch and its history galleries to discover how communities celebrate and honor special people and events in the past and today.

Great Sand Dunes National Park & Preserve

Let's Be an Archeologist

• Type: Student Activities
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Students will learn about the reasoning methods of archaeologists and gain insight about a culture by making their own inferences about the people who occupied an archaeology site.

Gateway Arch National Park

Bear Cubs: Paws for Action

• Type: Field Trips
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Learn about the history and culture of the Osage Indians of the woodland areas of the Mississippi Valley in the Museum at Gateway Arch National Park Fulfills requirements 1, 2, and 4

Gateway Arch National Park

Plains Indians Scout Program

• Type: Field Trips
• Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade

Explore the culture of the Plains Indians. Learn about their dependence on the buffalo, what they ate, what they wore, and how they had fun. Takes place at the Museum at the Gateway Arch.

Gateway Arch National Park

Finding Common Ground

• Type: Field Trips
• Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

Gather in the Gateway Arch visitor center to learn and practice the art of debate, compromise, and mediation as we strive to find a common ground. Call 314-655-1635 for more information.

Gateway Arch National Park

Playing the Past

• Type: Field Trips
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

In the nineteenth century opportunities for women were often limited, but regardless of the challenges, women made significant contributions to our history as a people. Scouts will explore the topic at the Museum at the Gateway Arch.